Kellenbenz named to SCSO Most Wanted List

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The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office has placed 42-year-old Kevin Charles Kellenbenz of 19 Simmons St. in Sumter on its Most Wanted List, and is actively seeking information into the suspect’s whereabouts. Kellenbenz is wanted on multiple warrants, including armed robbery, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, two counts of pointing and presenting a firearm, sale or delivery of a firearm, and contempt of circuit court. Among other incidents, Kellenbenz is wanted in connection with an Amanda Circle area armed robbery last month in which victims reported the suspect entered a home and stole an estimated $1,000 at gunpoint. Kellenbenz was last seen early Thursday morning, fleeing on foot from a traffic stop near the intersection of Pinewood and Wedgefield roads. He is described as a white male standing 6-foot-1 and weighing about 185 pounds. He has brown hair, brown eyes and a long, brown-and-white goatee. Kellenbenz should be considered potentially dangerous. Anyone with information as to his whereabouts is asked to call the Sumter County Sheriff's Office at (*03) 436-2000 or Crime Stoppers at (803) 436-2718.