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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Alan Hovorka ahovorka@postandcourier.com

    Ex-Summerville cop accused of murder at Chick-fil-A shows self-defense argument in court filings (opens the original)

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    SUMMERVILLE — A former cop’s defense team is probing self defense, focusing on the criminal record of the man he killed and the presence of a revolver in his car in the moments before the off-duty officer fatally fired his weapon. But new court documents also show the officer accused of murder told state law enforcement the man he shot had no weapon during their escalating fight in the parking lot of a Chick-fil-A. Anthony DeLustro, a former Summerville police officer, shot and killed Michael O’

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Alan Hovorka ahovorka@postandcourier.com

    Ex-Summerville cop accused of murder at Chick-fil-A shows self-defense argument in court filings (opens the original)

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    SUMMERVILLE — A former cop’s defense team is probing self defense, focusing on the criminal record of the man he killed and the presence of a revolver in his car in the moments before the off-duty officer fatally fired his weapon. But new court documents also show the officer accused of murder told state law enforcement the man he shot had no weapon during their escalating fight in the parking lot of a Chick-fil-A. Anthony DeLustro, a former Summerville police officer, shot and killed Michael O’

  3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Alan Hovorka ahovorka@postandcourier.com

    Murdaugh attorneys continue push for access to untested DNA evidence (opens the original)

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    CHARLESTON — Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers are have turned their focus on securing untested forensic evidence now that a presiding judge has determined the disgraced attorney’s April retrial will occur in Sumter County. Filings made Sept. 18 from the defense team for the notorious criminal ask Circuit Judge Debra McCaslin to weigh in soon after providing a preliminary approval of some DNA testing in August. Defense attorney Dick Harpootlian is seeking the formal approval to test DNA from Maggie Murdau

  4. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Alan Hovorka ahovorka@postandcourier.com

    West Ashley memory care staffer was told not to notify family about woman’s fall into fire ant mound (opens the original)

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    CHARLESTON — A West Ashley memory care facility employee told regulators they were instructed not to notify an 83-year-old woman’s family of her injuries after she was found in a bed of swarming fire ants, according to newly released records. The comments from an unidentified staff member, called Staff Member A, were among those contained in a state investigative report critical of the care Harmony at West Ashley provided to Shelba Catterton, a Hollywood native. Catterton died Aug. 7 at a Summer

  5. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Alan Hovorka ahovorka@postandcourier.com

    Goose Creek parents facing child abuse charges in death of 13-year-old daughter (opens the original)

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    GOOSE CREEK — A 13-year-old girl’s overdose death, which involved fentanyl, has resulted in the arrest of her parents, according to police. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office arrested Derrell Dominquez Joshua and Tracy Lyn Castillo on Aug. 28 after their daughter was reported unresponsive the day before at their home in Goose Creek. A preliminary toxicology report indicated their daughter tested positive for fentanyl and THC, an active compound found in cannabis, marijuana. An incident r

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