A former Sumter police officer is in custody after soliciting women for sex in exchange for money, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. SLED charged Darren McCain, 30, with misconduct in office after McCain allegedly contacted several women, an arrest warrant says. McCain obtained the victims’ contact information through his official capacity with […]
Police are on scene of a shooting investigation in Lancaster County Wednesday night, according to SLED. The scene was in the town of Kershaw on North Matson Street around 10 p.m. ALSO READ: Man killed in shootout with officers, police say A Channel 9 crew could see a very large police scene as investigators were […]
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating a shooting involving a police officer in the Upstate, the agency announced Friday. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office and agents with the Department of Homeland Security were attempting to apprehend James Edgar Hopkins, 51, for outstanding warrants on Monday in Greenville County. Officers located Hopkins outside a […]
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating a shooting involving a police officer in the Upstate, the agency announced Friday. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office and agents with the Department of Homeland Security were attempting to apprehend James Edgar Hopkins, 51, for outstanding warrants on Monday in Greenville County. Officers located Hopkins outside a […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Mark Keel spent most of the workday Wednesday testifying — under oath — before a subcommittee of the South Carolina Senate. Keel, who is currently the interim chief of the State Law Enforcement Division, is hoping senators vote to confirm him to serve another six year term as the […]
An officer-involved shooting at South Carolina State University is under investigation, according to officials with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. MORE: 1 shot, killed by Cherryville police after assaulting them, department says Officials say the shooting happened on Friday evening. No injuries have been reported at this time. SLED has not released the cause […]
A man was shot and killed in a local Chik-fil-A by an off-duty police officer, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announced Friday. The off-duty Summerville Police Department officer and 39-year-old Michael O’Neal got into an altercation at a Summerville Chik-fil-A at 1312 North Main Street in Berkeley County on Wednesday. O’Neal was shot by […]
Two people died in a South Carolina house fire in Lancaster County Monday night, emergency officials said. The names of the man and woman who were found dead in the fire on Belk Street have not been released pending family notifications, Lancaster County Coroner Karla Knight-Deese said. The relationship between the two people who died […]
A South Carolina police officer has been charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announced Friday. An investigation revealed that David Lonny Geronimo Templet, a former officer with the Latta Police Department, “attempted to rub” an 11-year-old on July 11, 2019, according to arrest warrant affidavits. Between July […]
A former Cheraw police officer was charged with a sex crime, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said. McBee resident Justin Brian McKenzie, 40, was arrested and charged Thursday with felony sexual extortion and misconduct in office, SLED said in a news release. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed a law that makes sexual extortion […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Claims of violence against women are roiling the world’s most famous sled dog race — Alaska’s Iditarod — with officials disqualifying two top mushers this week and then quickly reinstating one of them on Friday, days before the start. The upheaval began last week, when the Iditarod Trail Committee, the race’s […]
A Greenville man faces criminal charges after sending threatening emails to a judge, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announced Friday. David Matthew Zwicker, 36, was charged with threatening the life, person or family of a public official, intimidation of court officials, harassment in the second degree and unlawful communication, officials said. Zwicker sent an […]