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Black man enslaved by White restaurant manager should be awarded more than $500,000, court says Lateshia Beachum Bobby Paul Edwards of Conway, S.C., on Sept. 22. (Horry County Sheriff’s Department) A Black man with intellectual disabilities who was enslaved for five years at a restaurant in Conway, S.C., should be awarded double the amount of restitution from the White man now imprisoned for the crime, according to a recent court ruling. As part of his 2019 guilty plea to a forced labor charge, Bobby Paul Edwards, 56, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered by a court to pay back John Christopher Smith $273,000 in unpaid wages and overtime compensation at J&J Cafeteria.
For ALL you do (which in a normal year is A LOT, and in the past year has been UNREAL), we want to say THANK YOU and WE APPRECIATE YOU!
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Forestry commission lifts Red Flag Fire Alert in S.C. The South Carolina Forestry Commission is lifting its statewide Red Flag Fire Alert at 7 a.m. on May 3. (Source: Live 5/File) By WMBF News Staff | May 3, 2021 at 6:41 AM EDT - Updated May 3 at 6:41 AM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WMBF) – Officials with the South Carolina Forestry Commission said they are lifting the statewide Red Flag Fire Alert, effective at 7 a.m. Monday, May 3.
According to a press release, the forestry commission is lifting the alert based on improving weather conditions, most notably an increasing chance of rain and significantly higher relative humidity for much of the state.
DNR: One injured, one charged following Horry County boat crash
DNR: One injured, one charged following Horry County boat crash By Brad Dickerson | May 3, 2021 at 11:24 AM EDT - Updated May 3 at 12:35 PM
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – Authorities are investigating a Sunday night boat crash that ended with one in the hospital and another facing a charge.
According to David Lucas with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, the agency received a call around 12 a.m. Monday that a person had shown up to a Myrtle Beach area emergency room with head injuries sustained in a boat crash.
An officer spoke with the person at the hospital, and then authorities went looking for the operator of the boat, Lucas said.