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By: James | June 10, 2014
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department is formally backing a proposal being considered by the U.S. Sentencing Commission that would shorten the amount of time that federal drug offenders currently behind bars would have to spend in prison.
The proposal would apply only to nonviolent drug offenders and would be expected to save taxpayers $2.4 billion . The U.S. Sentencing Commission, which already approved a proposal to lower certain drug sentencing guidelines, will vote next month on whether to make those changes retroactive.
“Under the department’s proposal, if your offense was nonviolent, did not involve a weapon, and you do not have a significant criminal history, then you would be eligible to apply for a reduced sent...
By: James | June 06, 2014
FLORENCE, S.C. -- Troopers charged a Florence man with felony DUI and child endangerment after the pickup truck he was driving south on Savannah Grove Road ran off the left side of the road and then struck and killed a man who was mowing his grass.
Christopher Powell, 28, 2221 McLaurin Drive, was booked into the Florence County Detention Center at 2:11 a.m. by the South Carolina Highway Patrol, according to the detention center's Web site. He is charged with one count each of felony DUI resulting in death and child endangerment for committing certain offenses with a minor in the car, according to the Web site.
Florence County Coroner Keith von Lutcken identified the pedestrian who was struck and killed as Juan Luna Ortuno, 35, ...
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By: James | June 03, 2014
Former Aynor High School substitute teacher pleads guilty to sexual battery with student
A former substitute teacher was ordered to spend six months in jail and five years probation after he pleaded guilty to sexual battery with a student, according to court records.
Jerry David Love, 34, of Galivants Ferry pleaded guilty to sexual battery with a student of 16 or 17 years of age before Circuit Court Judge Roger M. Young Sr., according to Horry County court records. Young ordered Love to serve five years in prison, but suspended that sentence to six months in jail and five years on probation.
Love was given credit for the time he had previously served and ordered to be placed on the central registry of child abuse and neglect, according ...
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By: James | May 30, 2014
By John Monk, The State Newspaper
COLUMBIA, SC — For Chandra Padgett, the trusted bookkeeper at an Irmo doctor’s office, her workplace wasn’t just a job – it was a giant piggy bank she could raid for money.
Lots of money.
Next week, according to documents filed in federal court in Columbia, Padgett has agreed to plead guilty to embezzling $1.9 million from Advanced Pain Therapies in Irmo. She worked there as its accountant, office manager and billing coordinator.
Padgett, of Chapin, is scheduled to appear before U.S. Judge Joe Anderson on June 6, according to records in her case.
The case is among the largest known embezzlements in recent Midlands history. It also involves a medical practice that took in hundreds of thousands of Medi...
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By: James | May 23, 2014
By WBTW News Staff
SURFSIDE BEACH, SC (WBTW) - Surfside Beach police were called to a reported motorcycle crash Friday afternoon.
The crash happened around 1 p.m. at the intersection of 10th Avenue South and Hollywood Drive.
A man and a woman injured in the crash were treated by EMS.
There's no word on what caused the crash.
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