BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, a Summerville man has been charged with murder after a victim succumbed to gunshot wounds stemming from a drug deal. Just before 4 a.m. on Friday, February 17, 2017, deputies from the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 200 block of Cember Way, an industrial area in the unincorporated area of […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A recent law enforcement sweep led to more than a dozen people arrested and the confiscation of a lot of illegal drugs, according to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office. On the evenings and early morning hours of Thursday, February 2nd and Friday, February 3rd members of the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, Summerville Police Department, SC Probation & Parole, […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of Sunday’s drowning victim on the Cooper River near Pimlico. According to Coroner Bill Salisbury, the victim has been identified as 21-year-old Hunter Morris of Goose Creek. On Sunday around, 2:30 p.m. the Berkeley County Rescue Squad was dispatched to the Cooper River near Pimlico to a boating accident. […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Multiple agencies are actively searching for a security guard who disappeared from his shift Wednesday night. According to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, the missing worker, who is a contracted by Santee Cooper, has been identified as 53-year-old Michael Curry. During a press conference Thursday evening, Sheriff Duane Lewis stated that Curry missed a radio check-in while on duty at the […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—A Berkeley County firefighter accused of setting fire to the Walgreens in Moncks Corner has now been charged with doing the same to a church in the Macedonia community. The two fires occurred just days apart from one another. Randy Wayne Cannon, 18, has been charged with arson—second degree, a felony which carries three to 25-year sentence in […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help in locating a man wanted for questioning following a recent fire at Macedonia Church of God Prophecy. The church is located on Church of God Road in the Macedonia community. On Friday night, flames tore through the building, causing the roof to partially collapse. For the small […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The substance the shut down the courthouse on California Avenue Tuesday and sent several people to this hospital has tested positive for heroin, according to Berkeley County officials. “The building was evacuated out of an abundance of caution,” stated Chief Deputy Mike Cochran with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office. More than five people were transported to a nearby […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Deputies with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office say they are trying to locate and identify the woman pictured in the images provided. Investigators say they want to question her in reference to an armed robbery that occurred Monday morning at the Sunoco convenience store located at 1519 Redbank Road, in Goose Creek. Anyone with information is asked to please […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office has earned reaccreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office was initially accredited in 2013. By receiving reaccredited status from CALEA, an agency is recognized by its peers that it meets or exceeds the key benchmarks for the profession in over 400 different standards areas. […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Berkeley County deputies say a student was arrested after bring a loaded firearm to Goose Creek High School. “The student was arrested without incident,” stated Chief Deputy Mike Cochran. Cochran added that no students were threatened or injured prior to the arrest. Deputies did not say what led to the arrest; however, they say more details will be released […]
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