Man sentenced to 45 years in prison for shooting, killing fiancé, unborn child

CAMRIN JAY SMITH

LAURENS, S.C.; June 16, 2025 – A Greenville man is headed to prison for more than four decades following his conviction last week in Laurens County on charges stemming from an incident where he shot and killed his fiancé who was pregnant with his child, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Monday.

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Newberry violent criminal, fentanyl trafficker sentenced to 25 years

RONDARIUS RASHEED DAVIS

NEWBERRY, S.C.; June 2, 2025 – A Newberry man with a significant criminal history is headed to prison for 25 years after pleading guilty last Thursday to a charge of trafficking fentanyl, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Monday.

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Abbeville trafficker catches two decades in prison for half-kilo of meth

KENNETH DEWAYNE MCGAHA

ABBEVILLE, S.C.; May 9, 2025 – An Abbeville County man with a lengthy criminal record is headed to prison for 20 years after changing his plea to guilty Tuesday just before a jury was to be selected for his trial, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Friday.

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Career criminal sentenced to 30 years in prison for statewide break-in spree

CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR

GREENVILLE, S.C.; April 4, 2025 – A lifelong lawbreaker will spend the next three decades in prison after pleading guilty Thursday morning in Greenville County to charges stemming from a yearlong statewide crime spree, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Friday.

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Prosperity man who killed SLED K-9 “Coba” sentenced to more than three decades in state prison

JAMES ROBERT PETERSON

NEWBERRY, S.C.; March 18, 2025 – A Prosperity man was sentenced Monday to 33 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges, including the killing a K-9 officer while Newberry County deputies and SLED agents were attempting to serve warrants for a burglary, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Tuesday.

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Greenwood man sentenced to 45 years in prison for deadly drive-by killing

CHRISTOPHER LONGSHORE JR.

GREENWOOD, S.C.; January 31, 2025 – A Greenwood man is headed to state prison for 45 years after being convicted Friday of charges stemming from a deadly drive-by shooting during the weekend of the Festival of Discovery in Greenwood during the summer of 2022, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Friday.

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Undocumented immigrant gets maximum sentence for crash that killed 3-year-old

GABRIEL ARTEAGA-ARTEAGA

Laurens, S.C.; December 18, 2024 – An undocumented immigrant received the maximum prison sentence for his role in a crash that killed a 3-year-old girl, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Wednesday.

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Laurens man sentenced to 35 years in prison for murdering girlfriend

WILLIAM LLOYD TODD CAGLE

Laurens, S.C.; December 17, 2024 – A Laurens man is headed to prison for 35 years after pleading guilty Monday to the execution-style killing of his girlfriend, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Tuesday.

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Man pleads guilty in Abbeville hatchet killing

JOSHUA LEON LUSK

ABBEVILLE, S.C.; October 22, 2024 – An Abbeville man was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the killing of another Abbeville man with a hatchet, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Wednesday.

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Ware Shoals man pleads guilty to killing neighbor

JUSTIN RAWLINS MOODY

GREENWOOD, S.C.; October 22, 2024 – A Ware Shoals man was sentenced to 34 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting and killing his neighbor, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Wednesday.

Justin Rawlins Moody, 43, pleaded guilty as charged to murder in advance of his upcoming Monday trial date in Greenwood and threw himself upon the mercy of the Court. Circuit Judge Frank R. Addy Jr. then sentenced Moody to 34 years in prison. The plea was accepted and the sentence handed down with no negotiation from the state. Under South Carolina law, a sentence for murder must be within the range of thirty years to life in prison and served day-for-day, meaning Moody will not be eligible for parole.

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