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Monday, February 25, 2013  Authorities say a 23-year-old Hanahan man threw his 5-month-old son to the ground because he wouldn't stop crying, then waited two days before getting the boy medical help.

Friday, December 07, 2012  An officer who resigned this week from the Moncks Corner Police Department has been charged exploitation of minors after authorities say they found child pornography on his computer.

Thursday, February 02, 2012  The search has intensified for a South Carolina jail escapee who has been on the run for more than week. Authorities say 39-year-old James Sanders escaped from the Berkeley County Jail on Jan. 26.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011  A former federal prison warden says a Bible-only policy for inmates at a South Carolina jail is stricter than policies governing reading materials allowed to some the country's most dangerous inmates.  John L. Clark says in court documents filed Monday that inmates should be able to receive all religious texts and stapled materials.

Monday, May 16, 2011  U.S. Justice Department officials are visiting the Berkeley County jail in the center of a federal lawsuit over a policy barring inmates from reading materials other than the Bible.

Tuesday, May 03, 2011  Court documents filed Monday show U.S. District Judge Margaret Seymour agreed to allow the government to take part in the lawsuit against the Berkeley County jail.