Former South Carolina clerk in Murdaugh murder trial arrested on multiple felonies

South Carolina authorities on Wednesday morning charged Becky Hill, the former Colleton County court clerk who presided over the Alex Murdaugh murder trial, with multiple felonies.

The State Ethics Commission last year accused Hill, 57, of using her official position as Colleton County clerk for financial gain, specifically to promote her book about the Murdaugh case, part of which she admitted to and apologized for plagiarizing.

While her charges are not specified, the Colleton County...