BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—On Saturday, Berkeley Co. deputies responded to ATP Gun Shop on College Park Road in reference to a burglary that had occurred. When officers arrived, they went to the side of the building where they discovered someone had forced their way inside the business. A deputy stated that he noticed that the locks were beaten off of the […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—According to Dorchester Co. Coroner Chris Nisbet, two people were killed in a traffic collision along I-26 near mile marker 185 over the weekend. Shortly before 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nisbet stated that 32-year-old Ramesses Mahdee of Moncks Corner was driving his Dodge Challenger when it struck a Mazda Protege driven by 42-year-old Tommy Barrett of Gaston, South […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.-According to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury around  3 a.m. Michael Haynes, 36, of Ridgeville was stabbed in the chest. The incident happen at the Paradise Lounge on Old Gilliard Road in Berkeley County. Salisbury says Haynes was pronounced dead on the scene. The homicide is under investigation by the Berkeley County Coroner’s Office and the Berkeley County […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The South Carolina Highway Patrol has announced the promotion of Michael A. Dangerfield to captain. He will serve as the new commander for the Patrol’s Multi-Disciplinary Accident Investigation Team (MAIT), which is the collision reconstruction unit of the Patrol. “The work of the MAIT Unit is critical to helping us find answers in complicated collision investigations,” said Col. […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–According to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury, on Friday around 9:34 p.m., Cordell Frazier, 24, of Goose Creek was shot outside his apartment on Greenmeadow Drive. Salisbury says he was transported by EMS to Trident Hospital where he was eventually pronounced dead. An autopsy will be conducted and more information will then be available, the coroner added. The death […]

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 […]