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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has confirmed the 2022 conviction of Dominique Devonah Brand for kidnapping and murdering Mary Ann Elvington, an 80-year-old woman from Horry County.
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A federal grand jury in Columbia has indicted Brandon Chanell Joyner, 28, of Columbia, on a single count for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Ibrahim Shedid, 29, and Ahmed Shedid, 35, both from Summerville, have been sentenced to 26 months in federal prison.
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Daniel Clarke-Pounder, a 24-year-old resident of James Island, has been arrested on charges related to an arson incident at a Tesla charging station in North Charleston.
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John Maurice Anderson, a 40-year-old resident of Hampton, South Carolina, has been sentenced to over ten years in federal prison.
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Joseph Edward Gallagher, a former CEO from Greenville, has been sentenced to over three years in federal prison for wire fraud.
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Kayla Martin, a 34-year-old resident of Cayce, has been sentenced to over ten years in federal prison following her guilty plea to drug trafficking charges.
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Following the announcement of charges against eight individuals in a public corruption scheme, four have entered guilty pleas.
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Rashaad Green and Shaquille Barber have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in drug trafficking, money laundering, and firearms offenses.
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Shia Lee, a resident of Burlington, North Carolina, has admitted guilt to brandishing a firearm during the armed carjacking of an off-duty South Carolina police detective and his wife.
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Eight individuals, including three North Charleston City Council members, have been charged in federal court following a public corruption investigation.
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Daniel Criswell Lee, a 55-year-old resident of Sumter, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for his involvement in a wire fraud scheme.
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Emmanuel Deon Foster, 36, and Bobby Antoinios Hall, 41, both residents of Rock Hill, South Carolina, have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug distribution conspiracy.
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Fermin Ortuno Valdovinos, a 47-year-old resident of Summerville, South Carolina, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison.
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Peter J. Strauss, a lawyer from Hilton Head, South Carolina, has been sentenced to nine months in federal prison for his involvement in transferring $3 million to prevent its lawful seizure.
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In a significant development in the ongoing investigation into COVID-19 unemployment benefit fraud, 29 out of 31 defendants have entered guilty pleas.
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The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina has announced the departure of Adair Ford Boroughs as U.S. Attorney, following her termination by the new administration.
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A federal grand jury in Florence, South Carolina, has indicted Rafael Contreras, 38, from Mexico, on charges of distributing cocaine and heroin and money laundering.
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Angel Cooper Vause, a 57-year-old resident of Georgetown, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison.
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David Carlos Rodriguez, Jr., a 50-year-old doctor from Florence, South Carolina, has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison.
