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HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A judge overseeing the Horry County murder case of ex-deputy coroner Chris Dontell has agreed to remove himself from the case. Judge Benjamin Culbertson’s decision came after an April 5 hearing on Dontell’s request to have him step down, according to a court document obtained by News13. No reason was […]
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) – A Georgetown man entered an Alford plea Thursday to accessory after the fact of murder and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to the 15th Circuit Solicitor’s Office. Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson made the announcement Thursday in a news release. Eric Wade Hempel, 24, entered a guilty […]
Georgetown resident Corey Beach, 36, was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison for his role in a bank robbery. The bank robbery happened in February 2023.
CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — A Conway man on Wednesday was sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection with a March 2023 armed robbery in Myrtle Beach, the 15th Circuit Solicitor’s Office said. Andre Josiah Long, 21, pleaded guilty Wednesday to armed robbery, according to the solicitor’s office. He was sentenced by Judge Benjamin Culbertson. […]
The finances of a murder victim dominated Friday’s testimony in the murder-for-hire trial of Aynor resident Samantha Rabon. Rabon, 39, is accused of paying a man to murder her father, Robert Marion Ford, 59, and half-brother, Robbie Ford, 25, in August, 2018.