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 — 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 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 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 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
By Andrew Dys — adys@heraldonline.com COLUMBIA — At least six of the 15 Hells Angels with connections to the Rock Hill chapter of the motorcycle outlaws could face life in prison after being convicted in a widespread drug, weapons and criminal conspiracy web, according to federal prosecutors. Three members – including the president of the … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — A 57-year-old Rock Hill woman is accused of arson after deputies say she set her house on fire Sunday and then stood in the yard to watch it burn before she was dragged away by neighbors. Donna Lee Cearfoss is charged with third-degree arson. Wednesday morning, she … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — Twelve people have been charged in a car fraud scheme that cheated hundreds of customers and some investors in a Rock Hill auto sales business out of at least $500,000, according to police. A joint investigation by Rock Hill Police, the State Law Enforcement Division and the … Continue reading
By Staff Reports — The Herald ROCK HILL — A Kohl’s shoplifter locked herself out of her vehicle and then tried to use a stolen barbecue fork to open the car door before police arrested her Sunday evening, according to a Rock Hill police report.Police arrived before the woman could jimmy the door open. She … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — A Rock Hill man admitted to police on Monday that he had sex with a 12-year-old girl in his bathroom late last year, deputies say. Billy Joe Gordon II, 20, of 1029 Kacie Drive is charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor, according to a … Continue reading