Greenwood drug trafficker hit with 16 years in prison sentence

DETAVIUS LAMON CUNNINGHAM

Greenwood, S.C.; November 1, 2023 – A Greenwood man was sentenced to 16 years in prison on a drug trafficking charge after electing to plead guilty Tuesday just before his trial was set to start, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Wednesday.

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Greenwood heroin trafficker sentenced to 18 years in prison

LESLIE ALEXANDER BARGER

Greenwood, S.C.; October 27, 2023 – A Greenwood man was sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday afternoon to trafficking charges, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Friday.

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Gray Court meth trafficker catches 16 year prison sentence

JAMES VICTOR CAPUANO

Laurens, S.C.; October 23, 2023 – A Gray Court man was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to charges stemming from drug busts in two counties, 8th Circuit Solicitor Davis M. Stumbo announced Tuesday.

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Inmate convicted of running Laurens County meth ring from prison

KEVIN MATTHEW BOWLIN

Laurens, S.C.; October 16, 2023 – A man serving a prison sentence for a 2016 attempted armed robbery pleaded guilty Monday in Laurens County to trafficking methamphetamine, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Tuesday morning.

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

TRAVIS ARNETT LEE (LEFT) AND KENDRICK MONTREZ LEE.

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. Stumbo announced Friday morning.

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Two men guilty of Abbeville home invasion sentenced to combined 32 years in prison

LEFT: ADRIAN THOMAS. RIGHT: XAVIER BURTON

ABBEVILLE, S.C.; August 15, 2023 – A pair of Abbeville men who entered a home brandishing a firearm to children were sentenced to a combined 32 years in prison, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Tuesday.

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Career drug dealer sentenced to 15 years in prison

REKEEM LADELL WARE

GREENWOOD, S.C.; August 3, 2023 – A McCormick drug dealer was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday afternoon following a three-day jury trial at the Greenwood County Courthouse, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Thursday morning.

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Solicitor’s office, state Human Trafficking Task Force donate supplies to local schools

Pictured, from left to right, are: 8th Circuit PTI Director Dale Allen, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo, 8th Circuit Investigator Windy Chappell, and state Human Trafficking Task Force Program Coordinator Aryaa Regmi with the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office.

Greenwood, S.C.; July 26, 2023 – School children across the 8th Circuit, comprised of Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, and Newberry counties, will again be greeted with the time-honored tradition of a school supply donation from the 8th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.

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Abbeville man sentenced to 20 years in prison for home invasion, rape

ANDRE CHARLES BRIDGES

ABBEVILLE, S.C.; July 20, 2023 – An Abbeville man will spend the next two decades in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday afternoon to charges in connection to a 2022 home invasion and rape, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Wednesday.

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Greenwood man sentenced to 21 years in prison for multi-county crime spree

ALONZO CRAIG HAWES JR.

Abbeville, S.C.; May 12, 2023 – A Greenwood man is headed to prison for more than two decades after pleading guilty Thursday to charge stemming from more than 20 vehicle and trailer thefts across Greenwood and Abbeville counties, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Friday.

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