A South Carolina mother foiled an attempted kidnapping Friday afternoon when she confronted a man who had lured her 5-year-old daughter out of a convenience store and was about to run off with her. Greenville County Sheriff’s Lt Ryan Flood said the incident took place at about 2:30 p.m. at a Spinx gas station, WYFF …
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested at a Florida resort for the shooting deaths of two other teens outside a South Carolina library earlier this month. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office did not release the suspect’s name but said he would be charged as an adult, according to the Charleston Post & Courier. The boy …
South Carolina deputies have charged a man with inflicting great bodily injury on a child who suffered multiple severe injuries, including to the heart and rain. Chester Saylor Jr, 32, was denied bond at a court appearance on Tuesday, WCSC reported. Investigators said the injuries to the 7-year-old boy took place in December. The boy …
A South Carolina woman was arrested last week when she reportedly grabbed a deputy’s taser and bit a paramedic’s groin. But those incidents came after Gina Darlene McGehee, 63, dropped her nephew — apparently a minor — off at the Charleston County jail on December 28, saying he’d taken a cell phone from her car …
A South Carolina woman who reported her boyfriend missing before Christmas has now been charged with his murder. Taylor Wardlaw, 29, reported 26-year-old Terrell Sims missing on December 22, according to Columbia police, who described him as an “acquaintance” of Wardlaw. Sims’s sisters, however, told WLTX that their brother had been with Wardlaw for some …
A member of another storied South Carolina family lost his job at the family business on Friday after his name surfaced in the ever-broadening investigations into the affairs of disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh. The board of directors of Palmetto State Bank fired CEO Russell Laffitte after subopoenas from the South Carolina Supreme Court’s Office of …
A 61-year-old North Carolina man has been arrested and charged with the kidnapping and murder of a 4-year-old girl 35 years ago in South Carolina. The Lexington County, South Carolina, Sheriff’s Department said that Wake Forest Police had arrested Thomas McDowell at his home north of Raleigh on Thursday. Jessica “Jessie” Gutierrez was abducted from her …
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced a bevy of charges contained in seven new indictments against suspended attorney Alex Murdaugh Thursday, and sources told WCIV a bond hearing scheduled for Friday had been postponed until next week.
South Carolina grand juries have slapped seven new indictments on embattled attorney Alex Murdaugh, adding 21 more counts to the 27 he’s already facing. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the indictments — in three counties — on Thursday, WCIV reported. The indictments include nine counts of breach of trust, seven counts of computer …
A police report reveals horrific details of a South Carolina mother’s shooting of her 6-year-old son after a Thanksgiving day family hunting trip. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Mary Rosborough, 31, was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. At the time, police said the incident took place at about 6 …
A South Carolina mother has been charged with murder in the shooting death of her 6-year-old son on Thanksgiving. Police said that Mary Amelia Rosborough, 31, had returned from hunting at about 6 p.m. on Thursday, carrying her gun, when she shot the boy in the upper body, The Voice reported. Investigators have not released …
Police searching for a University of South Carolina student who’s been missing since Saturday night found a body at the bottom of a Richland County quarry. Columbia Police Deputy Chief Melron Kelly said the body has not yet been identified and that the Richland County Sheriff’s Department was handling the investigation at the Vulcan Quarry, …
