Lowcountry crews: North Charleston, Orangeburg and the coast

Public court, prosecutor and news sources name more than two dozen neighborhood crews across Charleston, Dorchester, Colleton, Orangeburg, Jasper and Allendale counties, most named for a street, subdivision or community. Federal cases have targeted West Cash, the Dorchester Terrace Crew, the Wildboys and the Cowboys, and a 2025 North Charleston case ended with 18 defendants sentenced to 144 years in total. In January 2026 the Hampton County sheriff called a series of shootings gang-related without naming a group. [1][2][3][4][5][6]

Key South Carolina cases

On 2011-03-31 a jury in Beaufort County General Sessions Court convicted Haskell Jevor Simmons in the 2009-11-09 Gerideau Street drive-by shooting attributed to the Sand Hill gang; the Attorney General's Office reported a life sentence for accessory before the fact of murder. Federal prosecutors charged nine Cowboys members and associates on 2016-02-09; Wildboys member Devin Brown was sentenced to 20 years on 2017-11-15. [7][4][8]

On 2018-02-23 the Ninth Circuit Solicitor announced a jury conviction in the Mother's Day gang gunfight and murder tied to the Dorchester Terrace and Waylyn subdivisions. On 2020-05-14 federal prosecutors charged 12 defendants in the DTC case, and on 2021-09-01 they announced a 46-count indictment against alleged West Cash members in Operation Cash Out. [9][2][1]

On 2025-08-19 the U.S. Attorney's Office reported that 18 defendants in a North Charleston ring received 144 years in total, with Fredrick McCray sentenced to 30 years. Seizures included 26 firearms, four of them fully automatic machineguns. [5]

Inside SCDC

The 2024-03-22 Walterboro takedown release stated that defendant Trevor Courtney Fishburne, Jr. was charged with a drug conspiracy while serving a sentence in the South Carolina Department of Corrections. No public source reviewed describes how named Lowcountry crews organize inside SCDC. [10]

Where it stands

On 2026-01-14 WJCL reported that Hampton County Sheriff Anthony Russell called a series of shootings in the Estill, Furman and Gifford areas gang-related and requested FBI assistance; five people had been shot since the start of 2026, one fatally. No gang was named. On 2026-05-20 the U.S. Attorney's Office announced that 26 people had been charged in a Lowcountry gang drug trafficking investigation extending into Georgia and Mexico. On 2026-07-05 Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner said it was too early to conclude whether the July 4 Coligny Beach shooting, which wounded eight, was gang-related. [6][11][12]

The full profile, with every source, the county records and a dated timeline, is on the group page.