Anderson County reported 554 cases in 2019 and 691 cases in 2020. Anderson County Sheriff Chad McBride said the rise in aggravated assault and other personal crimes is very sad and frightening. “You may contribute that to COVID for a number of reasons,” McBride said. “People stuck in the same place with people, a lot more crimes of passion happening, we've noticed sex offenses have gone up. But a lot of that could be because of the culture now of having to quarantine, just more opportunities for person-on-person crime.” Demika Schlabach, the victims' services coordinator for the A...