Armed robbery suspect caught near I-26
NEWBERRY COUNTY, SC (WIS) - Law enforcement officers have caught up with an armed robbery suspect they were searching for Friday night in Newberry County.
The Newberry County Sheriff says officers from SLED, the South Carolina Highway Patrol and sheriff's deputies from Newberry and Laurens counties arrested 27-year-old Claude Turnage just before 1 a.m. Saturday.
Deputies say Turnage was wanted for an armed robbery at a rest area on Interstate 385 in Laurens County Friday night. Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster told WIS News 10 that Turnage pulled a knife on a woman and stole her purse.
Foster said a Highway Patrol officer followed Turnage south on I-26 to the rest area near the Laurens and Newberry county line, when the he got out of the car and ran into the woods with a knife.
Investigators say a woman and two kids were detained during the search.
Turnage had a last known address in Taylors, South Carolina.
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