The South Carolina pastor whose wife was found dead in a North Carolina park earlier this year was arrested in Myrtle Beach on Wednesday, apparently following a confrontation with protesters at his church. Court records show that John-Paul Miller was charged with assault and battery, the Myrtle Beach Sun News reported. An incident report was …
A man wanted for murder after making a fake 911 call claiming to be a distressed hiker was spotted this week in Chapin, South Carolina, sparking extensives searches in the area northwest of Columbia. Officials said Sunday morning that Nicholas Hamlett had not been located and remains at large, WYFF reported. Hamlett was charged with …
A South Carolina couple and their 21-year-old son were convicted this week on murder and child abuse charges in the death of their 14-year-old daughter in 2022. The trial for David and Bobbie Jo Baynard and their son Edward Vincent Baynard — who was Heather Baynard’s paid personal care aide for the last 18 months …
A man who served in law enforcement in South Carolina for nearly 15 years pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing his next door neighbor in 2023 and was sentenced to 34 years in prison. Justin Rawlins Moody, 43, was to go on trial next week for the May 11, 2023, shooting death of 48-year-old Oscar Rubio. …
The search continues for a South Carolina man who reportedly vanished under suspicious circumstances on Thursday. Zelig Williams, 28, was last seen leaving his Richland County home. WIS reported that the next day, a deputy discovered Williams’ car in a parking lot at the Palmetto Trail. “Around 9:50 Thursday morning, he left just normally as …
A 12-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy in South Carolina have been charged for posting a school threat on social media. The Spartanburg Police Department said the two children were arrested on Monday and charged with breach of the peace and student threat, WYFF reported. Spartanburg Police Major Art Littlejohn would not say if the …
A good Samaritan foiled an assault on a Clemson University student last week before the attacker, a convicted sex offender, drove off in her stolen car. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office said Darrell Scott Brooks drove into Seneca, South Carolina, where Oconee County deputies saw him crash the car and took him into custody. Brooks, …
A former North Carolina cop pleaded guilty Friday to sex crimes against children at a South Carolina church group he led and got an extra year in prison for missing his court date a day earlier. Judge Dan Hall still allowed Erickson Douglas Lee, 26, to plead guilty to five charges instead of the 11 …
A South Carolina man was arrested this week and charged with the death of a woman last seen in 2022 after her remains were found outside her home in June. Sheridan Dirk Fogle, 54, has been charged with murder of Penni Whiteside and ordered held without bond on Friday, WPDE reported. Whiteside and Fogle had …
A Massachusetts man who disappeared from his South Carolina vacation rental and was found dead 10 days later died by suicide, officials said. Beaufort County Coroner David Ott said Tuesday that Stanley Kotowski, 60, died by asphyxiation from hanging himself, the Island Packet reported. Kotowski’s body was found Monday beneath another home four houses down …
A body was found Monday underneath a home at a resort on South Carolina’s Hilton Head Island, and investigators believe it is a Massachusetts man who disappeared from his vacation rental 10 days ago. The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said it got a call at about 11:30 a.m. for “suspicious activity” and found the body …
A South Carolina brother and sister got into a wild brawl Sunday over unseasoned chicken that involved fists, a gun, a knife, a broom, and Raid bug spray. Anothony and Hope Harper were both arrested when the dust settled, with the 27-year-old man charged with third and second degree assault and battery and his 25-year-old …
