HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Five Horry County police officers were recently recognized with a Medal of Valor for their actions during an October 2020 kidnapping and armed robbery incident at a Socastee Taco Bell.
“Officers Fletcher, Koupash, Treitler, Glazier, and Wydra responded quickly, and prevented four armed assailants from barricading in at their location and taking any other adverse actions against the victim they had abducted,” HCPD said in a Facebook post on Tuesday.
The officers caught the suspects off guard and were able to free the victim and take the four into custody without further incident. The four suspects — Shaquille Kayson Blakeley, Lana Small, Lenna Krull, and Triana Small, were all sentenced in 2022. Blakely and Triana Small are currently serving state prison sentences, according to online state Department of Corrections records…