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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Two men are behind bars following the discovery of nearly a 1,000 grams of methamphetamine stemming from a traffic stop along I-26, according to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office. the street value of the seized drug comes to $95,300. Chief Deputy Mike Cochran stated that the street value of the seized drug is approximately $95,300. On March 7th at […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – In a special called board meeting of the Berkeley County School District on Friday night, the Board voted to accept the resignation of Superintendent Brenda Blackburn effective immediately and to appoint Chief Administrative Officer Deon Jackson as Interim Superintendent. Blackburn’s resignation comes after the district fired their Chief Financial Officer Brantley Thomas on February 7, 2017. Thomas […]
HANAHAN, S.C.–According to the Charleston County Coroner’s Office, SLED is now investigating the death of a Hanahan woman after her body was found in her 2015 white Subaru Imprezza in North Charleston Monday. Kelly Kenney, 23, of Hanahan had been missing for more than a week when her body was discovered by police. Authorities say Kenney was last seen on […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Three people are in custody in connection with the burned human remains found at a home in a backyard barrel at 469 Madeline Drive in Goose Creek a few days ago. On Monday at approximately 7:30 p.m., GCPD officers say they were dispatched to the location to check on the welfare of a resident. Officers were advised by the […]
ST. STEPHEN, S.C.–The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office has released the identities of the three people killed in an early morning mobile home fire in St. Stephen on Thursday. The names of the three people that died in that fatal fire are: Christina King, 44; Daniel King, 24; and Lakala King, 14. SLED agents still here in St Stephen. Taking pictures and looking […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a shooting involving a retired Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office deputy in the Ridgeville area of Berkeley County. “Due to the involvement of a retired deputy, we have asked SLED to handle this case for us,” stated Chief Deputy Mike Cochran. SLED spokesman Thom Berry says the incident occurred at […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–The Berkeley County School District will receive 15 new propane-fueled school buses at their Westview Bus Lot in Goose Creek on Thursday morning, March 2. The cleaner fuel buses will then begin their first routes that same afternoon. “We are excited to receive these new propane buses and even more excited to include the buses […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.—A Charleston man already behind bars for armed robbery in Orangeburg County is facing new armed robbery charges following an armed robbery that occurred last month at the Gamestop located at 505 Highway 52 in Moncks Corner. According to Police Chief Rick Ollic, on January 24th at approximately 2:00 p.m., a black male armed with a handgun entered […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–One person is behind bars following a narcotics investigation at a Goose Creek apartment unit. On 2/24/2017, the Drug Enforcement Unit of the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office Metro Unit, executed a search warrant at Hallmark Apartments (901 Red Bank Rd, Apt. 434). A search warrant led to the seizure of […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Goose Creek Police are investigating a homicide after they located a charred human remains in the backyard of a home on Madeline Drive in Goose Creek. On Monday at approximately 7:30 p.m., GCPD officers were dispatched to the location to check on the welfare of a resident. Officers were advised by the resident’s daughter that she had not heard […]
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