Grace Runkel

3 weeks ago | foxcarolina.com | Grace Runkel

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - County officials are deciding who will be in charge of supervising the more than 700 people on house arrest in Greenville County. Currently, the job is done by Sentinel Offender Services, but their contract with the county is up at the end of the month. Sentinel has reapplied for the position, but four other new companies have submitted proposals too. They are:All the companies currently have offices in South Carolina.

3 weeks ago | foxcarolina.com | Grace Runkel

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - After 14 years in office, 13th Circuit Solicitor Walt Wilkins estimates he’s worked on thousands of cases. But even among a massive caseload, there are several that stand apart. One of Greenville County’s most infamous murders, The Killing on Canebrake case started in October 2021 when Christina Parcell was found dead in her home on Canebrake drive with dozens of stab wounds. Julliard-trained pianist Zachary Hughes was charged with her murder.

4 weeks ago | foxcarolina.com | Grace Runkel

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - When Nathan Cureton kidnapped his girlfriend from a busy gas station on May 24, the 38-year-old was on probation for two violent convictions and out on bond for another domestic violence charge. Had Cureton stopped there, his probation would have been revoked, according to a spokesperson for South Carolina’s Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services (SCDPPPS). But they didn’t have the chance to do that.

1 month ago | foxcarolina.com | Grace Runkel

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Court documents show the man who investigators say was responsible for the murder-suicide that shutdown I-85 on Saturday was on probation at the time of the incident. Anderson County deputies say Nathan Cureton kidnapped Tayler Maraj from a gas station in Mauldin on Saturday. Cureton then drove away, trapping Maraj in the car. Eventually, investigators Cureton shot Maraj and then turned the gun on himself.

1 month ago | foxcarolina.com | Amanda Shaw |Grace Runkel

GAFFNEY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A woman is suing an Upstate sheriff’s office, claiming her son died after being left alone in the WRAP, a full-body restraint used by law enforcement, for nearly seven hours. FOX Carolina Investigates uncovered gaps in critical policies for using physical restraint devices across Upstate agencies. Johnny Bollinger, 43, was arrested on Dec. 16, 2022, after the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of indecent exposure on Wilderness Trail in Blacksburg.