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Motorcyclist fell 30 feet from overpass during I-26 crash: police
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A motorcyclist who died in a Saturday evening crash fell about 30 feet from an I-26 overpass, according to police. Officers with the Charleston Police Department responded to a single-vehicle crash on I-26 eastbound near mile marker 219 around 5:30 p.m. An investigation revealed the motorcyclist, 48-year-old Quincy Poaches, lost control […]
1 dead, 2 injured in Dorchester Rd. crash
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The North Charleston Police Department is investigating a fatal crash on Dorchester Road Tuesday evening. The crash happened near the intersection of Dorchester Road and Lowell Drive, according to the department’s social media post at 5:46 p.m. Police spokesman Harve Jacobs said the two-vehicle...
SC man accused of robbing 3 Walmart stores Tuesday, police confirm
LAURENS, S.C. — A man is in custody after being accused of armed robbery at three different South Carolina Walmart stores on Tuesday, according to Laurens police. Kylique Zyquan Lyonel Alston, of Moncks Corner, went into the Walmart on E. Main Street in Laurens about 10:50 a.m., police said. They said he showed a gun, demanded money from an employee and then left the store.
South Carolina high school assistant principal accused of assaulting student
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCBD) — An assistant principal was arrested Monday after allegedly assaulting a student back in March. John Speer, 55, was arrested and charged with assault and battery in the third degree. According to an incident report from the Summerville Police Department, on March 19, the student was walking to ISS with Speer when […]
SC man dies at Georgia plant where he was working, coroner says
EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Ga. — A South Carolina man died at a Georgia plant where he was working, according to the Effingham County's coroner's office. (Video above: Morning headlines from WYFF News 4) Lawrence Wyatt, from near Charleston, South Carolina, was pronounced dead at the Americold plant Friday, according to...
Woman arrested in deadly Ladson double hit-and-run that killed motorcyclist
LADSON, S.C. (WCIV) — Law enforcement has arrested one woman in connection to a deadly double hit-and-run in Ladson Friday that resulted in the death of a motorcyclist. Jeannie Polite, 43, was arrested by the South Carolina Highway Patrol over the weekend and charged with hit-and-run involving death. Christopher...
4 now face charges in fatal Summerville shooting
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) - Summerville Police say four people have been arrested in connection with a shooting last month that left a 20-year-old man dead. Zyon Vaughn, 17; Dominique Dawson Jr., 18; and Tyshawn Mashack, 23; each face a charge of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. A fourth man, Brandon Steplight, 19, was charged last month with accessory after the fact to felony murder, according to Lt. Shaun Tumbleston.
Summerville woman’s 2013 death remains mystery despite being labeled a homicide
DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Despite a revision from “accident” to “homicide” no one has faced any consequences in the 2013 death of a Summerville woman and may never will, according to her family. “It was a lot to take in all at one time. But...
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