Four people were killed and 20 wounded in a shooting at a packed bar on one of South Carolina’s inland Sea Islands early Sunday morning. The gunfire erupted at Willie’s Bar and Grill, a well-known hotspot known for its Gullah-inspired cuisine, while hundreds of people were attending an alumni event for Beaufort County’s Battery Creek High School, The Associated Press reported. Police have released very little information about the shooting except to say they were looking at “persons of...

A South Carolina high school teacher who resigned last month in the midst of an investigation into inappropriate relationships with students now faces 24 counts of sexual battery of student. The new charges relate to another victim, investigators told WHNS. Micah Keith Lanford was initially charged with eight counts last month shortly after his resignation from Boiling Springs High School in Spartanburg County, as CrimeOnline reported. Lanford was denied bond at the time, WHNS reported. This wee...

A traveling horse veterinarian was arrested Wednesday in Florida and charged with sexual battery of a teenage girl. Gregory Ford, 52, has also been charged with a federal count of threatening communications after he allegedly told the girl’s mother he was hiring a hitman to kill her if she persisted in the sexual battery investigation against him, WAFF reported. The federal complaint was filed on Wednesday in Alabamap, a day after the threat was made. According to the complaint, the girl’s m...

An Arkansas couple has been charged with battery in the apparent abuse of a 7-year-old child who was admitted to Arkansas Children’s Hospital this week “pale, limp, and extremely underweight at just 28 pounds.” Chris Freeman, 39, and Katelyn Freeman, 27, have also been charged with endangering the welfare of a minor in the ongoing investigation, which could lead to further charges, the Russellville Police Department told KARK. The Freemans took the boy to Dardanelle Regional Medical Center...

An Illinois man was charged last week with battery for abusing his two-month-old baby after he admitted he was “overstimulated and overwhelmed” while taking care of his child. The Peoria County State Attorney’s Office said that Bartonville Police received a report of child abuse from the Department of Children and Family Services on June 3. The caseworker reported they were called to the hospital earlier that day and spoke with the infant’s mother, who said she’d left the baby with 24-...

A Florida man told deputies he “felt bad ” after slashing another man with a machete, so he took his victim to the hospital. Angel Ramos-Arce, 35, was arrested on Monday and charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery causing bodily harm, Law&Crime reported. The incident took place outside a convenience store in Osceola County. An arrest affidavit says that Ramos-Arce came into the Circle K store and began yelling at an employee, who called for her brothe...