COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – Four women who allegedly offered sexual acts to undercover police officers in exchange for cash have been arrested. Kimly Brice,32, Shondell Clippard, 40, Nicole Leonard, 33, and Wilhelmina Taylor, 48, are charged with prostitution police say. The women were arrested earlier this week by North and South Region Columbia PoliceOfficers after citizens voiced concerns about prostitution in…
NEWBERRY COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – Authorities say a Little Mountain man with more than ten prior burglary convictions has again been arrested and charged with two counts of burglary. Julius Henderson Goodwin aka Pete Caughman, 56, allegedly broke into Wilson’s II located on Main Street in Little Mountain on April 4 and again on April 24 by breaking the glass in…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The South Carolina Senate will unveil its official portrait of slain Sen. Clementa Pinckney next month. Sen. Gerald Malloy said Thursday that the Senate will hold a ceremony at 4 p.m. on May 25. A Senate committee picked artist Larry Lebby to paint Pinckeny’s picture. He has portraits of other South Carolina civil rights heroes like…
ORANGEBURG, SC (WOLO) — Investigators with the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office are looking to question two persons of interest after shots were fired into a convenience store over the weekend. Authorities say no one was injured as up to three shots were fired into the Chestnut Street Bojangles around 3 a.m. Saturday, April 23. The bullets struck the front glass…
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) _ A man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison following his conviction in Anderson County in the drive-by shooting death of an aspiring rap artist. Prosecutor Chrissy Adams said 28-year-old Royres Patterson was found guilty Wednesday of murder, attempted murder and a weapons possession charge in 2014 shooting death of Anderson rapper Brandon “Jugg Money”…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson is asking a judge to reschedule the trial of former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager. Slager’s trial is currently scheduled to begin on October 31. Wilson said she is asking it to be pushed up to August of this year or May of 2017. Slager charged with murder in the…
LEXINGTON, S.C. – Lexington County deputies are searching for a man after he fled from the scene of an accident involving a patrol car. “Kyser Holston was involved in two calls for service early Monday morning,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. “Deputies responded to a home on Mack Street in Gaston to check on what was called in as…
Columbia,S.C. (WOLO) — Before you get ready to cook dinner tonight there is a recall that may very well be sitting in your refrigerator right now. Pilgrim’s Pride is recalling 4.5 million of their chicken nuggets after company officials say they found foreign contaminated matter in some of the products. Click here to find out what the USDA says they…
SUMTER COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – Authorities are hoping that store surveillance footage will help identify suspects wanted for breaking in to “The Station” in Mayesville Wednesday morning. Authorities say deputies responded to the store located at 5480 Florence Highway the suspects drove up in a late-model white Ford F-250 crew cab pickup truck, attached a chain to the front security doors and used the…
William Watson RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – A man facing charges of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and unlawful carry of a pistol has been taken into custody by the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said the arrest of 19-year-old William Watson came with the assistance of concerned citizens in the Starlight Community. Authorities say that on…
