The South Carolina Department of Public Safety has announced that five people were killed on South Carolina roadways over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.  None of those fatalities were in Berkeley County. Preliminary numbers show this year’s Memorial Day weekend had the fewest traffic deaths since at least 1984. In 2013, twelve fatalities were recorded over the weekend holiday period. […]

MACEDONIA, S.C.—For Randy “RJ” Cannon, firefighting isn’t just his calling—it’s been a longtime dream of his. While he may not be old enough to drive a fire truck to a call, for the last six years he’s volunteered with the Macedonia Rural Fire Department. There, he is a member of the department’s junior explorers program. “My son wants to be […]

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has announced the arrest of 65-year-old James Curtis Miles of Summerville, S.C. on three counts involving the sexual exploitation of minors. The Dorchester County Office, a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, made the arrest. However, it was the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, also members of the ICAC Task Force, […]

On Friday, a team of more than 15 South Carolina Aquarium staff moved three large male nurse sharks into the Aquarium’s 385,000-gallon Great Ocean Tank.Two of the sharks are 7-feet long and weigh approximately 200 pounds, the third shark is nine-feet long and weighs approximately 250 pounds. They join 750 animals in the Great Ocean Tank, bringing the total number […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office spokesperson, Dan Moon, investigators have issued an arrest warrant for 59-year-old Lee Dell Bradley. He is charged with the murder of a 59-year-old woman found inside a home located on 917 Bushy Lane Friday morning. Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury has identified the victim as Frances Lawrence. He said she died from […]

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety has a goal of zero highway fatalities as South Carolina celebrates the first official weekend of summer. Troopers say a total of 12 motorists died on the roads last year during the long weekend that begins at 6 p.m. tonight and runs through Monday at midnight. Statewide highway fatalities stand at 269 this […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Shortly after 9:00 a.m. Friday morning, Dan Moon, spokesperson for the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, says officers responded to 917 Bushy Lane where they found the body of a 59-year-old woman inside a home. The victim’s identity has not yet been released by the coroner’s office. Moon says the sheriff’s office is investigating the death as a homicide […]

The Justice Department honored seven individuals from four states, including South Carolina, in Washington, DC Wednesday.  These officers were recognized during the department’s 31st annual commemoration of National Missing Children’s Day. Detective Kevin Murphy with the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office was one of the investigators honored during the event. Murphy has been a member of the South Carolina Internet Crimes […]

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has announced the arrest of Brian Paul Franz of Summerville. He’s charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.  The Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office, a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, made the arrest. However, it was the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office, also members of the ICAC Task […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Employees and other folks inside the Berkeley Co. Courthouse were forced to evacuate the building Thursday morning after a reported bomb scare.  The threat also shut down several nearby roads. According to a spokesperson with the sheriff’s office, the evacuations came after someone called 911 to report that the courthouse would explode if someone opened the front doors […]