DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A former Summerville police officer accused of murder after shooting a man outside Chick-fil-A is suing the local chapter of a fraternal law enforcement organization for not covering his legal defense. Attorneys Ronald Richter and Eric Bland filed the suit on behalf of Anthony DeLustro against the Fraternal Order of […]
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A gun that can be modified into a fully automatic weapon was seized Tuesday outside a North Charleston hotel. Officers from the North Charleston Police Department were conducting a routine patrol in the parking lot of the Aloft Hotel on Tanger Outlets Boulevard when they noticed a suspicious vehicle parked […]
BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history as part of a settlement with one of the subjects’ descendants. The photos of the subjects identified by Tamara Lanier as her great-great-great-grandfather Renty, whom she calls […]
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — Two new faces are set to join the North Charleston City Council following a special election Tuesday that saw less than 15% of registered voters turn out. Stephanie Ganaway-Pasley and Christopher Emde were elected to represent Districts 3 and 5, respectively, after defeating a slew of candidates in the May […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A suspected gang member was sentenced to life in a South Carolina prison after committing a triple murder in 2020. A Berkeley County jury found Jay Quan Tyheim Washington guilty of the murders of Malik Gibbs, Desmond Williams, and Martice Green. As a result, Honorable Dale Van Slambrook sentenced Washington […]
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Local agencies are calling on South Carolina lawmakers to help them clean up abandoned boats in Lowcountry waterways. Wounded Nature Working Veterans and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources invited staff from Congresswoman Nancy Mace and Senator Tim Scott to tour these derelict boats in the Charleston Harbor. Representative […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) –Charleston City Council is discussing a controversial proposal Tuesday night that would establish a juvenile curfew in the central business district. The curfew would be King Street from Carolina St to Broad, Market Street south of King and East Bay Street from Market to Broad to prevent kids, 17 and younger, from […]
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Police in North Charleston have arrested an 18-year-old accused of breaking into at least seven vehicles early Monday. Xzavion Mack was charged with seven counts of tampering with a motor vehicle. He’s currently in custody at the Al Cannon Detention, held on a $3,000 bond. Officers received a call about […]
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – North Charleston police arrested a man in connection with a Memorial Day shooting off Otranto Road. Devontay Pryor, 31, was taken to the Al Cannon Detention Center on charges of attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Officers with the North Charleston Police Department responded to […]
UPDATE: Berkeley County Coroner Darnell Hartwell confirmed to News 2 one death in connection with the fire. — GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCBD) – Authorities are investigating an early morning fire that damaged a Goose Creek home. Crews from the Goose Creek Rural Fire Department and Central Berkeley Fire and EMS responded to a home on […]
