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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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.
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Everette Kale Wanamaker, a 37-year-old resident of Columbia, South Carolina, has received a federal prison sentence exceeding 12 years after admitting to federal firearm offenses.
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Charles McKinley Griffin, Tika Michelle Griffin, and Kirk Nathan Evans from Lancaster County have admitted guilt in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud, according to federal authorities.
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Jocobia Dozier-Eaddy, a 37-year-old resident of Columbia, South Carolina, has been sentenced to over three years in federal prison for his involvement in a drug smuggling conspiracy.
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Terry Leslie Washington, a 46-year-old resident of West Columbia, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison.
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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the 2022 conviction of Dominique Devonah Brand.
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A federal grand jury in Columbia has indicted Brandon Chanell Joyner, a 28-year-old resident of Columbia, South Carolina.
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Daniel Clarke-Pounder, a 24-year-old resident of James Island, has been arrested in connection with an arson incident at a Tesla charging station in North Charleston.
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Ibrahim Shedid, 29, and Ahmed Shedid, 35, both from Summerville, have been sentenced to 26 months in federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic counterfeit Viagra.
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John Maurice Anderson, a 40-year-old resident of Hampton, South Carolina, has been sentenced to over ten years in federal prison.
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Following the announcement of charges against eight individuals in a public corruption scheme, four have entered guilty pleas.
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Kayla Martin, a 34-year-old resident of Cayce, South Carolina, has been sentenced to over ten years in federal prison following her guilty plea to drug trafficking charges.
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Shia Lee, a 35-year-old resident of Burlington, North Carolina, has admitted guilt in a federal court to brandishing a firearm during the armed carjacking of an off-duty South Carolina police detective and his wife.
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Rashaad Green and Shaquille Barber have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in drug trafficking, money laundering, and firearms offenses.