Live5News.com | Charleston, SC | News, Weather, Sports GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Goose Creek police have released surveillance video of several suspects breaking into a Goose Creek gun shop and stealing several firearms. According to North Charleston police, one of the stolen guns was found hours later at the scene of a shootout between two suspects and cops off of Rivers Avenue. […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.—The Goose Creek Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the individual pictured in this story. On Saturday, December 13, 2014, at approximately 7:00 P.M., the suspect was captured on video making two fraudulent charges in the amount of $570 using the victim’s bank card. Police say the crime happened at Wal-Mart, located at 605 St. James […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–On Wednesday, a judge sentenced a Goose Creek man to two years in prison followed by an additional five years on probation. As a condition of the probation, 66-year-old Lonnie Garrett will be ordered to pay approximately $100,000 restitution to Animal Rescue & Relief and the SPCA. Garrett avoided trial by pleading guilty to ten counts of ill […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Police in Goose Creek are reportedly investigating a house that caught on fire in Goose Creek Tuesday. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene before 6:30 p.m. So far, investigators have not said what caused the fire, but the house had been allegedly vacant for several months now. The electricity to the house had been apparently turned off as […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–According to Steve Meadows with the Moncks Corner Police Department, last week officers were called to the Bi-Lo parking lot after a frightening encounter for one shopper. Meadows says the the victim was getting into her vehicle in the parking lot when a black male approximately 30-35 years of age, approximately 6’00”  approached her and asked for directions. […]

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson held a press conference on Tuesday, Jan. 6 to discuss much needed human trafficking legislation for the 2015 session. He stood alongside more than 30 members of the Human Trafficking Task Force in recognizing January as “Human Trafficking Awareness Month” and challenging the General Assembly to pass this legislation before the end of February. […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–American Red Cross disaster-trained volunteers are assisting seven adults and two children who were displaced after two separate early-morning house fires in Berkeley County. Volunteers initially responded to a house fire on Spingwood Road in Pineville to assist four individuals and from there were dispatched to a home on Wares Run in Cross to help three adults and […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The upcoming event will be held in Moncks Corner S.C. On January 24, 2015. During that time officers from the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office and community members will come together in an informal, neutral space to discuss community issues, build relationships, and drink coffee. All community members are invited to attend. The event begins at 9:00 a.m. and […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A little more than a week after his arrest for DUI, Sheriff Wayne DeWitt issued a statement Monday regarding the incident. “First of all let me begin by stating I am deeply sorry for the embarrassment my recent conduct has caused the citizens of Berkeley County and the employees of the Sheriff’s Office,” DeWitt stated. According to the […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–The Goose Creek Police Department needs help identifying the individual seen here in the photo taken from Lowes on Saint James in Goose Creek. According to police, from December 10 through December 18, 2014, the suspect entered the business and purchased items using two unauthorized business accounts for the total amount of $1,280.00. The suspect appears to be […]