JAMESTOWN, S.C.–American Red Cross disaster-trained volunteers are assisting a family whose home, located on French Santee Road in Jamestown, was damaged by a fire Sunday. The Shurlerville-Honeyhill Fire Department responded to the blaze. The Red Cross is helping two adults and four children by providing financial assistance for food, clothing, lodging and other essentials, and comfort kits containing personal hygiene items. Each year around […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A state grand jury has indicted the longtime former chief financial officer who is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Berkeley County School District. Brantley D. Thomas III is facing 14 counts of embezzlement and one count of forgery. According to the S.C. Attorney General’s Office, Thomas is accused of embezzling $458,493.35 from BCSD. […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A South Carolina judge who’s been a familiar face inside Berkeley County courtrooms for almost the last decade won’t seek re-election after state lawmakers recently questioned her temperament on the bench. Media outlets reported that a legislative panel recently grilled Judge Kristi Lea Harrington of Hanahan about dozens of attorneys who anonymously accused her of being condescending, demeaning and […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–Authorities are on the lookout for a thief they say boldly stole a truck parked beside a gas pump in Moncks Corner recently. On November 18th, surveillance video caught a man snooping outside a white Ford F-250 left unattended at a Sunoco gas station. The driver of the truck told police that he briefly went inside the store […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A Berkeley County school bus assistant has been fired after authorities say surveillance video shows him choking a special needs student on a school bus recently. Police say the video shows the 17-year-old autistic child pinned down by a bus assistant, who then put his hands around the child’s neck. The bus assistant has been identified as 36-year old […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a murder-suicide that occurred Monday morning. At approx. 11:36 a.m., the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office responded to an address on Arabian Drive in the Summerville area of Berkeley County regarding a double shooting. Upon arrival, deputies say they found a deceased adult male and a deceased adult female in the front […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office has identified the teen killed in an ATV accident over the weekend. Deputy Coroner Kristin Mazzell has identified the victim as Brianna Bracy, 14, of Summerville. On Sunday, deputies responded to the Trinity Place Easement behind 525 Temple Road in the Ladson area in response to a 4-wheeler accident. When law enforcement arrived […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Monday that $98,495,397 in grant funding has been awarded to 179 law enforcement agencies across the nation–including the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office. The funding was made possible through the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). “This is a tremendous opportunity for the Berkeley County […]
HANAHAN, S.C.–Hanahan police needs the public’s help in identifying two suspects caught on camera stealing a homeowner’s trailer. On November 15, 2017, a resident of the Tamp Street area filed a police report with the Hanahan Police Department regarding the missing item. Video surveillance footage shows two individuals hooking up the trailer to a truck at 4:30 p.m. and driving […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating an accident involving a Berkeley County Sheriff’s deputy. In the early morning hours of November 18th, officials say a deputy was conducting business checks along Highway 17A when his Tahoe was struck in the rear by a work truck. Alcohol was believed to be a factor in the crash, according to BCSO […]
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