UPDATE FROM CORONER: The body found Saturday in Lake Marion has been identified as 74-year-old Jerome [Jerry) Ferneding of Berkeley County. He was reported overdue from a fishing trip Friday. Search was conducted by the Berkeley county sheriffs office and the South Carolina Department of natural resources. His death has been ruled accidental by the Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury BERKELEY COUNTY, […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help in locating a missing person who is possibly in the North Charleston area. Authorities say James Howard Baker, 47, was last seen on April 19. He was reported missing by his wife, deputies stated. Baker is believed to be driving a Ford F-150, grey in color bearing a SC […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Emergency crews are actively looking for a boater who went missing Friday. Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol Units are canvassing the area near the Canal Lakes Resort in Cross in hopes of finding 74-year-old Jerry Ferneding. Ferneding resides in Pinopolis. Authorities say he it’s believed that he was fishing in the upper lake area. Berkeley County Deputies, […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–A local teen is behind bars after Berkeley County deputies say he brought ammunition, gun and marijuana to school. According to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, a school resource officer at Goose Creek High School was notified by a school administrator of concerning behavior of a student that occurred at the end of the day Tuesday, May 1st. […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office conducted a two-day Crime & Drug Sweep on Thursday the 26th and Friday the 27th. The sweep included law enforcement officers from the Hanahan PD, Goose Creek PD, Bonneau PD, Summerville PD, the SCHP, SC Constables, SC Probation & Parole, SLED and Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office as well as members of the Berkeley […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A Summerville man is behind bars after deputies with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office say he struck the side of a trooper’s cruiser. Isaac Manzano-Ruiz is facing multiple charges. Shortly after midnight Tuesday morning, a SCHP Trooper transporting a prisoner was traveling north on Henry Brown Jr. Blvd. passing the Nowhere Bar & Grill. As the fully marked […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–We’ve all seen them – usually while passing the scene of a car accident: the straight, “backboard” stretchers used to transport patients in and out of ambulances. At first glance, it’s hard to imagine how this basic equipment could be improved. It turns out that the stretchers do have an issue: their rigidity means that accident victims often […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–The Moncks Corner Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying a bank fraud suspect. Police say police, the suspect is wanted for taking approximately $5,000 from a someone’s bank account. If you have any information, call Moncks Corner Police Department at 843-719-7993 or Crime Stoppers at 843-554-1111. You can remain anonymous and even possibly qualify for […]
HANAHAN, S.C.–The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office has identified a Goose Creek teen who was found shot to death in Hanahan early Friday morning. According to Coroner Bill Salisbury, the teen has been identified as Payton Robert Velarde, 15, of Goose Creek. Salisbury stated that he died from a gunshot wound. Velarde was found fatally wounded and lying along the 11-block of […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Seven inmates have died and another 17 injured following a prison riot at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, S.C. over the weekend. Inmates armed with homemade knives fought each other for about seven hours over territory and money in the worst U.S. prison riot in a quarter-century, officials said Monday. Two of the inmates killed were from Berkeley […]
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