South Carolina Child Abuse Law
<H2> State of South Carolina v. Tony Middleton
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Dfendant, Tony Middleton, 35, charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession of a weapon by a prohibited person. A.I. Google: In South Carolina, "first-degree murder" isn't a distinct statutory term; rather, murder is defined as a killing with malice aforethought, leading to penalties of 30 ye... More...
$ (12-30-2025 - SC)<H2> United States of America v. Matthew Valkinburg
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing child sexual abuse material. Matthew Valkinburg, age 35, of Pueblo, Colorado, began uploading child sexual abuse material to his Discord account in 2023 when he was stationed in Colorado. Local authorities in Colorado determined that accounts tied to Valkinburg were responsible for the child sex... More...
$ (12-14-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Charles “Chuck†Wright, Amos Durham, Lawson B. Watson </h1></h1>
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with <br> <br> Charles "Chuck†Wright, 60, the former sheriff of Spartanburg County; Amos Durham 61, a former chaplain for the department; and Lawson B. Watson 63, a former employee, have pleaded guilty for their participation in a public corruption scheme that defrauded the county of public funds for years... More...
$0 (10-30-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Charles “Chuck†Wright, Amos Durham, Lawson B. Watson </h1>
Spartanburg, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit theft.<br> <br> Charles "Chuck†Wright, 60, the former sheriff of Spartanburg County; Amos Durham 61, a former chaplain for the department; and Lawson B. Watson 63, a former employee, have pleaded guilty for their participation in a public corruption scheme that defrauded the coun... More...
$0 (10-30-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. John Edward Prigmore </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Sexual Abuse Material Possession </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Child Sex Offender Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Child Sexual Abuse Material Possession</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></... More...
$0 (09-08-2025 - SC)Tim Landholt v. Kendall Corley, et al.
Columbia, South Carolina personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> A South Carolina state court judge issued a bench warrant to arrest Tim Landholt for not paying child support. Sheriff's deputies soon arrested Landholt, who was fined and sent on his way. But the clerk's office never recalled or cancelled the executed warrant. Over five ... More...
$0 (08-29-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Johnathan Nathaniel Allen </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with enticement of a minor and production of child sexual abuse material. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Former Tennessee Deputy Indicted for Enticement of a Minor and Production of Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></center></b></b></center>... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - SC)United States of America v. Joshua Hart
Greenville, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child porn.... More...
$0 (08-13-2025 - SC)E.R. v. Beaufort County School District
Beaufordt, South Carolina civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Title IX theory alleging<br> that Appellee failed to appropriately respond to her reports of sexual abuse and harassment while she was a student.<br> <br> Title IX prohibits sex discrimination by recipients of federal education funding. The statute provides that "[n]o person in the United States shall, on the bas... More...
$0 (06-13-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Jerome S. Goldstein </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Traveling to Engage in Sex with a Minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New York Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Traveling to Engage in Sex with a Minor</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Jerome S. Goldstein, ... More...
$0 (03-13-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Tyler Michael Berlick </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Anderson, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child sexual abuse materials. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Production of Child Sexual Abuse Materials</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Ty... More...
$0 (03-07-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Thomas Robert Boehm III </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession Of Child Sexual Abuse Material </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Recidivist Sex Offender Is Sentenced To 10 Years For Possession Of Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A registe... More...
$0 (03-06-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Fermin Ortuno Valdovinos </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry of an alien after removal, subsequent to a conviction of an aggravated felony, and violation of supervised release.</font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mexican National Sentenced to 5 Years Federal Prison for Illegal R... More...
$0 (02-21-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Angel Cooper Vause </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Lying to FBI During Brittanee Drexel Investigation </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Georgetown Woman Sentenced to 18 Years for Lying to FBI During Brittanee Drexel Investigation</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> ... More...
$0 (02-13-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Michael J. French </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Ponzi Scheme and Cyber Stalking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Anderson County Man Pleads Guilty to $13M Ponzi Scheme and Cyber Stalking</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Michael J. French, 41, of Pendleton, plea... More...
$0 (02-07-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Carl Lee Robert Price </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Greenville, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child sexual abuse material. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Oconee County Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Carl Lee Robert Pric... More...
$0 (01-13-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Carl Lee Robert Price </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Greenville, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child sexual abuse material </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Oconee County Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Carl Lee Robert Price... More...
$0 (01-13-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Carl Lee Robert Price </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Greenville, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child sexual abuse material. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Oconee County Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Carl Lee Robert Pric... More...
$0 (01-13-2025 - SC)United States of America v. Cornelius Mayberry, a/k/a Red
Spartanburg, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of meth with intent to distribute.<br> <br> The defendant, Cornelius Mayberry, entered a conditional guilty plea in the district<br> court to (1) possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, in<br> violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(C) and 18 U.S.C. ... More...
$0 (01-10-2025 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Jack Keegan Davis </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> cty, sta criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Exploiting and Stalking Minors on Social Media </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ohio Man Indicted in South Carolina for Exploiting and Stalking Minors on Social Media</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand jury has return... More...
$0 (11-25-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Bernardino de Jesus Ramirez-Ramirez, a/k/a Carlos Mendoza </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spartanburg, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Kidnapping Child He Helped Smuggle into U.S. Sentenced </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Guatemalan Man Guilty of Kidnapping Child He Helped Smuggle into U.S. Sentenced to 14 Years</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <... More...
$0 (10-30-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Thaddeus Deon Devlin, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spartanburg, S.C. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Greenwood Felon on Federal Supervised Release Sentenced for Weapons Violation Arising from State Domestic Violence Charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></cente... More...
$0 (10-11-2024 - SC)The State of South Carolina v. Adam Rowell
<h2><br> Greenwood, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving under the influence.<br> </h2><br> <br> After a jury convicted Adam Rowell of two felony driving under<br> the influence charges, he discovered one of the jurors, Juror 164, had failed to<br> disclose during voir dire that he had recently been arrested. Armed with this<br> information, Rowell ... More...
$0 (09-26-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. James Austen Gillespie </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production of Child Sex Abuse Materials </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Lexington Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Production of Child Sex Abuse Materials </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On Ju... More...
$0 (08-16-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. James Austen Gillespie </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production of Child Sex Abuse Materials </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Lexington Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Production of Child Sex Abuse Materials</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Ja... More...
$0 (08-16-2024 - SC)The State of South Carolina v. Justin Ryan Cone
<h2><br> Pickens, South Carolina sexual abuse criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> The victim's mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Miller, testified Cone frequented the Miller home over the course of six to eight years and that a three-way and sometimes two-way sexual relationship developed between the couple and Cone. The evidence established the sex acts typica... More...
$0 (08-14-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Evan Riley Bucci </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of production of child pornography* and one count of possession of child pornography. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Charleston Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Producing and Possessing Child Sexual Abu... More...
$0 (08-05-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Adam Baez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Child Sex Abuse Materials </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Summerville Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison for Possession of Child Sex Abuse Materials </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> ... More...
$0 (07-17-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Deveon Antonio Belk </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 7 Midlands Armed Robberies </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Serial Armed Robber Sentenced to 49 Years in Federal Prison for 7 Midlands Armed Robberies</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Deveon Antonio Belk, 3... More...
$0 (07-17-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Deveon Antonio Belk </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina: criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged for 7 Midlands Armed Robberies </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Serial Armed Robber Sentenced to 49 Years in Federal Prison for 7 Midlands Armed Robberies </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In November of 2020, Dev... More...
$0 (07-17-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Chad Michael Rabon </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Charleston, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Transfer of Obscene Material </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Repeat Child Sex Offender Sentenced to 25 Years for Attempted Transfer of Obscene Material</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> From May 23 to... More...
$0 (07-08-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Chad Michael Rabon </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Attempted Transfer of Obscene Material </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Repeat Child Sex Offender Sentenced to 25 Years for Attempted Transfer of Obscene Material</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> Chad M... More...
$0 (07-03-2024 - SC)Vitzeslav Zeif v. Marina Aslanyan and SmartLinux Solutions, LLC
<h2><br> Charleston, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> This case was filed in the Charleston County Court of Common Pleas, 2024CP1001305, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.<br> <br> The following facts are presented in SmartLinx Solutions, LLC's ("SmartLinxâ€) Verified Amended Complaint, and ... More...
$0 (07-03-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Michele Mancino a/k/a “Mike Mancino†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Materials </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> <b> </b> Goose Creek Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Producing Child Sexual Abuse Materials </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <b... More...
$0 (06-28-2024 - SC)The State of South Carolina v. Eric Emanuel English
<h2><br> Lexington, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.<br> </h2><br> <br> The Victim in this case is English's biological daughter. She was six or seven<br> years old at the time she was sexually abused. On March 4, 2014, after Victim began<br> experiencing symptoms consistent with an STD, Victim told her... More...
$0 (06-10-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Lawrence Joseph Florentine </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Interstate Domestic Violence. </font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Rock Hill Man Sentenced for Interstate Domestic Violence Resulting in the Death of Wife </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Lawrence Joseph Florentine, 56, of Rock Hi... More...
$0 (04-10-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. David Elliott Paulsen </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Columbia Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for the Fourth Time for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials <br> </h2></center></i></font color="red">David E... More...
$0 (03-29-2024 - sc)<h1> United States of America v. Paul James, III </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Columbia Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Firearm Charge </h3></center></i><br> <br> Paul James, III, 35, of Columbia, was sentenced to 15 yea... More...
$0 (03-14-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Gayle Smith Gay </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Theft of Government Funds and Making a False Statement in a Passport Application.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> Gayle Smith Gay, 75, of Huntersville, N.C., was sentenced to five years of probation with 24... More...
$0 (02-14-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Jaime Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Abuse of a Child.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <br> Jaime Adolfo Gonzalez-Farias, a/k/a "Father Gonzalez,†69, a former Catholic priest of Laurens, was sentenced to more than 21 years in federal prison following a conviction for transpor... More...
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