BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–One man is behind bars and another person is dead following a traffic accident in Ridgeville Sunday that occurred around 11:30 p.m. On Aug. 7, at 11:30 p.m. 46-year-old Walter McDowell of Clinton, S.C. was traveling west on I-26 near mile marker 190 when he collided with another vehicle, stated Chief Deputy Coroner George Oliver with the Berkeley County […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–A Moncks Corner officer’s kind actions towards a homeless woman is starting to tug at a lot of people’s heartstrings all over social media. According to Nicole Posely Potter, on Saturday she witnessed a Moncks Corner cop go out of his way to help an elderly homeless lady at the McDonald’s on North Highway 52. The young woman said she […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Several Berkeley County law enforcement agencies will receive funding from the state for body-worn cameras thanks to a grant through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. According to the South Carolina Public Safety Coordinating Council, they recently met on June 13th to review the funding requests for body-worn cameras. The department reportedly received 168 applications requesting reimbursement and/or […]
HANAHAN, S.C.–On August 7, 2016 at 5:57 a.m., Megan Calhoun, 25, of Goose Creek died in a single-vehicle traffic accident, according to the Berkeley County Coroner’s Office. Chief Deputy Coroner George Oliver stated that she was a passenger in a 2000 Nissan Altima that ran off the roadway, into a ditch and back onto the roadway and over turned ejecting […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County man Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon says beat up admitted church shooter, Dylann Roof, is now out of jail. According to Vinelink and jail records, 26-year-old Dwayne Stafford bonded out on Friday. A trial date is still pending for the armed robbery charge he faces in Charleston County. According to the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office, […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury, on Friday 9:15 p.m. 67 year old Paul Joseph Escritt, of Moncks Corner, was struck by a vehicle on South Live Oak Dr. He was pronounced dead on the scene by Coroner Bill Salisbury. “Mr. Escritt was crossing the roadway when he was struck,” stated Salisbury. His death was ruled accidental […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Deputies with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office are on the lookout for a man they say exposed himself to a woman Thursday evening inside a Moncks Corner thrift store along the 23-hundred block of Live Oak Drive. The victim says she told deputies that she was inside the store when a man pulled out his penis and showed […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A Macedonia mother is giving big thanks to a local first responder who says he saved her newborn’s life during a very difficult home birth recently. “If it wasn’t for this man, I know without a shadow of a doubt that our baby girl wouldn’t be here today!” stated Mary Joyner via social media. “He not only saved her […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—On average, a law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty every 57 hours in the United States. According to the FBI, 41 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2015. Report: 2016 Line of Duty Deaths Rise For many law enforcement officers nationwide, they say they worry that the growing […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—A Berkeley County man currently behind bars in Charleston County could be facing more charges after deputies say he attacked the Midlands man who admitted to killing nine church members during Bible study at Mother Emanuel AME Church last year. According to the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office, shortly before 8 a.m. on Thursday while 22-year-old Dylann Roof was […]
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