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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Three individuals have admitted to illegally re-entering the United States after being deported multiple times.
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A federal jury in Columbia, South Carolina, has found Daniel Paul Shealy, a former detective and school resource officer with the Rock Hill Police Department, guilty on 18 counts related to possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material.
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Antonio Marquis Nicholson and Terrell Counts, both 33, have pleaded guilty to charges related to human trafficking and coercion of minors in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Joshua Paul Stewart Turner and Noah Olen Fowler have been sentenced for their involvement in a conspiracy to straw-purchase a firearm.
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Six individuals from Upstate South Carolina, including twins and their grandmother, have been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking charges involving methamphetamine.
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David Antwan Johnson of Florence has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
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A man from Chester has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison following his guilty plea to charges of federal tax evasion, possession of firearms as a felon, and making false statements to federal investigators.
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Timario Gayton, 33, and Quonzy Hope, 36, residents of Rock Hill, have each been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to involvement in a scheme to distribute fentanyl.
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Jerrell Antonio Roberts, currently serving time as a federal inmate, along with Antoinette Tyeisha Ricks and Tyree O’Bryant Russell, residents of Savannah, Georgia, have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a methamphetamine...
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A federal grand jury in Columbia has indicted 12 individuals on various charges related to narcotics, firearms, and conspiracy offenses.
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Bryan P. Stirling has been appointed as the United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. U.S. Circuit Court Judge Julius Richardson administered the oath of office at a private ceremony in Columbia.
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A federal grand jury in Florence, South Carolina, has returned an indictment charging Nasir Ullah, 28, Naim Ullah, 32, both from Sumter, South Carolina, and Puquan Huang, 49, of Buford, Georgia.
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A Charleston man, Omar D. Milligan, 47, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his involvement in drug and ammunition offenses.
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Daniel Turner Widner of Roebuck, 26, has received a federal prison sentence of 15 years for distributing child sexual abuse material.
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A federal grand jury in Florence has indicted Talisha Cooper, a 44-year-old resident of Coward, with 43 counts related to preparing false tax returns.
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Former banker Russell Lucius Laffitte, age 54, has admitted guilt in federal court to conspiracy, wire fraud, bank fraud, and misapplication of bank funds.
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Tyrone Grailford, a resident of Hopkins, South Carolina, has been sentenced to over six years in federal prison for illegal possession of a firearm.
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Lauren H. DeLoach of Saint Helena Island has admitted guilt to charges under the Lacey Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) for importing and selling parts from sperm whales.
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Michael David Brown, a 44-year-old from Myrtle Beach, has admitted guilt for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
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Alexander Wright, a resident from Chester County, has admitted to distributing methamphetamine, following an investigation by several federal and local law enforcement agencies.