Cynthia Beasley

Columbia

Anchor and Reporter at WIS-TV (Columbia, SC)

Evening anchor @WIS10 previously investigative reporter @ABC13

Articles

Flaws in the system: SLED says it didn’t receive previous records for accused Columbia killer

2 weeks ago | wistv.com | Cynthia Beasley

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division said it did not receive records in two cases for a man who was later accused of fatally shooting a North Carolina woman in Columbia, leading to an incomplete criminal record. Alexander Dickey is charged with shooting and killing 22-year-old Logan Federico during a home invasion in the Old Shandon neighborhood of Columbia in May.
High-speed pursuits: ‘Some agencies do training later, some probably don’t’

2 months ago | fox19.com | Cynthia Beasley

(InvestigateTV) — It takes months to become a law enforcement officer in South Carolina. For part of that training, officers are on the track learning something called precision driving. WIS Investigates went through the driving course at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy and saw how prospective officers learn how to steer and carefully drive through sharp curves and busy streets.
High-speed pursuits: ‘Some agencies do training later, some probably don’t’

2 months ago | 1011now.com | Cynthia Beasley

(InvestigateTV) — It takes months to become a law enforcement officer in South Carolina. For part of that training, officers are on the track learning something called precision driving. WIS Investigates went through the driving course at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy and saw how prospective officers learn how to steer and carefully drive through sharp curves and busy streets.
High-speed pursuits: ‘Some agencies do training later, some probably don’t’

2 months ago | fox5vegas.com | Cynthia Beasley

(InvestigateTV) — It takes months to become a law enforcement officer in South Carolina. For part of that training, officers are on the track learning something called precision driving. WIS Investigates went through the driving course at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy and saw how prospective officers learn how to steer and carefully drive through sharp curves and busy streets.
Nigerian man extradited, charged in ‘sextortion’ case of son of SC rep.

Jan 27, 2025 | ourcommunitynow.com | Cynthia Beasley

Share COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A man accused of extorting the 17-year-old son of a State House representative has been arraigned in South Carolina. In 2022, Gavin Guffey, the son of South Carolina Rep. Brandon Guffey, R - York, died by suicide. “Gavin seemed to bring joy to everyone,” Rep. Guffey said during a new conference on Monday.
Prison employees searched, drug tested as South Carolina Department of Corrections combats “dirty staff”

Nov 8, 2023 | wbtv.com | Cynthia Beasley

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - At prisons across the state Wednesday night, employees reported to work and had to go through random searches from law enforcement and K9s.