BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office spokesperson, Dan Moon, investigators have issued an arrest warrant for 59-year-old Lee Dell Bradley. He is charged with the murder of a 59-year-old woman found inside a home located on 917 Bushy Lane Friday morning. Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury has identified the victim as Frances Lawrence. He said she died from […]

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety has a goal of zero highway fatalities as South Carolina celebrates the first official weekend of summer. Troopers say a total of 12 motorists died on the roads last year during the long weekend that begins at 6 p.m. tonight and runs through Monday at midnight. Statewide highway fatalities stand at 269 this […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Shortly after 9:00 a.m. Friday morning, Dan Moon, spokesperson for the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, says officers responded to 917 Bushy Lane where they found the body of a 59-year-old woman inside a home. The victim’s identity has not yet been released by the coroner’s office. Moon says the sheriff’s office is investigating the death as a homicide […]

The Justice Department honored seven individuals from four states, including South Carolina, in Washington, DC Wednesday.  These officers were recognized during the department’s 31st annual commemoration of National Missing Children’s Day. Detective Kevin Murphy with the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office was one of the investigators honored during the event. Murphy has been a member of the South Carolina Internet Crimes […]

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has announced the arrest of Brian Paul Franz of Summerville. He’s charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.  The Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office, a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, made the arrest. However, it was the Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office, also members of the ICAC Task […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Employees and other folks inside the Berkeley Co. Courthouse were forced to evacuate the building Thursday morning after a reported bomb scare.  The threat also shut down several nearby roads. According to a spokesperson with the sheriff’s office, the evacuations came after someone called 911 to report that the courthouse would explode if someone opened the front doors […]

According to Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell, a Berkeley Co. couple has been charged with manufacturing methamphetamine. Ravenell stated that his deputies were called to I-95 and Highway 301 just before 7 p.m. Tuesday after the South Carolina Highway Patrol began chasing the couple. The chase ended after Kristi Nicole Gladstone and Ricky Dewayne Johnson reportedly crashed the vehicle.  It’s […]

According to AAA, 13 people died on South Carolina roadways over the Memorial Day weekend last year, making it the deadliest Memorial Day in six years. Despite a 22 cent increase per gallon in gas prices during this time, AAA says it obviously didn’t keep drivers off the roads.  Now this year they predict more than 450,000 South Carolinians will […]