A South Carolina man was arrested after a standoff in which he held a woman and three young children, one of them an infant, hostage for three hours Wednesday night. Gaffney Police said a woman called 911 at about 8:30 p.m. and put the phone down, WYFF reported. Dispatchers relayed the argument they heard over …
South Carolina authorities have charged Jaremy Smith with 17 counts related to the murder of Florence County paramedic Phonesia Machado-Fore last month. In addition to murder and kidnapping, Smith has been charged with two counts of burglary, carjacking, possessing a weapon in commission of a violent crime, felon in possession of a firearm, criminal conspiracy, …
A recently hired South Carolina police officer has been suspended after his 4-year-old son shot himself with his father’s service weapon while visiting relatives in North Miami Beach. Peter Tidot, 29, told police that and his son arrived at his parents’ home on Wednesday and that he put his Sig Sauer .45 in his waistband …
A South Carolina man is in custody after gunning down his wife and leading deputies on a high speed chase across Kershaw County. LaQuincy Pollard, 51, hit speeds of more than 120 mph as he fled police on Highway 1 but eventually stopped at a gas station and surrendered, according to WLTX. Police were called …
A federal grand jury has indicted the girlfriend of a man who admitted kidnapping, raping, and killing 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel in 2009 on charges of lying to investigators during the investigation. Angel Cooper Vause, 56, was arrested Wednesday in South Carolina on a charge of making false statements to federal investigators, according to the US …
South Carolina deputies are investigating a report of an attempted kidnapping Saturday evening of an 11-year-old boy. A group of the boy’s friends told the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office they saw the boy “roughhousing” with an unknown suspect, WCSC reported. They reported that they thought the boy knew the suspect until he started running away, …
The daughter of a legendary North Myrtle Beach night club owner was allegedly shot and killed Saturday night by her husband, who was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Mariellen Bessent Minor, 41, and her friend Kim Melissa Thrift, 52, were found dead in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Mauldin, …
Two people were found shot to death in their Low County South Carolina home on Friday, and police are investigating the case as a double murder. The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said it was asked by family members to check on a relative at the home on Saint Helena Island. A 38-year-old man and a …
A South Carolina man wanted for the murder of a New Mexico State Police officer was captured Sunday in Albuquerque. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office said that a gas station clerk spotted a man matching Jaremy Smith’s description and called 911. Deputies surround him as he walked along the street, but he took off running …
The suspect in the shooting death of a New Mexico state police officer is also a person of interest in the death of a South Carolina paramedic found dead in Dillon County, South Carolina, Friday night. Phonesia Machado-Fore’s car was found in New Mexico, at the spot where 32-year-old Smith is believed to have shot …
The woman accused in the drunk driving crash that killed a newlywed bride last year has been granted bond by a South Carolina judge. Jamie Lee Komoroski, 26, has been held without bond since she was arrested after rear-ending a golf cart carrying newlyweds Samantha Miller and Aric Hutchinson and two others as they left …
A South Carolina couple was arrested last week after their newborn tested positive for fentanyl at birth. Brittany Christina Estepp, 29, has been charged with unlawful conduct toward a child, and Marcus Wayne Anaya Ashby was charged with violating home detention by resisting arrest and refusing to take a drug test. Ashby told Spartanburg County …
