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Tuesday, April 23, 2013  A North Charleston man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the strangulation death of a Mount Pleasant man last year.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  Lexington County deputies have arrested a third person in connection to the kidnapping and murder of Michael George.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  Two people are charged in the shooting death of a Sumter man whose body was found alongside a street.

Friday, June 22, 2012  Authorities say a woman was shot to death in a van by men who were trying to rob a man inside the vehicle near Santee.

Friday, June 22, 2012  An "ongoing disagreement" lead to the death of one person and the arrest of four young men Thursday, according to the Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office.

Thursday, April 19, 2012  Columbia Police have made two arrests in connection with a body found Sunday morning floating in a shallow pond in Southeast Park at 560 Hazelwood Road.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011  A Surfside Beach couple has been arrested after police say the couple tried to teach a 17-year-old male a lesson for sending racy text messages to a 15-year-old girl by forcing him to take off his clothes and threatening to cut off his genitals.

Thursday, June 09, 2011  Georgia Ann Sprouse faces one count of Homicide by Child Abuse/Aiding and Abetting and one count of Accessory After the Fact to Felony. She was arrested on Wednesday by the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, with assistance from the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force and the Laurens County Sheriff's Office. Investigators said Sprouse was located on Pond View Drive in Laurens County.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011  Prosecutor Donna Elder says Demario Stukes was the last person facing charges in the 2008 shooting death of Corey Brooks.

Monday, March 23, 2009  Detectives have arrested and charged a 19-year-old Gaston woman with murder in the death of a 36-year-old man who was shot and mortally wounded on Saturday, March 21 at a home near West Columbia.

Friday, December 12, 2008  Arthur Middleton III turned himself in at the Richland County Sheriff's Department headquarters Friday at 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday, December 09, 2008  Columbia police continue the search for one of the Midlands Most Wanted.