A man found dead Tuesday evening along the Congaree River in Columbia, S.C., has been identified as 38-year-old Addison L. Brown, a former Richmond County Sheriff’s deputy who was fired and arrested earlier this year for allegedly lying about an arrest.

A homeless felon, recently released from prison, was arrested Wednesday in the brutal murder of an elderly homeless man behind a Chevron gas station on Laney Walker Boulevard. Jeffrey Eutsay, 43, was charged with murder in the death of Charlie Creech, 70. Creech’s body was found wrapped in a blanket and covered with leaves behind...

A Columbia County man has been sentenced to 100 years in prison after investigators found more than 2,000 images of child pornography on his computer, Acting District Attorney Natalie Paine announced. Harold Middleton Sinclair, 74, of Miles Road in Harlem, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to 20 counts of sexual exploitation of children. Judge Grady Blanchard...

A homeless man was found dead Tuesday afternoon behind a Chevron gas station on Laney Walker Boulevard, and authorities have now launched a murder investigation. Deputies discovered the body of 70-year-old Charlie Creech around 2:04 p.m. behind the Chevron at the corner of 15th Street and Laney Walker. Investigators say he appeared to be unhoused....