The father of one of the three South Carolina inmates who broke out of prison last week has been arrested on suspicion of aiding his son in the jailbreak Saturday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 27-year-old Tyshon Demontrea Johnson, 20-year-old Curtis Ray Green and 27-year-old Christopher Shannon Boltin, managed to escape the Orangeburg County Detention Center. …
A man aboard a Frontier Airlines plane was arrested Thursday for allegedly assaulting two women before urinating on another passenger’s seat. KMGH reported that the bizarre incident occurred during a Frontier Airlines flight 864 from Denver, Colorado, to Charleston, South Carolina. Pictures from the ordeal appear to show Michael Allen Haag, of Boulder, Colorado, peeing on …
A South Carolina mother is demanding answers after a teacher allegedly told her 8-year-old daughter to “commit suicide” after she complained of an earache. In a Facebook post, Shandi Wallace claimed a male teacher at Montessori School of Columbia had made the offensive comment after her daughter informed him that her ear was hurting and it …
A North Carolina woman arrested for allegedly trying to steal babies from hospitals in two states said she was trying to give them Bibles. Linda Mae Everett, 36, facing felony charges for reportedly attempting to steal babies from a neonatal unit. WECT reported that Everett turned herself in on April 17 after allegedly being stopped at the …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Prisoners armed with homemade knives rioted for more than seven hours inside a maximum-security facility, leaving seven inmates dead, and bodies were “literally stacked on top of each other,” an inmate told The Associated Press on Monday. At least 17 prisoners were seriously injured as inmates fought uninterrupted before authorities regained …
Authorities in South Carolina have arrested a man accused of attempting to lure a child into a sexual relationship and expressing an interest in eating a child. According to the New York Post, 36-year-old Justin Teeter Bensing was one of dozens of suspects caught in a sting operation aimed at thwarting child sex trafficking. The …
A South Carolina man accused of purchasing a gun as part of a racist plan to stage a church shooting pleaded guilty this week to being a felon in possession of a firearm. As Fox News reported, authorities say 30-year-old Benjamin McDowell confided in an undercover FBI agent, describing a desire to attack a target …
An accused drug dealer provided the Oxycodone that killed a 19-year-old University of South Carolina student, according to charges recently filed in state and federal court. According to The State, Anthony “A.J.” Hunt, 22, was charged with illegal distribution of Oxycodone in connection with the death of Rachel Bandman, 19. Bandman, a public relations major and a …
More than two weeks after her 20-year-old daughter caused drastic injuries to herself under the influence of a controlled substance, Katy Tompkins remains overwhelmed but committed to speaking out about the addiction that led to this point in hopes that it might prevent the same pain in another family. Kaylee Muthart was reportedly seen outside …
A teen reported missing in Kentucky was found alive in South Carolina this month, more than two months after authorities say she was kidnapped and held captive. According to WRDW, Saluda County authorities responded to a mobile home park on Tuesday after the victim’s family shared a tip regarding the 16-year-old girl’s whereabouts. Police indicate …
He’s now claiming it was all a joke, but South Carolina authorities found nothing about the incident funny after a teen posted a disturbing image on Snapchat that insinuated an additional school shooting, only a day after Wednesday’s brutal massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school that ended with seven people dead. FOX News reports …
A South Carolina court heard the confession made by a 14-year-old boy after he shot and killed his father before fatally shooting a 6-year-old at his former elementary school in September 2016. The Anderson Independent Mail reported that the 48-page transcript, which can be read in full below, was made public as an Anderson County court …
