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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Jackie Jermaine Watson, a 30-year-old Columbia resident, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for possessing a firearm during and in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
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Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies have seized 156 pounds of fentanyl in South Carolina, marking the largest seizure of this drug in the state's history.
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A federal grand jury in Florence has indicted Brandon Brill, 26, of Berkeley County on charges related to child sexual abuse material and coercion and enticement of minors.
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Joseph Daniel Bair, a 40-year-old resident of Ladson, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor online for sexual activity.
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A federal grand jury in Columbia has issued a 15-count indictment against four individuals from the Charleston area, linked to a sex trafficking operation.
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Scott Robert Tardy, a 31-year-old from Holyoke, Massachusetts, has admitted guilt to charges of cyberstalking, making false statements to the FBI, and obstructing justice.
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Two men from Atlanta have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in the armed robbery of a jewelry store in Greenville.
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A federal jury in Columbia has found Yashawnus Leekean Patterson, 44, guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Jennifer L. Bengston Cook, a 56-year-old resident of Greer, South Carolina, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud.
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Cederick Dion Dixon, a 38-year-old resident of Fort Mill, has been sentenced to over seven years in federal prison for illegal firearm possession.
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James Robert Peterson, a 38-year-old resident of Prosperity, South Carolina, has been sentenced to over 12 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon.
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Frederick Siou Beaufort, a 41-year-old resident of Camden, South Carolina, has been sentenced to over two years in federal prison for illegal firearm possession.
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Claude Michael Barrs, a 45-year-old resident of Charleston, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison following his guilty plea for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Justin Lee Payne, a 31-year-old resident of Rock Hill, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison following his guilty plea for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
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Mark Lee Frasier, a 33-year-old resident of Summerville, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
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A federal grand jury in Greenville has indicted Marion Keith Sheriff, a 60-year-old resident of Seneca, on four counts of filing false tax returns.
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Demetrius Stepp, a 45-year-old resident of Atlanta, Georgia, has been sentenced to over five years in federal prison.
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Two Mexican nationals have pleaded guilty to illegally re-entering the United States after multiple deportations.
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Javaris Latrey Johnson and Thomas Anthony Perry, both residents of York County, South Carolina, have been sentenced to federal prison terms for their involvement in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy.
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A federal grand jury in Florence has indicted Stephen Todd Greene, a 55-year-old resident of West Columbia, on multiple charges related to child sexual abuse.