A missing South Carolina teenager was found dead in North Carolina, where deputies have arrested two people in connection with her murder. Kierstyn Williamson, 18, was last seen on June 30, according to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, which said it learned Sunday morning that Williamson was believed to be at a home in Monroe, …
The South Carolina man arrested after a house fire killed six people and left another in critical condition has now been charged with murder for the deaths of two victims, one of whom was his 11-year-old daughter. Ryan Manigo has been charged with the deaths of  Shariah Manigo and 50-year-old Michelle Marie Wright, his sister-in-law, …
Authorities in upstate South Carolina found the body of a missing man in a barrel on a Cherokee County lake last week and have arrested a man for desecrating human remains. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office said that Jeffrey Sutphin, 56, was reported missing on June 15, although he was last seen on June 4, …
Six people are dead and a South Carolina man is in custody following a house fire Sunday morning in Colleton County. Ryan Lenard Manigo, 33, has been charged with attempted murder of the sole surviving victim, officials said, and upgraded charges are pending the results of autopsies and identification of the other victims. The Colleton …
Arthur Antoine’s wife is also charged in the case because she knew about the sexual assaults and did nothing, investigators say.
A South Carolina police officer rescued a kidnapped woman and arrested a shooting suspect late last month when she stopped vehicle that ran a red light at a North Myrtle Beach intersection. Officer Kayla Wallace was nearing the end of her patrol shift at about 5:30 a.m. on May 28 when she saw a white …
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, …
