BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–An early morning fire at a recycling plant sent three people to the hospital Saturday morning. According to Moncks Corner Rural Fire Chief Scott Lee, shortly before 7 a.m. about seven different agencies responded to a fire at the Viva SC Recycling plant located at 1620 Cypress Gardens Road in Moncks Corner. Pimlico Rural was the lead agency […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Dan Moon, agents with the department’s drug enforcement unit arrested two suspects Friday following the execution of a search warrant at a home on Letrecia Lane in the Moncks Corner area of Berkeley County. Harold Tony Weathers, 38, and Deandre Rochard Weathers, 22, have been charged with trafficking cocaine and cocaine base, […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The next time you text and drive in Berkeley County or anywhere else in the Palmetto State, it could cost you. Starting Sunday, law enforcement agencies across the state will begin ticketing drivers caught texting behind the wheel. Governor Nikki Haley signed the measure into law on June 9th, 2014. The new law will pre-empt the state’s many […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.—On Thursday, Moncks Corner Police responded to Berkeley Electric Cooperative after a woman reportedly walked into the business and began yelling and cursing out employees after her electricity was reportedly turned off. According to the incident report, when officers arrived on scene, they approached 26-year-old Erica Haynes who appeared to be under the influence of a “mind-altering substance.” […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Dan Moon, agents with the drug enforcement unit of the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man in connection with a suspicious package that, after a search, was found to contain approximately two  pounds of marijuana. DEU investigators, along with the United States Postal Inspectors, encountered the suspect at 104 Bayleaf […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–The City of Goose Creek was named a 2014 South Carolina Outstanding Traffic Safe Community by the AAA Carolinas Foundation for Traffic Safety. Lieutenant Joshua Battista accepted the award in a ceremony on Nov. 12, 2014, at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Columbia. In all, 15 South Carolina communities were honored, including three Grand Winners (Mount Pleasant, […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to an American Red Cross representative, volunteers with the organization assisted two adults whose home, located on Oaklawn Dr. in Moncks Corner, SC, was destroyed by fire Wednesday. The Pimlico Fire Department along with several other agencies responded to the blaze. The Red Cross provided financial assistance for food and clothing and referrals to assist the adults with their […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Dan Moon, the young man found dead inside a home in Ladson is 24-year-old Syquone Kwame Pinckney. Moon says deputies responded to a home at 227 Judy Hill Drive after neighbors discovered Pinckney’s body on the floor of a house. When neighbors saw that the rear door of the house was […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a murder that took place at a home on Judy Hill Drive in the Ladson area of Berkeley County. The victim was reportedly shot to death. According to Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury, deputies were called to the home around 7:30 p.m. after neighbors discovered a body inside. Salisbury responded to […]