CRIME & SAFETY
Coroner IDs victim of deadly North Charleston shooting
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has identified the man found shot to death in his bed Thursday night. Heriberto Martinez, 37, from Mexico, was pronounced dead at a Stall Road mobile home from a gunshot wound, Coroner Bobbi Jo O’Neal said. North Charleston...
Fire reported at Mount Pleasant Seafood
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - The Mount Pleasant Fire Department says firefighters were called to a historic restaurant on Shem Creek Saturday evening. Crews responded to a call for “heavy smoke” at Mount Pleasant Seafood around 7:43 p.m., Battalion Chief Matthew Tidwell said. The agency asked those in...
Fire department says driver disobeyed roadblock during 5-vehicle crash, then harassed crew
LADSON, S.C. (WCBD) – A fire department in Ladson offered a stark reminder Wednesday for drivers to obey roadblocks as firefighters respond to vehicle crashes. It comes after one driver decided to go around a barrier while crews were working a multi-car crash on Treeland Drive during the morning rush hour, according to leaders with […]
North Charleston man sentenced to 12 years for gun, drug charges
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — A North Charleston man will serve twelve years in prison after pleading guilty to weapons and drug charges. Warren Lamar Forrest, 32, pled guilty to possessing a firearm after a felony conviction, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking […]
Missing in the Lowcountry: Police searching for 13-year-old girl in school uniform
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Above video: Your Thursday headlines. Police in the Lowcountry need your help finding a missing teenage girl. Pacheco Casta Solane, 13, was last seen Wednesday in North Charleston. Police say she is a runaway. She is described as 4 feet 11 inches and 90 pounds.
Two separate vehicle break-ins occur days apart in the Charleston area: CPD
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Two suspects were arrested in separate vehicle break-ins that occurred days apart from each other in the Charleston area. On April 18 on James Island, according to the Charleston Police Department (CPD), an officer was dispatched to Barbados Way around 1:30 a.m. for reports of two juveniles breaking into vehicles. The suspects fled when the officer arrived.
Boat runs aground with 8 people on board near Folly Beach
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — A boat with eight occupants ran aground near Folly Beach Saturday, Director of Public Safety for Folly Beach Andrew Gilreath said. The Charleston Police Department (CPD) Harbor Patrol responded to this incident along with several other agencies. CPD says the Department of Natural Resources...
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