CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) -- A Charleston County magistrate judge has been suspended from his duties, according to a state Supreme Court order released Tuesday.

James B. Gosnell, Jr. was suspended after the court said it received "credible information" that his continued service "poses a substantial threat of serious harm to the public and the administration of justice."

Additional details regarding the specific reason for Gosnell's suspension were not immediately available.

The order was signed by Chief Justice John Kittredge, who cited a disciplinary enforcement rule that allows the court to place a judge on interim suspension for misconduct until the matter is resolved.

Gosnell presided over the initial bond hearing for Dylann Roof, the South Carolina man who shot and killed ni

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