Crime

In addition to arrests, authorities seized 24 guns and served search warrants at 20 sites.

Shakel Dixon is facing multiple charges, including kidnapping and murder, in the death of 20-year-old Derrick Jai Curry of Graniteville who has been missing since May 2019.

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the person who robbed a Family Dollar store in Augusta.

A double homicide in Colleton County reportedly struck a family long linked to the solicitor’s office that serves Allendale County and others.

South Carolina’s Supreme Court says a state law requiring sex offenders to register for life without prior judicial review is unconstitutional.

Oludare Oluwabusi has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting to possession of child pornography.

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help finding a suspect in an aggravated assault that happened Tuesday in the 3100 block of Collier Drive.

South Carolina is set to carry out executions for the first time in more than a decade. Two inmates have been fighting that.

Richmond County deputies are no longer looking for 15-year-olds, Kenya Campbell and Kaniya Grace.

Ricky Cochran is facing multiple charges for two back to back shootings in Aiken County.

A double homicide in Colleton County reportedly struck a family long linked to the solicitor’s office that serves Allendale County and others.

A man caused a head-on collision with another vehicle after he was refused access to a gun in Berkeley County, according to deputies.

Authorities identified the homicide victim whose decomposing remains were found late last week in a bag outside a Hancock County home.

A double homicide in Colleton County reportedly struck a family long linked to the solicitor’s office that serves Allendale County and others.

Local authorities need help finding a number of people wanted as suspects or for questioning. Can you help?

Latonya Lenise Wilson, 35, was charged with assaulting her ex-girlfriend with a knife early Monday morning.

Deangelo Marcell Fortson is facing charges for allegedly shooting at an occupied car in the parking lot of an Augusta shopping center.

A South Carolina judge is considering whether to temporarily halt a new law effectively forcing death row prisoners to choose to die by either electric chair or firing squad.

Soon after a body was found in Hancock County, authorities learned their suspect was already in jail on unrelated charges.

The man was charged with four counts of attempted murder and one count of weapon possession during a crime.

The sheriff is accused of repeatedly ordering detainees to be put in a restraint chair for hours.

Christopher Collin Demmon, 33, is charged with malice murder in connection with the death of a person found in Hancock County.

Gunshots rang out Friday morning in a shopping center parking lot, damaging a vehicle but hurting no one.

Preliminary statistics from 2020 show a disturbing increase in violent crime in South Carolina. State authorities say gangs, drugs and criminal’s access to guns continue to play a significant role.

Caleb Price, 34, was extradited to Augusta for multiple charges including kidnapping and trafficking a child for sexual servitude.

On Tuesday, Rhett Riviere, 67, was charged with sex/voyeurism, violating place of privacy, views, photographs, records or films-first offense, according to arrest records.

A man accused of shoplifting in North Augusta took off in a car and was chased across state state lines before he was ultimately arrested.

Richmond County authorities have arrested Kaylen Robinson, who was being sought in connection with a kidnapping at a local McDonald’s.

The sheriff is accused of repeatedly ordering detainees to be put in a restraint chair for hours.

Murder suspects Tyler Terry and Adrienne Simpson are now considered suspects in a fifth homicide case, according to officials.