BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Dan Moon, a spokesperson with the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office, a joint investigation by his department and the Summerville Police Department has led to the arrest of one person and the recovery of three stolen vehicles. Moon says the two agencies were conducting an investigation into the location of several stolen vehicles in the Pringletown area […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—Shortly before 9 a.m. workers inside Google were forced to evacuate after a reported bomb threat. According to a source at the scene, about 300 employees evacuated to the company’s parking lot where they remained until about 3:30 p.m. It was reported that a threatening note found in one of the portable toilets indicated that there would be […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to a federal court indictment, on December 17, 2013 Tony Riley, now an ex-deputy with the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office, knowingly sold a Mossberg Maverick 88 shotgun to a person under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year. Two days later after selling the first firearm, court records show that Riley, […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County 911 Communications Center is celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunications Week from April 13th – 19th by honoring dispatchers during this week and has named Ashley Taylor “Telecommunicator of the Year” for 2013. This week, sponsored by the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International, honors the thousands of men and women who respond to […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–On Friday, Goose Creek Police responded to the Sunoco gas station on Saint James Avenue in response to an armed robbery. When officers arrived, they say they found the victim sitting in the driver’s seat with a towel to his head, and bleeding heavily from the left temple area of his head. The victim then proceeded to tell […]
DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C.–On Friday, Dorchester Co. deputies responded to a trailer located off of Highway 61 in the Givhans community. Inside the trailer, deputies located the body of a young man. Dorchester Co. Coroner, Chris Nisbet, was then called to the scene. Nisbet identified the body as belonging to 24-year-old Drew Shumway. An autopsy was scheduled today to determine a […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–United States Attorney Bill Nettles confirmed today that Tony Allen Riley, age 60, of Goose Creek, SC, was charged in a two-count indictment with two counts of selling a firearm to a prohibited person, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(d). The maximum penalty Riley could receive is a fine of $250,000 and/or imprisonment of […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–According to Berkeley County Coroner, Bill Salisbury, on Sunday at 10:30 p.m. a northbound Amtrak struck a Goose Creek man at the Hollywood Dr. Crossing. Salisbury says the man was standing on the side of the tracks and when the train approached he stepped into the path of the train. The death has been ruled a suicide. The […]
HANAHAN, S.C.–Shortly before 5 a.m. Friday, Hanahan Police responded to 5804 Carolyn Street, Pappy’s Restaurant, in reference to an armed robbery. When they arrived to the location, a female employee told police that two men entered the restaurant dressed in all black clothing and black scarves over their faces. One suspect had a sawed off shotgun and the other had […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County Board of Elections and Voter Registration is in need of poll managers for the 2014 primary elections in June. The poll managers will work in Daniel Island, Goose Creek, Hanahan , as well as other available locations in Berkeley County on election day, which is Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Duties include processing voters, ballot distribution, […]
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