An Air Force technical sergeant was arrested Monday on his South Carolina base and charged with child pornography and sexual exploitation of children. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office said that Tech. Sgt. David Wayne Crouse, 37, was taken into custody Monday morning by the Shaw Air Force Base Office of Special Investigations and …
A woman missing for more than a week has been found dead in a South Carolina marsh, and the man suspected of killing her was found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds when police came to arrest him. Megan Rich, 41, was reported missing on August 16, WCSC reported. She was last seen on August 12. …
A man with a hatchet allegedly attacked a South Carolina couple on Thursday, killing one, and is now suspected of two other attacks the day before. According to the Charleston Post and Courier, Theodore Thomas Wagner Jr, 42, was arrested Friday and charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, and one …
A 17-year-old South Carolina boy has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of his 4-year-old half-sister, who was found dead in a plastic bin behind the home where they both lived. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office began investigating the disappearance of Joanna Lockaby at about 2:20 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. The little girl was found …
A passing boater found three children on an island in a popular recreational lake along the South Carolina-Georgia state line, and now their mother has been arrested for abandoning them there. Courtney Taylor, and her boyfriend, Eric Elrod, were initially reported missing after the children, ages 12, 13, and 15, were found Monday afternoon on …
South Carolina authorities have made an arrest in the deaths of man and a woman near Eutawville, while a toddler believed to have been taken from the home was found safe in another county. Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said the suspect, whom he didn’t identify, faces two counts of murder and additional charges, WCSC …
A former star high school football quarterback was arrested last week in connection with a Memorial Day shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, that left nine people wounded. Del’Javon Simmons, who was once considered a potential college standout after his Burke High School days, has been charged with five counts of attempted murder and possession of …
South Carolina authorities arrested 11 men last month for trying to contact minors for sexual exploitation. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department said that multiple agencies participated in the sting operation and that more arrests may take place. “Officers pretended to be underage teenagers as the suspects messaged them through social media apps,” Lexington County Sheriff …
An 8-year-old New Hampshire boy, traveling in South Carolina with his family, has died after he was struck by a bullet fired by a man who was randomly shooting at cars driving by his home on Saturday. Florence County Coroner Keith von Lutcken said Quarius Naqua Dunham was struck in the neck in the shooting, …
An 8-year-old boy is dead after he was struck by a bullet from South Carolina man who was randomly firing at cars driving by his home over the weekend. The boy’s father was also shot and is recovering, Florence County officials said. The boy was taken to a hospital in critical condition after the shooting …
Four teens were shot to death early Sunday in the same neighborhood of Newberry, a small town on the South Carolina piedmont. Investigators said Mykain Davis, 16, was shot to death around midnight on Wise Street on the east side of town. Hours later, the other three victims were killed on nearby Eleanor Street. Coroner …
A South Carolina man died of a heart attack over the weekend while digging a grave in the backyard for the woman he had just killed. Deputies in Edgefield County were sent to a home in Trenton on Saturday on a report about “an unresponsive male lying in his yard. Upon arrival they found the …
