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Driver charged after wreck with police officer in N. Charleston

Submitted by Live 5 News Web Staff
Friday, January 27th, 2012, 4:26pm

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC)-A North Charleston police officer was taken to the hospital Friday morning after a car accident on Ashley Phosphate Road.

According to the North Charleston Police Department, the officer was traveling down Ashley Phosphate Road near Lincoln Boulevard in an unmarked 2008 Chevy when the driver of a Toyota tried to make a left turn and collided with the Chevy.

The driver of the Toyota, Kristle Cassel, was charged with failure to yield the right of way. The officer, Paul Hernandez, was transported to Roper St. Francis Hospital.

The accident is being investigated by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Traffic was delayed in the area, but all roads are open in the area and traffic is back to normal.

Copyright WCSC 2012. All rights reserved.

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Home Depot hiring; Job fair today

Submitted by Alex Kreitman, New Media Director
Friday, January 27th, 2012, 9:41am
Home Depot hiring; Job fair today

The Home Depot is hiring and the company is holding a job fair in Summerville Friday.

SC Works of Dorchester County is sponsoring the job fair, which will last until 2 p.m. Friday.

The office is at 2885 West 5th North Street in Summerville.

Home Depot is hiring cashiers and sales associates.

If you want more information call SC Works Dorchester at 843-821-0695.

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Free carriage tours for locals

Submitted by Alex Kreitman, New Media Director
Friday, January 27th, 2012, 9:36am
Free carriage tours for locals

If you've been wanting to see downtown Charleston like a tourist this weekend you can do it for free.

On Sunday, Palmetto Carriage Works is giving locals free tours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The 4th annual event is only for people who live in the Tri-county.

Parking is free. For more information call 843-723-8145.

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Man escapes cops after chase, manhunt near National Guard Armory

Submitted by Live 5 News Web Staff
Friday, January 27th, 2012, 9:10am

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC)-Police have suspended a manhunt in North Charleston near the National Guard Armory. The manhunt began after authorities say the suspect failed to pull over and sped away from police.

Shortly before 2 p.m., officers say they attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a subject driving a Chevrolet Camaro at Highway 78 near Trident Hospital. The driver sped off and continued down 78 to NAD Road.

Officers lost sight of the vehicle, but minutes later another patrolman spotted the vehicle at Ashley Phosphate Road. The drive continued on Ashley Phosphate Road to Cross County Road where the driver bailed out of the vehicle near the National Guard Armory.

The male suspect ran in to the woods and officers, K-9 units and a Charleston County sheriff's office helicopter began searching for him.





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North Charleston mayor delivers State of the City address

Submitted by Live 5 News Web Staff
Thursday, January 26th, 2012, 7:56pm

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC)-North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey gave a sunny outlook in his State of the City address Thursday night.

In his pre-recorded video address, the mayor talked about where the city has been in the past year and where it's going in 2012. He says general revenue went up nearly $2 million this year.

The mayor then listed off a number of projects in the works including a new county and city centralized dispatch center which is now under construction and slated to be finished in 2013.

The mayor says plans are in place for a new $40 million public works facility on the old Charleston Naval base adding construction is well underway on Shipwatch Square.

"We have bought this property and we are going to bring it back...as a central location for people on the southern end of the city," Summey said.

The mayor says when it's finished, there will be a grocery, drug store and bank there.









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North Charleston man gets 12 years for dealing cocaine base

Submitted by Live 5 News Web Staff
Thursday, January 26th, 2012, 5:32pm

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC)-A 25-year-old North Charleston man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for dealing cocaine base. 

United States Attorney Bill Nettles said Alvin Grant was sentenced on Thursday in federal court in Charleston. Chief United States District Judge David C. Norton sentenced Grant to 12 years imprisonment followed by six years of supervised release.

Evidence presented at the change of plea hearing established that on Sept. 13 and Oct. 1, 2010, the North Charleston Police Department Narcotics Unit made undercover purchases of  crack cocaine from Grant.

Grant's prior record includes multiple drug and weapons convictions, as well as a conviction for assault and battery with intent to kill.

The undercover purchases were part of Operation S.T.A.N.D., a joint initiative between the North Charleston Police Department, the United States Attorney's Office and the Charleston County Solicitor's Office.

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Cops seize over 80 pounds of pot after traffic stop; 3 arrested

Submitted by Cameron Easley, Community Web Producer
Thursday, January 26th, 2012, 4:05pm

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - North Charleston police arrested three men on drug charges Wednesday after seizing over 80 pounds of marijuana during a search following a traffic stop and subsequent foot chase.

Patrolling officers said they were on Highway 78 near Interstate 26 when they attempted to execute a traffic stop on 29-year-old Antonio Myers. Police say Meyers stopped his 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo but immediately ran away from police into a wooded area.

He was detained a short time later and officers said they found "a quantity of drugs" in the area of the arrest. The investigation led police to Myers' home on Mixedwood Drive and an apartment complex on Highway 78 in North Charleston.

Inside the Mixedwood Drive home, officers recovered 35 pounds of marijuana valued at $159,000 and a "significant amount of cash," the incident report states.

During a search at the Highway 78 apartment, police seized 51 pounds of marijuana valued at $232,000.







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