In South Carolina, people who have completed jail sentences may still have to take part in a GPS monitoring program outside of prison or jail. Some county jails have such programs, and so does the state's Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services.While a GPS...
Month: August 2013
Motorists face serious risk of injury in Horry County
Auto accident data from AAA Carolinas points to an unfortunate distinction for Horry County. For six out of the last seven years, the county has ranked in the top five in the state for having high crash percentages. According to the president of AAA Carolinas, the...
Charge against South Carolina teen upgraded
The charges against a South Carolina teenager were recently upgraded after the 18-year-old's medical records were subpoenaed by prosecutors. More than a year ago, the high school student was accused of driving too fast in an accident that took a 40-year-old man's...
Former Senate candidate accused of trespassing in Myrtle Beach
The enigmatic South Carolina man who, with no campaigning, dismayed voters when he won a 2010 nomination for U.S. Senate was arrested recently under characteristically strange circumstances. Alvin Greene, 35, is a Manning resident, but he was arrested for allegedly...
South Carolina man dies of head injury after golf cart accident
Brain injury victims and their families know how fragile life can be. One moment a person might be comfortably riding in a car, or bicycling through a crosswalk, or working on a ladder to make a house repair. And the next moment could permanently alter the course of a...
South Carolina man cleared of robbery charge after month in jail
Sometimes police officers make mistakes, and that was unfortunately the case in the arrest of a South Carolina man who was mistakenly held in jail for almost a month. Police arrested and charged the Rock Hill resident with armed robbery, but now police admit they have...