BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Call it “Bambi syndrome,” if you will. Who among us could resist taking home an apparently abandoned baby deer in order to care for it? While your heart may be in the right place, touching or removing a fawn from its habitat is illegal–and for good reason. According to DNR’s Turkey and Deer Supervisor, Charles Ruth, “Many people […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to spokesperson Dan Moon, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office has arrested six people in connection with two separate burglaries that occurred over the past week. Moon says that on April 19th deputies responded to a reported burglary on Rail Drive in Summerville. The victims reportedly told deputies that they returned home to find their home had been […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Ralph Lewis Cooper, Jr., 49, a resident of Berkeley County, was arrested Monday on income tax charges. SC Department of Revenue (DOR) investigators charged Cooper with four counts of attempting to evade or defeat taxes. He is being held at the Hill-Finklea Detention Center in Berkeley County SC pending a bond hearing. For tax years 2008 through 2011, […]
SOUTH CAROLINA–Last winter’s harsh conditions have led to a boost in sales for travel agencies. According to AAA Carolinas Travel Agency, the largest leisure travel agency in the Carolinas, numbers are up for people booking tours, cruises and hotels, for 2013 first quarter. The top five locations for these AAA members, and the general public, were, Orlando, Mexico/Caribbean, Honolulu, Las […]
SOUTH CAROLINA–With the recent decision in Colorado and Washington to legalize marijuana, residents of other other states have begun asking the question: should we do the same? According to a recent Winthrop poll, nearly 40% of South Carolina residents think that pot should be made legal for personal use among adults. Radio personality Bryan Crabtree, on his show, asked Former […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C–The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office has charged a woman with attempted murder for a shooting that happened Sunday night near Cypress Gardens Rd. Authorities say that when deputies responded to 303 Winnow Court in the Planters Trace subdivision, they found a man in the home with a gunshot wound to his chest. Shelly Anne Taylor, 36, has also […]
HANAHAN, S.C.–Shortly after midnight on early Monday morning, Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury says a 911 dispatcher received a call advising that large tree fell on a house at 5 Leone Ct. in the Otranto community of Hanahan. The coroner says William Carl Klein, 72, was in his upstairs den, sitting in a chair when the tree fell and pinned […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) – A representative with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office says a missing 71-year-old has been found safe and safe. Gladis Callum was originally reported missing on Friday after she was last seen on College Park Road. According to deputies, Callum was last seen walking from the Sunoco Station around 3:30 p.m. Fortunately, she was located a […]
DORCHESTER CO., S.C.–According to an incident report, we now know that it was a woman checking on her couch kept inside a shed along Highway 61 who first discovered the body of 24-year-old Drew Shumway of Moncks Corner. Shumway was reported missing just six days earlier on April 5th. In the report, the woman told deputies the victim’s body was […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–A Huger man is facing multiple assault charges after deputies say he attacked two deputies inside the Berkeley County jail in late March. According to the incident report, a detention officer was moving 30-year-old Benjamin Dubois III, of French Quarter Creek Road, to another location of the jail after reportedly covering the camera in his cell as well […]
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