U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina
Recent News About U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina
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Arthur Ryans, Jr., a 42-year-old resident of Columbia, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm.
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Vernon Antwan Martin, a 37-year-old resident of Columbia, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the death of a University of South Carolina student.
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Kamari Johnson, a 26-year-old resident of Orangeburg, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for illegal possession of a firearm.
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Anthony Demetrius Reese, a 55-year-old resident of Columbia, South Carolina, has pleaded guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Jonathan Andrew Felkel, a 34-year-old resident of Columbia, South Carolina, has agreed to plead guilty to a federal hate crime for violating the housing rights of his Black neighbor, identified as J.M. The indictment was returned by a federal...
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Yashawnus Leekean Patterson, a 45-year-old resident of Columbia, South Carolina, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison after being found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Cedrick Exzavius Reese, a 45-year-old resident of West Columbia, South Carolina, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for possession of crack cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl, as well as for being a felon in possession of a...
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Sherman Devine Boone, a 29-year-old resident of Columbia, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and after a conviction for criminal domestic violence.
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Four individuals from York County, South Carolina, have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl and methamphetamine.
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Jamel Christopher Chisolm, a 37-year-old resident of Camden, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for his involvement in access device fraud.
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Davon Jermaine Mickle, a 40-year-old resident of Kershaw, South Carolina, has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Charles McKinley Griffin, Tika Michelle Griffin, and Kirk Nathan Evans, all residents of Lancaster, South Carolina, have been sentenced for their roles in a health care fraud conspiracy involving Medicaid funds.
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William Christopher Swett, a 42-year-old attorney from Johns Island, has been charged with wire fraud and money laundering after allegedly defrauding his employer and clients of at least $1.5 million.
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A federal grand jury in Columbia has indicted Eric Anthony Rome Jr., a 37-year-old inmate at the South Carolina Department of Corrections, on two counts related to sending threats.
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Terrance Lopez Mayo, a 33-year-old resident of Columbia, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 31 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
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William Steven Wooten, a 46-year-old resident of Lexington, South Carolina, was convicted by a federal jury on one count of possession of child sexual abuse material after a two-day trial in Spartanburg.
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A federal grand jury in Columbia has indicted Tyrel Mack, 29, of Florence, on seven counts of physically assaulting children at a daycare facility located on Shaw Air Force Base near Sumter.
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Derrick Gathers, a 40-year-old resident of Augusta, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm following an incident that resulted in the shooting of a South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper.
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Demetrius McIlwain, a 51-year-old resident of Williston, South Carolina, has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Gregory L. Tischuk, 65, of Fort Mill, for allegedly making a straw purchase of a firearm in April 2024.