SLED Investigating Fire at Edisto Beach Home Associated with SC Circuit Court Judge; 3 Injured
Three family members were hospitalized after a fire destroyed the Goodsteins' $1.16 million waterfront home; the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating possible arson.
- On Saturday around 11:30 a.m., a fire engulfed Circuit Court Judge Diana Goodstein's waterfront home, sending three people to hospital after evacuation.
- The State Law Enforcement Division said it is investigating the Oct. 4 blaze as the cause remains undetermined, with officials reporting an 'apparent explosion' and possible arson.
- St. Paul's Fire District said emergency workers reached the injured by kayak due to the lot's remoteness, rescuing occupants who escaped by jumping from windows or a balcony.
- The S.C. Supreme Court said Chief Justice John W. Kittredge is aware and the Judicial Branch will stay in close contact with SLED, while Chief Mark Keel has alerted local law enforcement for extra patrols.
- The four-bedroom, four-bathroom home, estimated at $1,155,200, in the Jeremy Cay private gated community on Edisto Beach was reduced to ash on video.
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Diane Goodstein; South Carolina judge's home destroyed by fire; mere coincidence or few feathers ruffled?
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Fire burns down US Judge, Senator husband's waterfront home in South Carolina, police investigation on — what we know
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3 injured after home associated with South Carolina judge catches fire
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Home of South Carolina Judge and Former State Senator Burned to the Ground — 3 Hospitalized
South Carolina Judge Diane Goodstein and Former State Senator Arnold Goostein’s beachfront home in Edisto Island was burned to the ground on Saturday, sending three family members to the hospital. The four-bedroom, four-bathroom home is estimated to be worth $1,155,200.
Beach Home of a Judge & an Ex-Senator Explodes
Collin Rugg of Trending Politics News reports that a South Carolina judge’s beach home burned to the ground after a possible explosion. The family was injured jumping out of windows and a balcony. Her husband is a Democrat ex-senator. Police have launched an investigation after SC Judge Diane Goodstein’s Edisto Beach home burned to the […] The post Beach Home of a Judge & an Ex-Senator Explodes appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.
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