ANDERSON COUNTY — The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office now has charged seven young adults in total in relation to a string of armed robberies spanning more than nine months.

Deputies have made charges in seven county armed robberies. The county said there are nine incidents still unsolved, but they felt the investigations would turn up evidence to make charges in those soon.

Many of the same people are charged by the sheriff’s office are also charged by the city of Anderson Police Department and the Honea Path Police Department for armed robberies in those areas as well.

Charged by the Sheriff’s Office are:

n Sanchez Gilliard, 19, with four charges of armed robbery, three charges of possession of a weapon during a violent crime and two charges of kidnapping;

n Jocastarius Timpson, 18, four charges of armed robbery, and six charges of kidnapping;

n Derrick Jones, 17, two charges of armed robbery, two kidnapping;

n Zach Harkness, 20, two counts of armed robbery;

n LaPorshia Banks, 19, accessory to a felony;

n Travis Patterson, 19, two counts of armed robbery, two counts of assault and battery with intent to kill, two counts of possession of firearm during the commission of a violent crime and one count of conspiracy

n Terrance Goss, 20, one count of armed robbery, one count of conspiracy and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.

Susann Griffin, spokeswoman for the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, said they expected additional suspects and additional charges.

“There are nine unsolved. Those that are unsolved are very active, ongoing investigations,” she said.

Some of those charged by the Sheriff’s Office also were charged in the city of Anderson and in Honea Path.

Timpson also was charged in the city with two counts of armed robbery and one count of possession of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime and with armed robbery in Honea Path.

Jones was charged in the city with armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime and with assault and battery with intent to kill and possession of a weapon in the commission of a violent crime in Honea Path.

Gillard was charged in the city with one count each of armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.

Harkness was charged in the city of Anderson with one count of armed robbery.

Goss is also being held for charges in Greenville County and for state weapon’s violations.

Griffin said investigators felt that all of the armed robberies were linked.

Randall Williams, spokesman for the Anderson Police Department, said although all of the suspects were documented gang members or associates of gang members, he could not say whether the robberies were gang-related.

The city has been the site of six armed robberies in the past year. Two of them at the PlezU at 300 Concord Road were the ones closed with the charges.

“We had a total of six from January to last months. We’re still looking at those, and whether or not those are linked,” Williams said.

All of the seven charged suspects were in custody as of Thursday afternoon at the Anderson County Detention Center, except LaPorshia Banks, who was released on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond.

The arrests, which started with the arrest of Harkness, Jones, Timpson and Khalil Robinson, 18, by the Honea Path Police Department in early September in connection with an armed robbery in Honea Path. Since then, a string of arrests for the armed robberies has come from Honea Path, the city of Anderson and the sheriff’s department.

“It was a collaborative effort between us, the city and Honea Path,” Griffin said.

Griffin said there may be additional suspects and additional charges.