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Lowcountry law enforcement asking for help finding 99-year-old man missing since January
Mar 1, 2021 3:55 PM EST
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry, The Denmark Police Department and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are asking for the public’s help in finding a 99-year-old man who has been missing since January. Investigators say Solomon Ray was last seen at his home on Vorhees road sometime between January 14-18.
Solomon Ray
Courtesy: Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry
Authorities describe Ray as a Black man who stands at 5’11”, weighs approximately 160 lbs. and has a balding head of gray hair. Officials say he was last seen wearing dark grey dress pants, a dark grey button up felt blazer with red and black pinstripes, brown dress shoes and possibly a dress hat. Authorities say Ray is also vision and hearing impaired.
Updated: 3:49 PM EST February 1, 2021
ORANGEBURG, S.C. A former county council member and South Carolina state trooper has been granted bail again despite facing charges of sexually abusing girls in two counties and federal charges of lying while trying to buy a gun in December.
Ex-Bamberg County Councilman Kerry Trent Kinard remains jailed for now pending a federal hearing.
He faces up to life in prison if convicted of sex abuse in Bamberg County.
Now he s also charged in Jasper County, where a woman says she was 16 when Kinard abused her.
Ex-County Council member faces more sex abuse charges
February 1, 2021 GMT
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) A former county council member and ex-South Carolina state trooper charged with sexually abusing girls and lying about it while trying to buy a gun has been granted bail again.
Ex-Bamberg County Councilman Kerry Trent Kinard, who faces up to life in prison if convicted of the state charges, remains jailed for now pending a federal bond hearing, The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reported. Federal prosecutors said he lied when he said wasn’t under felony indictment or a restraining order while trying to buy a gun in December.
By SAMMY FRETWELL | The State (Columbia, S.C.) | Published: January 27, 2021 COLUMBIA, S.C. (Tribune News Service) An emerging class of toxins increasingly threatens drinking water across South Carolina, but state officials have so far failed to set standards that could protect millions of people. That was the message Wednesday from a coalition of environmental groups that wants the state Legislature to establish limits on the amount of the chemicals allowed in public water supplies. The chemicals, known as PFAS, have in recent years been discovered to threaten water systems across the country. They can spread quickly in water and have been tied to cancer, development disabilities and kidney damage.