An 18-year-old South Carolina high school senior has been charged with attempted murder after shooting his dad because “I can’t deal with him anymore.” Jayden McGirt has also been charged with possession of a weapon during a violent crime, WRDW reported. Police were called to the scene by a woman who was at the North …
A 58-year-old South Carolina woman was found dead outside her home early Monday, and police shot and killed her suspect boyfriend while trying to subdue him. Landrum Police and Spartanburg County deputies responded to the home at about 4 a.m., the Tryon Daily Bulletin reported. They found Shana McClain dead in her wheelchair of apparent …
Attorneys are seeking bond for the 25-year-old South Carolina woman who was allegedly drunk when she rammed into a golf cart carrying newlyweds Aric and Samantha Hutchinson last month, killing the new bride and seriously injuring the husband and two family members also in the cart. Christopher J. Gramiccioni and Nathan S. Williams say that …
South Carolina lawmakers last week passed “Gavin’s Law,” making sexual extortion — “sextortion” — a crime punishable by five years in prison on the first offense. The law was named after Gavin Guffey, the 17-year-old son of State Rep. Brandon Guffey who committed suicide weeks after his high school graduation last year after scammers duped …
South Carolina deputies made a drug arrest after pulling over a couple on Interstate 85 in Anderson County and learning the “pregnant” woman inside was wearing a “rubber pregnancy belly” with cocaine taped behind it. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were conducting “proactive patrol” when they made the traffic stop of a car …
Four teens have been arrested for the murder of a 14-year-old South Carolina girl who was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds Friday morning. Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Rick Carson said that Drayton Tarvarus Smalls, 18; Sabin Alexander Buck, 19; Bailey Maria Taylor, 17; and an unnamed 16-year-old have all been charged with murder, …
The suspected drunk driver who crashed into a golf cart carrying a newlywed couple — killing the bride and critically injuring the groom — refused a field sobriety test and told officers she had a beer and a tequila an hour before the crash. Affidavits from the fatal Friday night crash said that officers smelled …
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division this week arrested a former Travelers Rest police officer for allegedly forcing a woman to perform oral sex and other sexual acts on him while on duty. Gerard James Hildebrandt, 42, is accused of taking a woman to an isolated spot on the campus of Travelers Rest High School …
Investigator have identified a body found in a South Carolina creek this week this week as a woman last seen in Salem on February 6. The Oconee County Coroner’s Office said that a family member reported Tonya Marie Cannon, 33, missing in mid-February, according to WLOS. As CrimeOnline previously reported, deputies responded to a call …
Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh has been moved into the protective custody unit of a South Carolina maximum security prison, but prison officials won’t be disclosing which of the state’s seven “close custody” facilities the former lawyer will serve his two life sentences. The state Department of Corrections made the announcement Friday afternoon, saying Murdaugh’s evaluation …
Authorities in the South Carolina foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains are investigating after a dog brought its owner a human forearm on Wednesday. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office responded to the call and launched a search of the area, eventually finding a body in a nearby creek, WHNS reported. Investigators said the body was …
A father has been charged was charged Wednesday with child abuse in the death of his three-month old so, who the coroner said “may have been tortured.” According to WHNS, Malachi Tate brought his son, Malachi Jr, to Cherokee Medical Center on March 18 after he reportedly found the infant unresponsive in the apartment. Doctors …
