Justin Meek, brother of Joey, on Fox News last June

1. Joseph Meek will be tried in Charleston, not his hometown. Apparently the reason for the transfer of the trial is to make it more convenient for the Charleston shooting victims/families to attend Meek's trial. Judge Gergel said a special jury drawn from around the state will prevent local public feeling in Charleston from harming Meek's chance of a fair trial. (Yeah, right.) Transfer of a trial can be ordered by the judge for the convenience of either party. Naturally, the Meek family, who live in Red Bank, will be inconvenienced by the transfer to Charleston.

2. Here's an old Fox News story from last June - an interview by Greta van Sustern with Justin Meek, brother of Joseph Meek. The article below the interview "video" brings in an AP article in which Joseph tells AP about Dylann telling him he had "a plan."

[Joey] Meek said Roof recently used his birthday money to buy a Glock pistol. When the two of them were drinking together a few weeks ago, Roof began railing about black people and remarked that he had "a plan," Meek said. He did not say what the plan was, but Meek said it scared him enough that he took the gun out of Roof's car and hid it in his house until the next day.

Interview with Justin Meek here: http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/06/19/dylann-roofs-longtime-friend-i-think-he-racist

3. Details on Red Bank from Google:

RED BANK

South Carolina

Red Bank is a census-designated place in Lexington County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 8,811 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical AreaWikipedia
Area: 12.1 mi²
Zip code: 29073
Population: 8,811 (2000)
Area code: 803

Joey Meek arrested for concealing information from the feds

I WAS expecting that the next thing we heard about Joey Meek was that he collected a big reward for being the one to identify his friend Dylann Roof to the police the day after the shooting. But no, he has been arrested in connection with the Charleston shooting. His bond has been set at $100,000.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/us/friend-of-dylann-roof-indicted-in-connection-with-charleston-shooting.html?_r=0

According to the New York times article, something like a house will have to put up to get him out on bail.
Considering that his mother has been reported to work at Waffle House and the family lives in a rented trailer, this condition seems unlikely to be met.

Joey Meeks strikes me as having the capacity of a Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver to understand the world around him.

Scene: Bathroom of a dilapidated trailer in Red Bank, SC. Joey and Dylann are crashing on a mattress on the floor. The room has a chemical smell. Joey turns to his friend with the odd blond bowl haircut.

"Gee, Dylann, what do you mean you are going to do something crazy?"
"I'm going to give a bunch of Negroes the business, Joey."
"But, Dylann! Mom said never to shoot at Negroes!"
"I know, Joey. But somebody has to do it, and I guess it has to be me."
"Yeah. Too bad a guy can't stay a kid all his life."

(I could go on in a witty way here, but I'm tired. Better leave it alone.)