Dorchester County Sheriff Sam Richardson is calling on state lawmakers to pass legislation that would enhance the penalties for shooting into homes, businesses, and ...

The two human services buildings — the almshouse and hospital — likely were the fourth and fifth buildings under county watch ...

A man who killed his elderly neighbours in Minto 20 years ago was ordered Wednesday to remain at a federal prison.

Roache pleaded guilty in October to conspiracy to traffic firearms over a three-year gun-buying spree. The South Carolina man who bought the guns that Roache re-sold in Boston, Trevon Brunson, has ...

A Boston woman has been sentenced after pleading guilty to federal charges in the armed robberies of two postal workers in ...

At the end of 2012, he was sent to a prerelease program in Boston, where he had to find a job with no cellphone and no ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected a death row inmate’s request for information on the most recent execution, which was carried out last week.

Dorchester raid by a joint task force recovers multiple firearms, leading to one arrest and charges for illegal possession.

Lopes” Lopes, 31, of Quincy, to five years in prison and James “Bummy” Rodrigues, 34, of Boston, to three-and-a-half years for their criminal roles in Dorchester’s Cameron Street gang. The sentences ...

South Carolina carried out its third execution in four months on Friday, putting to death Marion Bowman Jr., a 44-year-old ...

Marion Bowman Jr., a 44-year-old inmate, is scheduled to be executed Friday night, marking the first execution in South ...

No governor in the previous 45 executions in South Carolina since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976 has given mercy ...