Pastor’s Wife Granted Bond; She and Husband Faces Dozens of Counts of Child Abuse
Child Abuse
Some of Myron Chorbajian’s charges relate to child sexual abuse.
Child sex crimes
January 23, 2026
Stepdad Charged With Sexually Abusing 14-Year-Old Girl for Years; Mom ‘Had Full Knowledge’
A South Carolin man has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting his 14-year-old stepdaughter, while the girl’s mother “had full knowledge” of years of sexual abuse. Andrew Joseph Martin, 38, has been charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor, while Misty Danielle Norris, 35, faces charges of accessory and unlawful neglect of a …
Murder
January 23, 2026
Angry Husband Kills Man He Finds at Estranged Wife’s Apartment
A South Carolina man went to his estranged wife’s apartment early Thursday morning and shot dead a man he found there. Deputies arriving on the scene found Oscar David Barrios Mazariegos, 29, dead from multiple gunshot in his vehicle outside the apartment, according to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office. He had apparently attempted to flee …
Murder
January 19, 2026
Elderly SC Couple Found Dead From ‘Traumatic Injuries’
An elderly South Carolina couple was found dead last week in their home, and now police say they are investigating a double murder. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene by family members who were unable to reach 76-year-old Larry Moore and 75-year-old Sandra Moore. They were found dead inside on Thursday. …
Child sex crimes
January 16, 2026
Ex-South Carolina Lawmaker Learns Fate in Federal Child Sex Abuse Material Case
A former South Carolina state lawmaker was sentenced this week to 17 1/2 years in prison for distributing child sexual abuse material. US District Court Judge Cameron McGowan Currie called the material Robert John “RJ”May distributed “more severe than any another she has seen, noting that the founding member of South Carolina’s ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus …
Hit-and-Run
January 13, 2026
New South Carolina Mom Dead in Parking Lot Hit and Run
Investigators in South Carolina are looking for the person who hit a 31-year-old mother in a Spartanburg County parking lot last week, dragging her and killing her. The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office said it was called to the scene early in the morning on January 7 and found Dané Josephine Waddell dead. “We have evidence …
Death investigation
December 18, 2025
South Carolina Pastor John-Paul Miller Indicted on Federal Charges
Miller’s wife, Mica Miller, committed suicide last year after what she said were years of abuse at the hands of her husband.
Murder
December 17, 2025
Cops: South Carolina Woman Runs Over Partner in Her Car, Killing Him
A South Carolina woman has been charged with murder after a man was found dead in a roadway earlier this month — and investigators found video on her phone showing the man walking down the road while they were having some kind of domestic dispute. Charleston County deputies said they responded to call about an …
Domestic violence
December 8, 2025
South Carolina Man Punches Wife When She Won’t Let Him Drive Drunk
Police in South Carolina arrested a Spartanburg man Saturday and charged with a domestic assault on his wife. Spartanburg Police responded to a home Saturday afternoon, where a woman said her husband, 68-year-old Michael Disantos, had threatened her when she smoked his last cigarette, WHNS reported. When he tried to leave to buy more cigarettes, …
Assault
December 3, 2025
Woman Accused of Controlling and Abusing Man Found Dead Along South Carolina Highway
A South Carolina woman has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon nearly two years after a man was found dead long Highway 321 in Gaston County. Prosecutors said in court Tuesday that Shirley Dukes forced Glen Miller to live in a tent behind her apartment threatened him with hammer before his body was …
Child Abuse
November 28, 2025
Dad Threatens 11-Year-Old Son for Asking for Food, Calls 911 to Have Him Removed
A South Carolina father has been jailed after he allegedly threatened his 11-year-old son when the boy asked for food. The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office said that 44-year-old Thomas Baker called 911 and asked the police remove his son from the property for being “unruly” and “not listening,” but a police report says that Baker …
Murder
November 27, 2025
2 Caught in Georgia for North Carolina Murder; Body Found in South Carolina
Two people are behind bars in Georgia, awaiting extradition to North Carolina where they are charged in connection with a murder. The family of 33-year-old Jonathan Charles Shores reported him missing on November 11, but his body wasn’t found until November 20, after Jose Guadalupe Lopez, 26, and his girlfriend, 31-year-old Brennan Summer Alexander, were …