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Two men face murder charges in boat crash

SOCASTEE, S.C. --- Two South Carolina men are facing murder charges after police say they smashed into a boat and killed an Aiken teenager on the Intracoastal Waterway while fleeing a burglary.

Prosecutors on Thursday said a grand jury indicted 28-year-old Nicholas Macklen and 21-year-old Brandon Scott McDevitt. Both are from Myrtle Beach.

Authorities said the men broke into a house and stole a television before taking off in a boat and crashing into another vessel near Socastee in August. The wreck killed 13-year-old Shane Odermatt of Aiken and injured three others.

Lawyer: Mom working to repay Scouts $14,000

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. --- An attorney for a South Carolina woman accused of taking her son's Cub Scout pack's money says she is working to repay more than $14,000.

Wendy Thornbury, 38, is charged with breach of trust and in the theft of the money from Carolina First Bank, where she was branch manager.

She also was treasurer of Pack 759, with access to the money raised through popcorn sales.