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 Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — A man and woman suspected in thefts at seven area Targets are accused of stealing an Xbox 360 hard drive from a Rock Hill Target on Tuesday.Sometime Tuesday afternoon, a man and woman entered the Target at the Manchester Village Shopping Center; the man used a magnetic … 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 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
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — Two students at York Preparatory Academy in Rock Hill were caught having sex in the school’s hallway before classes started last week, police say.A school administrator called police and reported that a boy and girl, both 15, were engaged in sexual activity in the hallway prior to … Continue reading
By Anna Douglas — adouglas@heraldonline.com Police arrested two Rock Hill men, recovered several stolen guns and seized phones, drugs and money at a Simpson Street home late Wednesday night, according to a Rock Hill police report. Rock Hill police’s street crimes unit were staking out the house, looking for 18-year-old Jaquavius Daquan Belton, who had … Continue reading
By Don Worthington — dworthington@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — South Pointe High School failed to follow emergency procedures Wednesday, Rock Hill school district officials say, allowing students returning from the Applied Technology Center to be dropped off on campus during the middle of a security lockdown. School officials met Thursday to review the incident and already … Continue reading
By Nick Needham - email ROCK HILL, SC (WBTV) – A Rock Hill man is in jail after deputies say he stabbed a man several times. The incident was reported on Monday night at 10:10 p.m. on the 100 block of Cel River Road, according to the report from the York County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrived … Continue reading
CHICAGO (AP) – Authorities say a 73-year-old ex-convict told investigators he became accustomed to life in prison and wanted to get caught when he robbed another bank so he could live his final years behind bars. A federal complaint says Walter Unbehaun walked into a suburban Chicago bank with a pistol and used the novel stickup … Continue reading
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
ROCK HILL, SC (WBTV) – A Rock Hill retailer sold a Mega Millions® ticket worth $250,000 for Tuesday night’s drawing. Herlong Express at 490 S. Herlong Ave. in Rock Hill is the lucky lottery destination. The ticket sold in Rock Hill matched all five white ball numbers drawn. Had the ticket holder purchased Megaplier® for … Continue reading
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
By John Cominsky – email ROCK HILL, SC (WBTV) – Rock Hill Police are looking for two men caught on surveillance video stealing 15 Apple iPads from a local store. The theft happened Sunday between 2 and 3 a.m. at the Walmart on Dave Lyle Boulevard. Officers responded to a call from the store’s Loss … Continue reading
By Staff Reports — The Herald ROCK HILL — Twelve minors were cited Saturday night when Rock Hill police responded to an underage drinking party at a home on Farrow Road. Police arrived at the home to find three people getting into their vehicles. Officers asked them if the party involved underage drinking, but the teens said … Continue reading