ST.STEPHEN, S.C.–According to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury,  shortly after 5:00 p.m. on Thursday 48-year-old Kevin Lee Malay, of St. Stephen, was traveling south on Hoodtown Road when his pickup truck ran off the right side of the road. Salisbury stated that his truck then crossed over to the left side of the road and struck several trees. The coroner […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson recently announced that Syed Ahmed of North Charleston pled guilty in the Berkeley County Court of General Sessions to two counts of Willful Attempt to Evade or Defeat a Tax, in violation of S.C. Code Section 12-54-44(B)(1), as amended. Ahmed, owner of Discount Tobacco in Summerville, admitted to underreporting taxable sales from […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – From Aug. 5 through Aug. 15, Santee Cooper will conduct helicopter treatments of Environmental Protection Agency-approved aquatic herbicides in lakes Marion and Moultrie, targeting the invasive aquatic plant crested floating heart. Non-native crested floating heart is an aggressive plant, which is very difficult to control. At present, very few herbicides are effective in controlling this plant […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.—Firefighters are known for putting out fires but not necessarily for their skills on the ball field. However, that has recently changed—at least in Berkeley County. Earlier this month, several of the volunteer fire departments formed a softball league. The league is made up of Moncks Corner Rural, Pineridge, Whitesville, Macedonia and Santee Circle. “A couple of us […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson announced today that a Berkeley County jury found 62-year-old Johnny Irby guilty of murder and attempted murder on Thursday for the shooting of his son and the son’s fiancée at their home in Moncks Corner. Circuit Court Judge Roger M. Young sentenced Irby to thirty years on each charge to run concurrently. Telly Irby, […]

A Berkeley County man convicted in the brutal killing of his former girlfriend may have a new chance to avoid the death penalty. John Weik, 47, of Moncks Corner is currently sitting on death row at Lieber Correctional Institution for shooting the mother of his child, Susan Hutto Krasae, 27, in 1998. Shortly after the murder, Weik confessed to law […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of 66-year-old Kenneth Raymond Crismond of Moncks Corner on one count connected to sexual conduct with a minor. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, a member of the Attorney General’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, made the arrest. In November 2013, an undercover officer with the Charleston Police Department […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Dan Moon with the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s office, deputies have arrested five suspects in connection with thefts from several vehicles in the Cane Bay subdivision in Summerville. Moon said one suspect was spotted standing next to a vehicle he had just broken into, and in his possession were the very items taken from that vehicle. Deputies […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—According to federal court documents, Johnny Dangerfield will not spend time behind bars for his reported involvement in a car dealership scheme that resulted in big profits for the former Suzuki dealer. On July 18, prosecutors dismissed the indictment and Judge C. Weston Houck approved it. For years, Johnny’s Suzuki was a staple on Lowcountry television. Every weekend, […]

Although deaths on South Carolina roadways for the year of 2014 are slightly lower than they were up to this point in 2013, the South Carolina Department of Public Safety has released a preliminary report announcing that five people died this weekend alone. Out of those five, three were inside of a vehicle and two were pedestrians. Of the three […]