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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal grand jury in Columbia returned a nine-count indictment, presented by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, charging Richard Channing Shealy, 54, of Lexington, for producing, distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material.*

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Ernest Eugene Brown, 52, of Columbia, has pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft for his role in embezzling funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Columbia Housing Authority’s (CHA) Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) program.  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Timothy Stedman Sloan, 61, of Lexington, has been sentenced to nearly seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material.*

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Four South Carolina law enforcement officers were honored for their achievements today at the 43^rd annual Strom Thurmond Awards for Excellence in Law Enforcement Luncheon.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Desmond Levon Brown, 30, of Orangeburg, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for animal crushing, which includes burning, under the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (PACT Act). This was the first PACT ACT case prosecuted in the District of South Carolina. 

FLORENCE, S.C. — Alando Gentles, 43, of Jamaica, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for wire fraud conspiracy involving a telemarketing lottery scam targeting elderly victims.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Devron Jakell Duncan, 33, of Aiken, has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

COLUMBIA, S.C — Gregory Hill, 41, of Lexington has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl and cocaine.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal grand jury in Columbia returned a single-count indictment, presented by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, charging Renardo Tyson, Jr., 24, of Columbia, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
 

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Birenkumar Rameshbhai Patel, 47, of Columbia, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to illegally obtain a U Visa.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Deandre Malik Horry, a/k/a “Sosa”, 29, of Mount Pleasant, has been convicted by a federal jury following a two-day trial. Horry was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of, and during and in relation to, a federal drug trafficking crime.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal grand jury in Columbia returned a single-count indictment, presented by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, charging Karlos Damon Gibson, 20, with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.