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Residents press council over alleged problems at unregulated boarding/group homes; county staff point to state and enforcement channels
Summary
Multiple residents from the Greenhurst neighborhood appealed to Dorchester County Council on Oct. 6 about alleged assaults, property crimes and nuisance behavior linked to an unregulated boarding/group home at 120 Waring; council members and staff advised residents to contact the sheriff, county codes and DHEC and said county authority is limited.
A cluster of residents from Greenhurst and nearby neighborhoods told Dorchester County Council on Oct. 6 they have suffered crime, property damage and nuisance behavior they attribute to occupants of a nearby unregulated boarding or group home. Residents asked the council to intervene; county officials said legal and regulatory limits constrain local action but offered enforcement and state‑agency complaint pathways.
John Cadwell told the council he had gathered more than 100 signatures and said the halfway‑house‑style facility at 120 Waring has had residents “molest little girls, assault women, break into houses” and otherwise created neighborhood problems. Taylor Smith, who said she has lived in the neighborhood her entire life,…
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