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A Columbia man accused of a hate crime was arraigned in federal court this morning. The Government moved for the defendant to be detained pending trial. The defendant waived his right to a detention hearing and will remain in custody.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Brentton Timmons, 30, of Chester, has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

COLUMBIA, S.C. —Jamar Tywone Kimpson, 52, of Swansea, has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Pasqual Perez Duckett, 41, of Newberry, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl which resulted in the death of a 28-year-old Columbia woman.

FLORENCE, S.C. — A federal grand jury in Columbia returned a two-count indictment against John Paul Miller, 46, of Myrtle Beach, for cyberstalking and making false statements to federal investigators.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jack Keegan Davis, 22, of Columbus, Ohio has pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, coercion and enticement of a minor, and receipt and distribution of child sexual abuse material* for a scheme where he posed as a minor while operating 130 social media accounts, which he used to exploit minors.  

COLUMBIA, S.C. – A federal grand jury in Columbia, South Carolina returned an indictment charging Jonathan Andrew Felkel, 34, with violating the housing rights of his black neighbor, J.M., and for using a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Lucas Brandon Rousso, 30, of Easley, has been arrested by federal agents and charged with making threatening communications online.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Luis Alfred Romero, 37, of Omaha, Nebraska, has been sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison for distributing child sexual abuse material.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Kendall Kyleek Dow, 28, of Sumter, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition and possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes. 

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Matthew Valkinburg, 35, of Pueblo, Colorado, has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material. Valkinburg was a solider at Fort Jackson at the time of the crime. 

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Taylor Molic Morris, 23, of Columbia, has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison after being convicted at trial for being a felon in possession of ammunition.