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South Carolina sentenced to life in prison for killing stepmother, kidnapping stepsister
DARLINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A Darlington man has been sentenced to life in prison for the death of his stepmother in 2021, the Fourth Circuit Solicitor’s Office said on Thursday. Steven Samuel was found guilty of murder in the May 17, 2021 killing of his stepmother. He was also convicted of the kidnapping of […]
Girl, 6, shot dead by another child at home as heartbroken family pay tribute to 'precious' child
Officers responded to a shooting in Eutawville, South Carolina, at around 3:40pm where they found six-year-old Brandy Grace Shuler had been critcally injured with by a gun shot to her upper body
Two South Carolina Men Arrested on Child Exploitation Charges
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Grant Neth Herman, 56, of Taylors, and Brett Kenneth Willis, 27, of Easley, on a total of 12 charges related to the sexual exploitation of minors. The arrests, made by Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators from Greenville and Pickens County Sheriff’s Offices, were prompted by CyberTipline reports from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Herman is charged with two felony counts, and Willis faces 10 felony counts, each carrying up to 10 years in prison. The Attorney General’s Office will prosecute both cases, and Wilson emphasized that all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
SLED asked to investigate disappearance of Florida woman after going missing in South Carolina
ALLENDALE COUNTY, S.C. — The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division was requested to assist in the investigation of a missing woman from Florida after she was last seen in South Carolina. On Tuesday evening, Aug. 13, the search for Jessica Rapsys, 27, from Jacksonville, Florida, began as she was...
North Carolina woman, 50, killed in South Carolina pileup, coroner says
FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A 50-year-old Charlotte, North Carolina, woman died Wednesday afternoon in a four-vehicle pileup on Interstate 95 near Florence, according to the county coroner. Michelle Lehnhardt Clelland died in the crash, Coroner Keith von Lutcken said. The South Carolina Highway Patrol said Clelland was driving a 2021 Nissan Rouge. The crash […]
Former SC corrections worker sentenced for smuggling contraband: ‘A message needs to be sent’
COLUMBIA — A former corrections employee was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to smuggling drugs, cellphones and other contraband into state prisons through food shipments. Javaris Da’Sant, a 22-year-old from Columbia, pleaded guilty to charges of trafficking meth, furnishing contraband to a prisoner and possessing marijuana with intent to distribute. […]
SC legislator says he was held at gunpoint in North Charleston road rage incident
NORTH CHARLESTON — A South Carolina legislator hopes to raise awareness after he said a man threatened him with a gun in a road rage incident in North Charleston. Rep. J.A. Moore told the SC Daily Gazette he was passing time in the Park Circle neighborhood around 1 p.m. Tuesday, waiting until he could pick […]
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