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Greenwood man hit with 20-year sentence for child sex abuse

Greenwood, S.C.; February 13, 2024 – A Greenwood man will spend the next two decades behind bars after pleading guilty to charges that he molested a girl under the age of 14 for a period of nearly seven years, 8th … Continue reading

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Two convicted in vicious assault of Abbeville man, face life sentences

Abbeville, S.C.; September 29, 2023 – A pair of Abbeville men are facing the possibility of life in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted Thursday in connection to a vicious 2020 assault, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. … Continue reading

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Greenwood career criminal sentenced to 20 years in prison

Greenwood, S.C.; April 30, 2021 – A Greenwood career criminal will spend the next two decades in prison after pleading guilty to a slew of charges related to two separate burglaries

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Career drug trafficker sentenced to 25 years in prison

Greenwood, S.C.; April 29, 2021 – A Greenwood man is headed to prison for the next 25 years after his sentence from a 2018 drug trafficking trial was unsealed Thursday morning in court, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced.

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Career thieves get prison time this week in Greenwood court

Greenwood, S.C.; April 23, 2021 – A couple of lifelong thieves were sent to prison during the term of General Sessions court held this week in Greenwood County, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Friday.

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Donalds man sentenced to 20 years in prison for months-long string of burglaries

Abbeville, S.C.; April 9, 2021 – A Donalds man will spend the next two decades behind bars after pleading guilty Friday morning to a massive rash of burglaries that spanned three counties over nearly three months, 8th Circuit Solicitor David … Continue reading

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Clinton man sentenced to 15 years in prison for armed home invasion

Newberry, S.C.; April 9, 2021 – A Clinton man was sentenced in court this week to 15 years in prison on a slew of criminal charges mostly relating to a 2019 home invasion in Laurens County, 8th Circuit Solicitor David … Continue reading

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Serial abuser sentenced to max for latest domestic incident

Newberry, S.C.; January 23, 2020 – A Newberry man will spend a decade behind bars after being convicted Thursday afternoon for the sixth time on a charge of domestic violence, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced.

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Fountain Inn man sentenced to 27 years for stabbing girlfriend in domestic incident

Laurens, S.C.; January 14, 2020 – A Fountain Inn man will spend the next 27 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to a charge stemming from a 2018 incident in which he nearly killed his then-girlfriend with a box … Continue reading

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Intoxicated driver sentenced to 16 years for fatal crash

Greenwood, S.C.; December 21, 2019 – A Clinton woman will spend the next 16 years behind bars after pleading guilty Thursday to charges stemming from a fatal 2018 crash near the Dance South studio on Highway 76 between Clinton and … Continue reading

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