Erroneously-released inmate now back in NC prison

A convicted murderer who was on the run – and caught – is now back at his home away from home in North Carolina. Andrew Kiel reports. (As written: Deputies say Thomas Aaron Whitlock, who was mistakenly released from the Moss Justice Center following what Sheriff Bruce Bryant calls an error in documentation, was returned [...] Read More

‘Hide and go seek’ ends for convicted murderer in Dallas, Texas

York County Sheriff Bruce Bryant said today that following the re-arrest of a convicted murderer mistakenly released from the Moss Justice Center in Dallas, Tex., some changes may be in store for how inmates are released at the Moss Justice Center. 31-year-old Thomas Aaron Whitlock was released at 3 p.m. Monday from the York County [...] Read More

Parents arrested for manufacturing meth with their one-month-old child

A newborn in Kershaw County is now in protective custody after Sheriff’s Investigators say the child’s parents were manufacturing and selling methamphetamine out of their home. Narcotics investigators say a tip led them to a motel off U.S 1 in Lugoff, and inside investigators found the room full of meth and other drugs and drug [...] Read More

McConnells man facing attempted murder charges

A McConnells man was arrested Tuesday after police say he stabbed a man at a gas station. 27-year-old Donald Hosmer Junior faces charges a charge of attempted murder after an altercation at the BP on West Main Street in Rock Hill. A police report says Hosmer and Jonathan Todaro wer involved in an altercation when Hosmer stabbed [...] Read More

Winstead: Resigning would be the coward’s way out

York County Councilman Eric Winstead faces DUI and open container charges after he was stopped by sheriff’s deputies while driving erratically on Chester Highway Thursday night. The 39-year-old former pastor from York told deputies he was coming back from Columbia and stopped at a bar. According to the report, Winstead had an open bottole of [...] Read More