No evidence fire at South Carolina judge's home was arson 'at this time,' law enforcement says
Media Bias,South Carolina,Journalism,Political Polarization,Rhetoric,Investigations,Judges
Law enforcement officials in South Carolina are investigating a fire that engulfed the home of a state judge and a former Democratic state senator but say there’s no current evidence the fire was intentionally set.
The fire at a beach home in Edisto on Saturday hospitalized three people. Property records show that the home is owned by Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein and her husband, Arnold Goodstein, a former Democratic state senator.
It was not immediately clear what started the fire. A spokesperson for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED)...
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