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Newsby Staff WriterApril 6, 2018

South Carolina Deputy Killed in Vehicle Crash Responding to Call

Officers called for a bloodhound team to track the suspect. Hallman, who's a member of the Bloodhound Tracking Team, began responding to the scene with lights and sirens activated, but crashed along the way.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 4, 2018

Video: Dash Camera Footage Shows Fatal OIS at South Carolina Motel

Officers were called to the scene on reports of a man in a Jaguar driving recklessly. Hayes' blood alcohol content was .237, nearly three times the legal driving limit of .08, according to a toxicology report.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 21, 2018

South Carolina County Considering Using Schools as Police Substations

"The police substations is an idea I came up with about four or five years ago," DeFeo said. "The idea was if they needed substations, we have schools. There are rooms in the schools that police could stop by and use as offices."

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 19, 2018

Accused South Carolina Cop Killer Charged and Denied Bond

Christian McCall, 47, was booked into the Mecklenburg County, NC, jail Thursday morning after being at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte since the shooting on Jan. 16.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 18, 2018

Video: SC Detective Wounded in Tuesday Ambush Dies

Doty was shot during an ambush and shootout early Tuesday morning near the town of York. He was a member of a county SWAT team searching for a suspect who had shot a K-9 handler hours earlier, authorities say. Two other law enforcement officers were wounded in the ambush.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 16, 2018

SC Sheriff: Detective "Hanging on to Life" After Shooting

Tolson said Det. Mike Doty was "very critically" wounded during a 3:31 a.m. gunfight with the suspect. He addressed the public, saying, "We need your continued prayers." He added that York County law enforcement appreciated the outpouring of support from the community.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 16, 2018

Video: 4 SC Officers Shot at Domestic Violence Call, 2 Helicoptered to Hospital

The conditions of the wounded law enforcement officers have not been released. York County SO public information officer Trent Farris asked the public to keep the officer and deputies in their prayers at a press conference.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 2, 2018

Video: SC Woman Escapes Cuffs, Steals Squad Car

A South Carolina woman accused of stealing multiple vehicles and wrecking them, including a Sumter County Sheriff's Office patrol car, was denied bond Thursday.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 28, 2017

Fearing They are Outgunned, Some SC Troopers Buying Rifles

Col. Chris Williamson, commander of the S.C. Highway Patrol, recently confirmed that some front-line troopers wanted the more effective rifles so badly for potential confrontations that about 50 have bought their own in the past couple of years.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 25, 2017

Video: “Something Had to be Done,” Says Homeless Man who Helped SC Officer Under Attack

"She's a woman slammed to the ground and she's an officer...I saw her belongings hit the ground,” Turmon said. “She'd done everything she could...It was going to get ugly, ya know? Something had to be done.”

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