Car lands on roof after high-speed police chase
A car landed on top of a Forest Acres home early Saturday morning following a Columbia police chase, The State reported.
The car was pursued after an officer believed he saw an illegal drug transaction at or near the vehicle on Senate Street, the Columbia Police Department told the newspaper.
The vehicle did not have lights on and the suspect was driving erratically. The car did not stop when the officer turned on his blue lights and sirens. The suspect drove off at high speed on Gervais Street.
The officer pursued the car and found it on the roof of a Grace Hill Road home in Forest Acres. People were home when the incident occurred, but no one was injured.
The suspect was not found in the car, but officers discovered crack cocaine and cash in the vehicle.
Haley donates half of own foundation’s funds
Slightly more than half of the money raised by Gov. Nikki Haley’s charitable foundation was given by the governor herself, The State reported.
Haley gave $225,000 to The Original Six Foundation, with $20,000 coming from her personal funds and $205,595 left over from her 2011 inaugural events. The governor had planned to give any remaining funds from her inaugural committee to the community-building foundation when she started it.
Haley had previously contributed a $100,000 advance payment from her autobiography to the foundation. She has promised to donate the full advance to the foundation after deducting taxes from the $550,000 total. She will make that payment soon and will receive an additional book advance that will also go to the foundation.
The foundation had $307,285 on hand as of June 30. Its IRS filing covers July 1, 2012 until June 30, 2013.
DMX’s car, friend missing in Upstate
Rapper DMX told South Carolina law officers that his car and a friend who planned to sell it have both gone missing, the Associated Press reported.
The artist, whose legal name is Earl Simmons, told the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office that a friend took the 1978 Buick Regal about a month ago, never returned and changed his phone number. The friend was given a duplicate title to the car and told Simmons and Simmons’ girlfriend he could sell the 35-year-old vehicle.
Neither Simmons nor his girlfriend knew the friend’s last name or address.
DMX has been arrested in the Upstate multiple times, mostly on driving charges. He has been charged with a variety of things, including driving without a license, possessing marijuana and driving under the influence.