Over the last six months, SCDCA’s Identity Theft Unit has received 1,190 scam reports where fraudsters sought $1.2 million from SC consumers. Of that amount, $624,817 was actually given to scammers. Relationship scams, of which SCDCA received 10 reports, accounted for $203,000 of these scam losses. Nationwide over $800 million was lost to online scams just last year according to […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Berkeley County officials announced Monday that Lt. Will Rogers of the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office has been checked back into the hospital. Rogers is reportedly experiencing blurred vision and a swollen head believed to be from an infection. The veteran deputy had been discharged from the Medical University of South Carolina last month and sent to an undisclosed rehab center. […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.—The Goose Creek Police Department recently purchased seven new Dodge Chargers to replace several of their older vehicles. After a visit to the sign shop, they’ll be marked and ready for patrol. This is the department’s second year buying the Chargers. “We have had pretty good service from them thus far,” wrote officers on the department’s official Facebook […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Berkeley County Mosquito Abatement announced this afternoon that they will be spraying, by aircraft, on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. in Southern Berkeley County. The specific areas being sprayed include over Daniel Island, Thomas Island, areas adjacent to Clements Ferry Road and the dredge disposal sites along Clouter Creek. If unfavorable weather […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Red Cross officials, disaster-trained volunteers assisted a family of four, two adults and two children, whose home located on North Highway 17A in Bonneau, sustained major damage by fire. The Bonneau Fire Department responded to the blaze. The Red Cross provided the family with financial assistance for food, clothing, and shoes, along with comfort kits containing […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury, on Sunday at 2:30 a.m., 24-year-old Julian Tyler Spears of Mr. Pleasant was the driver of a sedan headed north on highway 41 near the Berkeley/Charleston county line when he died in an accident. Salisbury said he ran off the right side of the roadway, overturned several times, and struck several trees, the […]

DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C.–According to Dorchester Co. Deputies responded to a shooting at the Quick Food Mart inside a BP gas staion located along Highway 17A South near Dorchester Road. Authorities say the shooting happened around 10 a.m. today. When deputies arrived on scene, they found a young man dead from an apparent gunshot wound, officials stated. This afternoon, Dorchester Co. […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—More than a year after 19-year-old Ariel Morgan was shot to death while attending a party in Berkeley County, her murder is about to gain national attention. On June 22nd (9:00-10:15 p.m. ET/PT), Morgan’s untimely death will be featured in a new HBO documentary titled “Requiem for the Dead: American Spring 2014.” According to directors Nick Doob and […]

Via Press Release: Wednesday at approximately 6:00 PM, Michael Paul Norton, a 29-year-old male, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Joint Fugitive Task Force (JFTF) out of Greensboro, NC. On June 09, 2015, the Charleston County Sheriff’s Department in South Carolina took out an arrest warrant for Norton. The alleged charge occurred when Norton knowingly contacted and met a 14-year-old boy using […]