by WCNC.com Staff ROCK Hill, S.C. — A man was charged after an explosion happened in a motel room while he was trying to cook meth on Sunday. Authorities charged Ronnie Kenneth Brady, 35, with manufacturing methamphetamine after an explosion occurred in motel room while he was cooking meth around 1 a.m. Sunday. The Rock … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — Police charged a Rock Hill man with assault and battery after they say he threw a full bottle of ginger ale at his girlfriend, causing her right arm to swell on Monday. Police were called to the CVS on Celanese Road at about 9 p.m. after a … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — A Winthrop University baseball player has been suspended indefinitely after police say he assaulted his roommate during an argument, sending the 20-year-old student to the hospital with a concussion and “offset” teeth Sunday. Michael Thomas Gilroy, 20, a sophomore pitcher who studies sports management and earned … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com YORK — Police say three teenagers took to the woods behind their alternative school last week to smoke marijuana and cigarettes. At about 7:35 a.m. Thursday, a teacher told a police officer at York One Academy that she saw three students go into the woods near a dirt road on … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL It took three security guards to handcuff a man who tried to flee after he and another man were separated during a fight at a Rock Hill club early Sunday, according to police. Police were dispatched to the Infiniti nightclub on East Main Street around 1:30 a.m. in … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — The general manager of the Olive Garden in Rock Hill reported to police that employees found what appeared to be a bag of cocaine in a booth on Sunday.At about 4:40 p.m., police were called to the Olive Garden on John Ross Parkway when the manager said … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — A pregnant Rock Hill woman told police that her boyfriend attacked her Sunday after she asked him not to smoke marijuana in her apartment. Police have charged Cameron Lavar Anderson, 24, with criminal domestic violence and possession of marijuana, according to Rock Hill Police documents. He was … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — Police say a Rock Hill man trying to clean his gun accidentally fired a bullet into his neighbor’s apartment Saturday night. Sometime after 11:50 a.m., the gun’s owner, 29, called police and reported that he accidentally shot a bullet into the adjacent Paces River apartment and he … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — Police chased a Rock Hill man who ran behind several houses and jumped fences after he drove his speeding car down several city streets before crashing into a telephone pole early Sunday. Officers on a routine patrol on East Main Street shortly after midnight noticed a gray … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — A Rock Hill man was shot in the thigh during a shooting that scattered club goers and left shell casings in two parking lots at the Infiniti nightclub early Sunday. Police were called to the East Main Street club around 1:50 a.m. after receiving reports that shots … Continue reading
By Staff Reports — The Herald ROCK HILL — Nearly $200 in cash was stolen from four women’s purses last week at a Rock Hill church. The pastor of West End Baptist Church on McConnells Highway told police someone took a total of $194 from the handbags of four office workers between 9 a.m. and … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL A Rock Hill man who claimed affiliations with a Lancaster art studio was charged with vandalism last week after police say he etched graffiti on the walls and in the bathrooms of a Winthrop University art building. Travis Thomas Sinclair, 36, is accused of using a black Sharpie … Continue reading
By Andrew Dys — adys@heraldonline.com LANCASTER — Despite a grandmother’s plea that “a tiny little girl had no chance to fight off a monster,” a judge set bond Friday for the wounded Iraq War veteran accused of beating his girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter to death outside Lancaster earlier this month. For the first time, the lawyer … Continue reading
By Anna Douglas — adouglas@heraldonline.com A Rock Hill man walking home from the liquor store told police he was “jumped on” and stabbed Thursday night near Confederate Park. Around 8:30 p.m., two men stabbed the victim and took $5 from him, according to a Rock Hill police report. Officers saw a small knife puncture on … Continue reading
By Andrew Dys — adys@heraldonline.com YORK — A Rock Hill grandmother was sentenced to probation Thursday after pleading guilty to unlawful neglect toward a child after her 2-month-old granddaughter suffocated last year. Toni Chavis, 56, was charged two months after Jaylin Chavis died May 6. Toni Chavis’ boyfriend, Roger Bryson, was sentenced to 18 months … Continue reading