Illegals scarce in S.C. prisons (Savannah Morning News)
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:10:55 GMT
COLUMBIA, S.C. - When Juan Rodriguez, a suspected illegal Mexican immigrant, collided with Josh George as the 17-year-old student drove home from prom last month, emotions boiled in Beaufort County.
Myrtle Beach couple charged with abusing daughter loses custody (Florence Morning News)
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:05:16 GMT
The pair Horry County police charged with beating their 5 year old daughter, then pouring bleach on the girl lost custody of all five Thursday. A family court judge decided to place the couples children with family members while they await trial on child abuse charges.
NMB police look for robbery suspect (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:59:12 GMT
North Myrtle Beach Police are looking for a man accused of robbing a woman Sunday afternoon as she tried to make a deposit for Tiger Mart at the Anderson Brothers Bank, 1799 U.S. 17 North.
Efforts under way to fight mortgage fraud problem in S.C. (Florence Morning News)
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:52:44 GMT
South Carolinas efforts to stop mortgage fraud appear to be paying off.
Woman pleads to lesser charge in cocaine case (WBTV Charlotte)
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:32:25 GMT
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) - A Conway woman once convicted of homicide by child abuse for using cocaine during her pregnancy has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.
Region: Donor to Black gets prison term (The Charlotte Observer)
Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:29:38 GMT
A campaign contributor to former House Speaker Jim Black was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday in connection with a Fayetteville video poker ring, prosecutors said Friday. Michael Waguespack, 39, was sentenced to five months home confinement after his prison term is over. He was also ordered to pay $1.3 million in fines and civil settlements. Waguespack gave Black, a Matthews ...
Armed robber of auto parts stores sentenced to 25 years in prison (The Wilmington Star-News)
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:44:07 GMT
A Calabash man was sentenced Monday in federal court in New Bern to 25 years in prison for a string of armed robberies at Advance Auto Parts stores in North and South Carolina, according to a news release from the Eastern District U.S. Attorney's Office.
SLED arrests, charges business owner with arson (Florence Morning News)
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:44:00 GMT
Police charge an owner of a Myrtle Beach business with arson after his business is destroyed in a fire Saturday.
Lawmen flag illegal immigrants who commit crimes (The Greenville News)
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:59:59 GMT
COLUMBIA -- By the time police caught up with Guillermo Raya-Mendoza last April, the 22-year-old Mexican had been involved in two Myrtle Beach-area wrecks in a car stolen from a Greenville family.
Woman charged with animal cruelty (The Charlotte Observer)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:22:31 GMT
Catawba County Hickory A woman who said she saved a kitten tossed from a vehicle onto U.S. 321 in Hickory last month has been charged with animal cruelty. Police arrested 31-year-old Heather Nicole Bradshaw on Wednesday and charged her with three counts of misdemeanor cruelty to animals, filing a false police report and resisting a public official. Officer Paul Murphy says police began ...