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CATAWBA -- Authorities searching a Catawba house charged eight men with drug and gun-related charges, said Marvin Brown, commander of York County Multijurisdictional Drug Enforcement Unit.
According to reports from York County Sheriff's Office, those charged Friday with unlawfully carrying of a pistol include:
• Damareo Jermaine McCrorey, 22, of Chester;
• Maurice Vandross Moore, 24, of Rock Hill; and
• Samuel Le'Neal Moore, 19, of Rock Hill.
Those facing drug-related charges include:
• Michael Brandon Carter, 26, of Rock Hill; charged with possession of crack, second offense;
• Warren Curtis Moffatt, 47, of Catawba; charged with distribution of crack, third offense;
• Aaron Vesuvius Moore, 28, of Rock Hill; charged with possession with intent to distribute crack; and
• James Dustin Varnadore, 24, of Edgemoor; charged with possession of crack.
Authorities also arrested Joseph Andrew Howze, 43, of Catawba on fraudulent check warrants.
Around 6 p.m. Friday, officials searched a house at 747 Hall Spencer Road, where they seized three guns, more than $700 and $380 worth of drugs, the report states.
A ninth man fled the house, Brown said.
Camden man dies from wreck injuries
Howard M. Shumate, 88, of Camden, died Sunday morning from injuries he sustained in a May 3 accident in Lancaster County, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.
Shumate was driving his car east on North Park Drive on May 3 when he failed to yield the right of way and was struck on the driver's side door by another car headed south on S.C. 200, according to the patrol report. He was wearing a seat belt.
Shumate was taken to the emergency room at E.W. Springs Memorial Hospital in Lancaster and later was transported to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.
Body found in Lake Wylie woods
York County sheriff's deputies and the coroner Sunday evening were investigating the identity and cause of death of a man found in the woods near Lake Wylie on Sunday afternoon.
"It's too early to say," said sheriff's Capt. Jerry Hoffman, who declined to say how long the body appeared to have been in the woods or provide more details on the exact location. "He had not been there for an extended period of time."
Hoffman would not give a description of the man or his clothing or say whether he appeared to have been the victim of foul play.
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