It’s not unusual for bus operators or taxi drivers to work odd hours. A graveyard shift may not attract a lot of passengers, but the lack of potential eyewitnesses could embolden individuals to try and rob transportation operators. Robbery is a serious criminal...
Violent Crimes
South Carolina brings back two gruesome forms of execution
This month, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed into law a bill that will reinstate the use of the electric chair in the state. The new law also allows people on death row to choose execution by firing squad. The method of execution most recently used in our...
Definitions of reckless homicide
If a person in South Carolina is facing charges of reckless homicide, that means the person may have caused another person's death through behaving recklessly. Reckless homicide falls under the larger umbrella of involuntary manslaughter charges. Specific parameters...
Domestic violence charges are difficult to disprove
Violent crimes of any sort are vigorously investigated and prosecuted in South Carolina, and domestic violence charges are no exception. In fact, some contend an allegation of domestic violence garners more attention from law enforcement than other crimes because...
South Carolina man arrested on murder charges
On Oct. 31, a South Carolina man was arrested for allegedly murdering a man 12 days earlier. He was taken into custody at approximately 4 p.m. in Piedmont. According to a representative with the U.S. Marshals Service, the defendant shot and killed a 27-year-old man on...
Lengthy South Carolina murder investigation points to 2 suspects
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Department took a man and woman into custody for allegedly murdering a man. The suspects, a married couple from Bethune, have not yet had a bail hearing while authorities detain them in the Kershaw County Detention Center. The arrests came...
Violence against women very high in South Carolina
According to research out of the Violence Poverty Center, South Carolina was once again named one of the highest ranked states for incidences of violence against women in 2016. During that year, 48 women were murdered by men, placing the state in the top 10 for that...
Man charged with attempted murder during domestic dispute
A South Carolina man is facing attempted murder charges after he allegedly engaged in a domestic dispute with his wife and stabbed her brother when he tried to intervene. The incident took place in Spartanburg County on Sept. 30. According to the Spartanburg County...
Man allegedly killed by poisoned water
A 64-year-old man was found dead in his South Carolina home on July 21. His wife confessed to killing him after an autopsy revealed that he had elevated levels of a substance called tetrahydrozoline in his system. The 52-year-old woman admitted that she had put eye...
South Carolina authorities plan to extradite 2 murder suspects
Police over the state line in Fayetteville, N.C., have captured two men suspected in the shooting death of a man in Myrtle Beach. The suspects, ages 27 and 29, are waiting in the Cumberland County jail without bail while authorities in South Carolina prepare...