Changes are being made at the Orangeburg County Detention Center following the deaths of six inmates and two state inspections, County Administrator Harold Young says. The deaths of six inmates in a little more than a year’s time — half of which were suicides, is ‘not typical,” Young said. ‘If one person dies, that’s too […]
Hours after being booked into the Orangeburg County Detention Center on Nov. 23, 2012, 37-year-old Nathaniel Paul Hearn took his life by hanging himself from a bed sheet in his cell. Now Hearn’s widow is suing the county and others, claiming the Cordova man’s death could have been avoided. And more lawsuits could follow. Jenny […]
Attorneys allege the Orangeburg County Detention Center, the Regional Medical Center and a list of medical care providers were negligent when James Ray Parker died in the jail. In a complaint filed in the Orangeburg County Courthouse last week, attorneys said that while Parker was jailed from Jan. 26 until Feb. 6 he “was in […]
On Thursday, Aug. 20, the Horry County Police Department began searching for 16-year-old Marley McKenna Spindler, Palmetto Glen Drive, after her family reported her missing that afternoon. Police said Marley was last seen with friends at the Chick-fil-A restaurant located at 2360 Dick Pond Road between 7:30-8 a.m. Thursday. According to the missing person report, […]