Assault and Battery

Seven indicted by Beaufort County grand jury in Coligny Beach shooting

Seven people have now been indicted in connection with the July 4 shooting at Coligny Beach, as prosecutors revealed Friday, July 17, why the attempted murder charges initially announced after the incident have been replaced with assault and battery charges under a legal strategy rooted in one of Beaufort County’s most well-known homicide cases.

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Former Beaufort probation officer faces three new misconduct charges

Former South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services officer David Johnathon Shytle Jr. is facing three additional criminal charges after the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) announced this week that investigators had filed new allegations stemming from its ongoing investigation into his conduct while serving as a probation officer in Beaufort County.

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