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Report: Rock Hill man assaulted girlfriend with ginger ale

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 »

Winthrop baseball player accused of assaulting roommate

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 »

Teen at Rock Hill psych center accused of stabbing fellow patient

By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — A 15-year-old patient at New Hope Carolinas has been charged with assault after police say she stabbed a fellow patient with a pen on Tuesday. Police on Wednesday were sent to New Hope, a residential psychiatric center that treats children and teens with violent behavior, around 10:30 … Continue reading »

Deputies: Wife assaulted husband with logging chain

By WBTV Web Staff - email ROCK HILL, SC (WBTV) – A Rock Hill woman was arrested after she assaulted her husband with a logging chain during a dispute, according to the York County Sheriff’s Office. The incident happened the morning of Sunday, February 10, at the woman’s home on Indian Trail in Rock Hill. A … Continue reading »

Police: Woman nearly drowned in tub, beaten for two hours by ex-boyfriend

By John Cominsky – email   ROCK HILL, SC (WBTV) – A Rock Hill man was arrested after police say he beat his ex-girlfriend for two hours and attempted to drown her in the bathtub. According to a report from the Rock Hill Police Department, the incident began at an apartment on Main Street around … Continue reading »

DSS criminal background check incomplete in Rock Hill child abuse case

By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — York County’s office of the state Department of Social Services agreed to place an 8-year-old Rock Hill boy into the care of his uncle – a convicted felon – without doing a comprehensive background check on the uncle, agency officials confirmed on Friday. The boy had been removed last year … Continue reading »

2 arrested after New Year’s Eve fights at Rock Hill club

By Staff Reports — The Herald ROCK HILL — Two men were arrested after New Year’s Eve fights at Infinity’s Night Club on East Main Street in Rock Hill. Denesen Odom, 25, of Rock Hill is charged with third degree assault and battery after police say he hit a bouncer in the face with a pool stick, … Continue reading »

Rock Hill man gets 25 years prison for attack on girlfriend, her son

By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com YORK — Now “clean and sober,” Danny Ray Pittman confessed to a judge that he battled a drug addiction and then begged for mercy before pleading guilty to brutally beating his girlfriend and her teenage son in February. “I have the highest regard for human life,” Pittman said while wiping away tears with … Continue reading »

Police: Rock Hill woman stabs drunk husband during argument

By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — Police say a Rock Hill woman stabbed her drunken husband Tuesday after he argued with their daughter and, in his stupor, broke several items and dumped trash throughout the house. Carol Renee Barber-Houze, 43, is charged with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, according to a Rock … Continue reading »

Report: Woman attacked at Rock Hill club

By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — A Rock Hill woman told police that several women attacked her at the Infiniti nightclub early Sunday before they stole money, her shoes and her driver’s license. The woman, 22, went to the police station and said that the group, including a 26-year-old woman she identified, jumped her while inside … Continue reading »

Police: Man assaults daughter after picking her up from jail

By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — Police have issued warrants for a Great Falls man accused of punching and choking his daughter after picking her up from jail in Rock Hill Wednesday. The woman, 19, told police that around 3:30 p.m. her father picked her up from the jail and they started arguing in the parking … Continue reading »

Rock Hill man charged in shootout

By Jonathan McFadden —jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — Police on Wednesday arrested a 20-year-old Rock Hill man in connection with a November shootout that left one man in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg. Daquece Agurs, of 978 Sylvia Circle, is charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according … Continue reading »

Report: Man tied up, pistol-whipped during Rock Hill home invasion

By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — One of two alleged victims in a Rock Hill home invasion ran away after he was apparently tied up and pistol-whipped Monday night, police say. Police were called to a Maple Street house close to 9 p.m. when a 55-year-old man told them two short, masked men broke into the … Continue reading »

Boy, 12, jumped by 3 teens at Rock Hill rec center

By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — A 12-year-old Rock Hill boy was jumped by three teens who pushed him to the ground and punched him on the side of the head while he was playing basketball at a local recreation center, police say. The boy’s mother told officers that her son and nephew, 7, were playing … Continue reading »

Police: Rock Hill woman cut man with razor

By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — Police accuse a Rock Hill woman of cutting a man in his face with a razor Tuesday. Evelyn Renee Williams, 55, is charged with second-degree assault and battery, according to a Rock Hill police report. The man and a few witnesses told police Williams cut him on his left cheek … Continue reading »

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