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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Matthew Valkinburg, a 35-year-old former soldier from Pueblo, Colorado, has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material.
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Taylor Molic Morris, a 23-year-old Columbia resident, has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition.
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An individual identified as Alexander Garcia Vargas, 24, has been charged with assaulting a federal officer during an immigration enforcement operation in North Charleston, South Carolina.
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Jaidan Latrell Alexander, a 26-year-old resident of Ladson, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges related to firearms and drug trafficking.
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Gordon “Rudy” Connell, a 28-year-old resident of Summerville, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
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Samuel Alexander Gray, a 53-year-old resident of Leesville, has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to operating a dogfighting venture and possessing firearms as a convicted felon.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Marvin Rashad Pendarvis, a 36-year-old attorney from Charleston and former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, on charges including wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering.
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Robert John May, III, a 38-year-old former state lawmaker from West Columbia, South Carolina, has pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing child sexual abuse material.
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Russell Lucius Laffitte, a former banker from Estill, South Carolina, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges including conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, and three...
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Timothy Antonio Flanagan, a 38-year-old resident of Lancaster, has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for his role in a drug conspiracy involving fentanyl and cocaine.
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Francisco Villa-Garcia, a 68-year-old Mexican national, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for importing more than eight kilograms of fentanyl from Mexico into South Carolina.
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Sean Demetrius Goins, a 54-year-old resident of Rock Hill, South Carolina, has been sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl.
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Quincey Oneil Jackson and Quinton Oneil Jackson, both aged 41 and residents of Columbia, have been sentenced to over 15 years in federal prison after admitting guilt to a conspiracy involving the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of...
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Cody Lee Anderson, 38, of Aiken, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
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A federal grand jury in Charleston has indicted Ala Aldeen Alshaikh, a 31-year-old resident of Goose Creek, on four counts related to lying about his connections to ISIS and obstructing a federal investigation.
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William Justin Marshall, 43, of Columbia, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after being convicted of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, crack cocaine, cocaine, and methamphetamine.
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Federal authorities have arrested James Benjamin Gosnell, Jr., a 68-year-old Charleston County magistrate, on charges of possessing child sexual abuse material.
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Lauren Deloach, a 69-year-old resident of St. Helena, has been sentenced for trafficking in sperm whale parts in violation of federal wildlife protection laws.
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A Columbia man has been convicted by a federal jury on 12 counts related to gun and drug trafficking.
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A federal grand jury in Charleston has issued a 12-count superseding indictment against Rose Emily Lorenzo, 64, of North Carolina.