Richland County jury awards family multi-million dollar settlement in case against local bar
The family of Emma Longstreet was awarded $3.85 million on Friday in a case against the Loose Cockaboose Sports Bar at which the drunk driver responsible for Longstreet's death was last drinking, according to The State. The six-year-old Longstreet was the namesake for new South Carolina drunk-driving legislation passed in 2014, two years after her death. The bar was found guilty of negligence for serving alcohol past a state-mandated end time to Billy Patrick Hutto, who went on to hit the Longstreet family car after running a red light at 60 mph. Hutto is currently serving a 10-year sentence for felony DUI involving death.
— Compiled by Mary Ramsey, Assistant News Editor
Rock Hill lawyer under criminal indictment found dead of apparent suicide
The State reported that the York County Sheriff’s Department has identified a body found outside Rock Hill as Horace Jones Jr., a prominent local attorney who was set to begin trial Monday on felony charges of stealing funds from clients in Jasper and York counties. He was found dead in a wooded area with a gunshot wound thought to be self-inflicted. Jones was arrested in May under accusations of stealing around $750,000 from multiple clients over the span of his career. he criminal charges were dropped in both counties, upon confirmation of his death. If found guilty, Jones could have served up to 20 years in prison.
— Compiled by Mary Ramsey, Assistant News Editor
Prominent Qaeda cell leader killed in US airstrike
The Pentagon has confirmed the death of Saudi national Sanafi al-Nasr as part of a U.S. drone strike in Syria, according to The New York Times. Nasr served as the leader of the powerful Khorasan Group terrorist network. He was well connected among Qaeda cells throughout the Middle East and was thought to be involved in multiple terror plots against American and European targets. He is the fifth senior member of the Khorasan Group killed in recent months.
— Compiled by Mary Ramsey, Assistant News Editor