BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A Summerville man has died from injuries sustained in a wreck in Berkeley County, according to Coroner Bill Salisbury. The accident occurred early Thursday at 5:22 a.m. when the victim’s vehicle was struck at the intersection of Black Tom Road and Highway 17-A. He has been identified as 21-year-old Dylan Jacob Thomas. Thomas was pronounced dead on the scene, […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Two people have drowned after their boat overturned in the water over the weekend. On Sunday, Aug 26 at 6:57 p.m., a 9-1-1 dispatcher received a call that four young men found an overturned boat near the hatchery boat landing in Lake Moultrie. Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury stated that one male was holding onto the boat and […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Investigators with the Moncks Corner Police Department have arrested a Charleston YMCA sports director for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman. On Thursday, Officers charged 47-year-old Frederick George Brown of Moncks Coner with criminal sexual conduct 3rd degree. A 43-year-old female victim reported that she was living in the same residence with Brown when he forcibly had non-consensual intercourse […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Two men are in jail in connection with a series of car break-ins and thefts in the Pineville-St. Stephen area. On Thursday, Berkeley County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Denzell Carroll, 27. at his residence on Union Lane in St. Stephen. Carroll had 16 outstanding arrest warrants for vehicle break-ins and financial card transaction fraud stemming from a crime spree in […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–One person was shot and rushed to the hospital following a shooting along the 800-block of Jedburg Road on Thursday afternoon. The shooting happened at the Spinx gas station, according to authorities. Deputies say the victim pulled up to the pumps to fuel up his vehicle when a black Dodge Journey pulled up and someone fired a pistol at […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Goose Creek Police responded to the Mevers School of Excellence Thursday after they say student became unruly and attached staff. According to Major John Grainger, at 3:30 p.m. GCPD communications received a 911 call for assistance at the school regarding a student committing an assault on staff members. Officers arrived and after a struggle were able to restrain and secure the […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is on the lookout for the vandals who they say spray painted graffiti on several walls of the Cane Bay Family YMCA. According to deputies, the incident occurred sometime over the weekend. In red paint, vandals wrote the numbers “60” and “420” on some of the walls in what appears to be the […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Representatives with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol announced plans Tuesday morning to beef up road patrols throughout the county this week. According to Sheriff Duane Lewis, this initiative is a direct response to citizen complaints and the analysis of crash data. There have been 22 vehicle fatalities in the county so far this […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office has released the name of a fisherman who drowned over the weekend. On Saturday, a 37-year-old commercial fisherman, identified as Van Ho of North Charleston, was reported overdue from a crabbing trip in the Cooper River near Bushy Park in Berkeley County. Officers with the South Carolina Dept. of Natural Resources, the Berkeley […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office has released the names of the elderly couple who passed away Wednesday morning after their house caught on fire. At 8:25 a.m., Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury stated that 9-1-1 dispatchers received a call of a house fire at 112 Ponderosa Drive in the Tall Pines community of Berkeley County. The first fire […]
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