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Investigators say a 38-year-old Summerville man has been found dead in his home and a window in his back door was broken. Authorities said they are investigating the death of Johnny Young Jr. as a homicide. Dorchester County deputies say a family member called 911 around 11:30 a.m. Friday, saying Young had been stabbed and [...]

On January 1, 2012 at approximately 9:00 a.m., Charleston County Sheriff’s detectives charged three persons with kidnapping, in association with the December 19, 2011 abduction of Marquis Rashad Richardson, who was found shot to death and whose body was found along railroad tracks off of Lincolnville Road on December 20, 2011. Latasha Yvette McCall of [...]

On December 5, 2011 at approximately 6:00 p.m. Charleston County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a carjacking and assault that occurred on Savannah Hwy. in Ravenel. The victim advised that she was getting out of her vehicle, a maroon 1996 Acura, at her residence, when an unknown male approached and stuck and object [...]

On October 25, 2011 at approximately 0145 a.m., Charleston County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Catterton Drive, West Ashley to a residential alarm. Upon arrival, responding deputies found the residence unsecured. As deputies cleared the residence, a quantity of marijuana (24 ½ pounds) was located in plain view inside the residence. Deputies then vacated the residence [...]

On October 25, 2011 at approximately 1:02 a.m., Charleston County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Pierpont Avenue, on report of an attempted Home Invasion and shooting. Upon arrival two victims were located inside the residence, an adult male 37 years old (father of child victim) and a 5 year old child, both sustaining gunshot wounds. The [...]

At approximately 4:12 p.m. on Saturday, the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Cellular Spot in West Ashley on Ashley River Road after receiving information on an armed robbery being committed. Two suspects entered the business with one brandishing a firearm and demanding money. The suspects were described as B/M, 20-25 years old, around [...]

On August 13, 2011, at approximately 4:30 AM, the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged Stephen Lamar Nelson and Kenneth Tyler Hutchinson, each with one count of Burglary 1st Degree and two counts of Armed Robbery. Kenneth Tyler Hutchinson was also charged with being in Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a [...]

The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Burglary that occurred on July 9, 2011 at the VFW Post on Bellwright Rd. in Ladson. The break-in took place about 4:20 AM that morning. We are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect. Attached to this request is a copy of the original incident [...]

Rodney Wayne Smith Jr. was on work release from Charleston County when he didn’t return from his work release program on July 4th. Smith was originally arrested on a bench warrant for failing to pay his child support, and he was allowed work release permitting he return to the prison at the end of the [...]

Officers were dispatched to Caravelle Court in Awendaw, SC on Sunday for a reported accidental shooting. Upon arrival, officers found the victim at the end of a dock with a gun shot wound to the head. The victim, Paul Wilson Jr., was semi-alert and appeared to be intoxicated. Beside the victim was a Marlin rifle [...]