South Carolina

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – Detectives with the North Charleston Police Department’s Special Victims Unit have arrested 45-year-old Robin Bryant, owner of Sweetgrass Christian Academy, for allegedly failing to report child abuse occurring at her daycare facility. Bryant was taken into custody after investigators determined she had been made aware of the alleged abuse but did not notify authorities as required by state law. The daycare is located at 1520 Remount Road in North Charleston. A daycare employee had previously been arrested and charged with unlawful conduct toward a child in connection with the same case. Bryant is now charged with failure to report child abuse or neglect and was booked into the Al Cannon Detention Center.

CHARLESTON COUNTY, SC – A man was taken into custody after police said he assaulted his former girlfriend and fired a shot during a domestic violence incident. According to the North Charleston Police Department, officers arrested 39-year-old Darnell Bellinger around 5 p.m. Wednesday at his apartment on Carlton Street. Investigators said the victim had gone there to retrieve personal belongings when Bellinger allegedly assaulted her and fired a handgun toward her and her child’s father. No one was injured. Officers recovered a firearm with spent shell casings and an obliterated serial number. Bellinger was charged with domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number....