David Weissman
Investigative Projects Reporter at The Sun News
Investigative Projects Reporter at @TheSunNews. Previously with @YorkDispatch. @urichmond '14.
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3 weeks ago |
myrtlebeachonline.com | David Weissman
A former Horry County Schools special education aide was arrested and charged with cruelty to children after allegedly shaking and yelling at a 6-year-old nonverbal student with autism. Richard Heath Lowman, 53, was working at Daisy Elementary in Loris when a witness walking by his classroom observed him holding the student’s wrists, shaking him and yelling, “You will listen to me,” according to Horry County Police records.
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4 weeks ago |
myrtlebeachonline.com | David Weissman
An Horry County Schools employee physically abused a special education student last month, according to a lawsuit filed by the student’s parent. The Daisy Elementary School paraprofessional about April 9 grabbed, squeezed and shook the student, who is diagnosed with autism, before putting his face close to the child’s face and loudly screaming, the complaint states.
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4 weeks ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | David Weissman
Horry Schools employee abused special ed student. Then was left in his care, suit saysAn Horry County Schools employee physically abused a special education student last month, according to a lawsuit filed by the student’s parent. The Daisy Elementary School paraprofessional about April 9 grabbed, squeezed and shook the student, who is diagnosed with autism, before putting his face close to the child’s face and loudly screaming, the complaint states.
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1 month ago |
myrtlebeachonline.com | David Weissman
The shooters in a 2023 fatal shooting in Horry County that has received national attention in recent months are scheduled for a hearing next month that could grant them immunity for their actions. North Myrtle Beach businessman Weldon Boyd and his friend, Kenneth “Bradley” Williams, shot and killed Scott Spivey, 33, of North Carolina, Sept. 9, 2023, on Camp Swamp Road in what police have labeled a road rage incident.
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1 month ago |
myrtlebeachonline.com | David Weissman
The Horry County Police Department could be on the precipice of another high-profile police misconduct case about a decade after a major scandal led to numerous officer indictments and leadership upheaval. The latest case centers on former HCPD Deputy Chief Brandon Strickland, who resigned last month amid an internal investigation over alleged policy violations and is currently under criminal investigation.
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Recently won the award for best investigative journalism in SC for my coverage of the fraudulent donations to CCU and FAMU. The irony of the award was not lost on me… https://t.co/I3ZsYAI6OX
Seeing some people highlighting this last line in my story about Gerami* suggesting he may make another donation. I encourage all engagement, but just want to say there’s a reason I ended the piece there. To fully understand the context, it’s important to read the whole article
Gregory Germani, the man whose $237M donation to Florida A&M University was fake, says another multi-million dollar promise "might" happen "I may just cut a straight check, not stock or anything like that ...But I wouldn’t want to be in the limelight" https://t.co/bjcuMfaTLe