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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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.
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Michelle Stent-Hilton, a 56-year-old resident of Goose Creek, has pleaded guilty to multiple federal charges related to a public corruption scheme involving grant funds in North Charleston.
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Drain Maurice Mazone of Irmo and Clinton Raymond Donaldson of Columbia have been sentenced in federal court for their involvement in a drug conspiracy.
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Michael Thomas Martin, 54, from Beaufort, has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison after admitting guilt to possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
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Terrance Demetrius Bass, 34, of Columbia, has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison after being convicted on charges of felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana.
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John Edward Prigmore, a 40-year-old resident of Fort Lawn, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material.
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Adam Sloan, a 40-year-old resident of Jackson in Aiken County, has been sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing child sexual abuse material.
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Michael J. French, 42, of Pendleton, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of more than $13 million and for cyberstalking two TikTok content creators.