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Berkeley County SCGOP Chairman resigns to endorse Rick Santorum
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:50:26 -0800
Mt. Pleasant, SC - Berkeley County, South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Tim Callanan has resigned his position, effective immediately so that he can endorse Rick Santorum for President.
Berkeley County SCGOP Chanirman resigns to endorse Rick Santorum
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:05:20 -0800
Mt. Pleasant, SC - Berkeley County, South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Tim Callanan has resigned his position, effective immediately so that he can endorse Rick Santorum for President.
Escaped inmate may have slipped cuff
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:24 -0800
Deputies in Berkeley County say the suspect, who has ties to Anderson and is serving time on a criminal domestic violence charge, made his dash for freedom by first, slipping out of a pair of handcuffs.
Read Away, South Carolina Inmates!
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:24:33 -0800
Inmates in South Carolina can once again get out their reading glasses. The Berkeley County jail has agreed to stop barring prisoners from accessing books, magazines, newspapers and other periodicals, as part of a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union.
Berkeley changes procedures at jail
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:30:59 -0800
Berkeley County sheriff's officials said Friday night that they have changed procedures for releasing jail inmates after a prisoner ran through an employee exit and escaped Thursday. James A. Sanders, 39, of Cypress Campground Road in Ridgeville, had been sentenced Thursday to time served...
Man charged with DUI after hitting deputy with SUV, troopers say
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:28:42 -0800
A man is facing DUI charges after authorities say he struck a Berkeley County deputy who was directing traffic on the outskirts of Moncks Corner on Tuesday night. Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol say 45-year-old Jeffery Grover struck the sheriff's deputy who was helping reroute traffic around a previous wreck on South Live Oak Drive near Frederick Douglas Road just after 7:15 p.m.
S.C. county to pay almost $600K to settle jail-censorship suit
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:12:40 -0800
Prison Legal News editors contend that this is the largest-ever settlement for such a case.
Three children found in active meth lab
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:06:35 -0800
Berkeley county sheriff's department find an active meth lab in Moncks Corner after a tip from South Carolina Department of Social Services.
Berkeley jail settles lawsuit
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:33:45 -0800
If it's not naked or dangerous, inmates can get it mailed to them at the Berkeley County jail. Officials at the Hill-Finklea Detention Center in Moncks Corner agreed to pay nearly $600,000 on Tuesday to settle a lawsuit filed more than a year ago by the American Civil Liberties Union afte...
Berkeley County jail settles dispute over inmate mail
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:22:57 -0800
A Berkeley County jail has settled federal accusations it violated inmates' rights by depriving them of certain reading materials. Court documents obtained by The Associated Press show the American Civil