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<h2> <center> United States of America v. Joseph F. Wallace </h2> </center>
Spartanburg, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with credit card fraud. Digested by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Joseph F. Wallace, 51, of Duncan, South Carolina, marketed himself as “a self-made serial entrepreneur leading multiple business entities and living ... More...
$ (07-21-2026 - SC)United States of America v. Jonathan Andrew Felkel
Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with use of force or threatened force to injure, intimidate, or interfere with someone’s housing rights based on race. Jonathan Andrew Felkel, age 34, of Columbia, South Carolina, drove into the gated community where both he and J.M. lived when he saw J.M. standing at the gate of the community. Felkel fired a ... More...
$ (03-04-2026 - 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)United States of America v. Dylann Storm Roof
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with nine counts of racially motivated hate crimes resulting in death, three counts of racially motivated hate crimes involving an attempt to kill, nine counts of obstructing religion resulting in death, three counts of obstructing religion involving an attempt to kill and use of a dangerous weapon, and nine counts ... More...
$0 (12-26-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Joshua Rodriguez; Derrick Adrien Hooks, Jr.; Christopher Brown; Jonathan Thien Ta; Neil Alexander Torres </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Florence, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl; felon in possession of firearm and ammunition. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> 5 Men from Grand Strand and Pee Dee Region Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking and Related Gun Crimes </h2></center></b></... More...
$0 (12-15-2024 - SC)State of South Carolina v. Michael Trevor Barton
<h2><br> Spartanburg, South Carolina burglary criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> Michael Trevor Barton, age 32, was accused of committing a series of property crimes including stealing a BMW at gun point. <br> <br> The crimes were commited in and around Wellford, Ducan, Lyman and Landrum, South Carolina.<br> <br> Barton was charged with:<br> <br> Four counts of b... More...
$0 (10-24-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Martrell Johnson-Cooke </h1>
<font c<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug and Gun Charges </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Camden Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug and Gun Charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Death</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br>... More...
$0 (09-05-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. James Brewer </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with <br> Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Death </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Columbia Man Sentenced for Role in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Death</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> James Brewer, 36, of Columbia was sentenced t... More...
$0 (09-05-2024 - SC)State of South Carolina v. Shelton Brown
<h2><br> Charleston, South Carolina murder, first-degree burglary, second-degree arson and possession of a weapon during a violent crime charges criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> Shelton Brown was accused of killing Essie Benekin in her home after breaking in and attepting to burn the house down on the way out.<br> <br> The perpetrator stabbed or cut the victim ... More...
$0 (08-16-2024 - 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)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)<h1> United States of America v. Casey William Degolyer </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening interstate communication</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Fairfield County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Threats </h2></center><br> <br> Casey William Degolyer, 48, of Blair, was sentenced to 18 months in fe... More...
$0 (05-04-2024 - 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. Raymond Luke Garner </h1>
<b><h2><center><i><font color="red">San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Pipe Bomb in Hospital Parking Garage.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b></h2><br> Man Who Possessed Pipe Bomb in Hospital Parking Garage Sentenced to Federal Prison<br> <br> A Jonestown man was sentenced in a federal court in Austin to 30 months in prison for possess... More...
$0 (03-15-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Daqua Lameek Ritter </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Columbia, South Carolina Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Killing a Transgender Woman Because of Her Gender Identity.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> After a four-day trial in a federal hate crime case, a jury found a South Carolina man, Daqua Lameek Ritter, guil... More...
$0 (02-26-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Nathan Ott </h1>
Charleston, South Carolina Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling Fentanyl-Laced Tablets</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <br> Nathan Ott, 28, of Moncks Corner, pled guilty to violating a section of Title 21, the Controlled Substances Act. The indictment specifically charged that he distributed "fentanyl,†a Schedule II controlled substanc... More...
$0 (01-10-2024 - SC)<h1> United States of America v. Jalon Amari Britt </h1>
<center><h2><b><i>Columbia, South Carolina defendant Jalon Amari Britt, 22, Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug and Firearm Charges. </b></h2></center></i><br> <br> <center>Columbia, South Carolina — Jalon Amari Britt, 22, of Columbia, was sentenced to 100 months – more than eight years – in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms and a... More...
$0 (01-03-2024 - SC)United States of America v. Jalon Amari Britt
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.<br> <br> Evidence presented in Court revealed that on March 30, 2022, deputies with the Richland County Sheriff's Department were conducting surveillance on Britt at Jalon Amari Britt's apartment to serve... More...
$0 (12-20-2023 - SC)Kendra Haley v. Equifax Information Services, LLC
Florenece, South Carolina consumer credit lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.<br> <br> "The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a federal law that regulates the collection, use, and disclosure of consumer credit information. The law was enacted in 1970 to protect consumers from inaccurate or unfair credit reporting practices.<b... More...
$1 (11-22-2023 - SC)Reginald Williams and Delores Hubbard v. Paragron Leasing, L.P., et al.
Columbia, South Carolina personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on auto negligence theories.<br> <br> "South Carolina is a modified comparative negligence state. This means that if you are injured in a car accident, your damages will be reduced by your percentage of fault. For example, if you are found to be 20% at fault for the accident, your damages will be reduced by 2... More...
$1 (08-04-2023 - SC)City of Stuart, Florida v. 3M Company, et al.
Columbia, South Carolina personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff which sued Defendant on a product liability theory.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff the City of Stuart ("Plaintiff,†"Stuart†or the "City) alleges that various Defendants manufactured and distributed aqueous film-forming foam ("AFFFâ€) and/or fluorosurfactant additives for use in AFFF that contaminated the City's water... More...
$0 (05-26-2023 - SC)United States of America v. Thomas Lashort Bullock
Columbia, South Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.<br> <br> On September 17, 2021, deputies with the Richland County Sheriff's Department initiated a traffic stop on Bullock's vehicle. However, as... More...
$0 (11-04-2022 - SC)United States of America v. Darnell Khan
Charleston, South Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with extort and defraud military members that was operated from the South Carolina Department of Correction (SCDC).<br> <br> While serving a 25-year sentence in SCDC for voluntary manslaughter and attempted armed robbery, Darnell Khan, age 39, smuggled smartphones into SCDC and used the internet to join internet dating w... More...
$0 (09-20-2022 - SC)United States, et al., ex rel. Respiratory Care., LLC v. Respironics, Inc., et al.
Charleston, South Carolina civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violation the False Claims Act.<br> <br> Philips RS North America LLC, formerly known as Respironics Inc., a manufacturer of durable medical equipment (DME) based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay over $24 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it misled federal health care programs by p... More...
$0 (09-02-2022 - SC)United States of America v. David Cortez Marshall
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraud.<br> <br> Former Orangeburg School District Employee David Cortez Marshall was indicted for defrauding the Orangeburg County School District of over $550,000. <br> <br> "Fraud of any nature is illegal and wrong, but fraud against a public school – in the middle of a pandemic – is unconscionable,... More...
$0 (06-10-2022 - SC)Loretta Gilbert v. The United States of America
Florence, South Carolina personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant United States of America on a Government Tort Claims Act theory.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff Loretta Gilbert, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Anthony Lamont Johnson and on behalf of the wrongful death beneficiaries, for medical malpractice against The United States of America. The Plaintiff filed ... More...
$0 (05-23-2022 - SC)State of South Carolina v. Lewis "Trey" Branche, III
Beaufort, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Lewis "Trey" Branche, III was accused of killing his girlfriend Kristen Bennett on September 4, 2018.<br> <br> Defendant's counsel admitted that that his client shot and killed the victim.<br> <br> § 14-17. Murder in the first and second degree defined; punishment.<br> <br> (a) ... More...
$0 (04-05-2022 - SC)Sumter School District v. JUUL Labs, Inc., et al.
Columbia, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff, which sued Defendants on product liability theories theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages as a direct result of a defective product manufactured and/or sold by Defendant. <br> <br> "Juul Labs is on a mission to transition the world's billion adult smokers away from combustible cigarettes, eliminate th... More...
$0 (11-16-2021 - SC)United States of America v. Richard Gilbert
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged for a murder-for-hire and retaliation plot against an Assistant United States Attorney and a confidential informant.<br> <br> Evidence presented in the court showed that Gilbert was serving time at a federal prison in Edgefield for trafficking methamphetamine in Bowling Green, Kentucky, when he sought to hire a hitman t... More...
$0 (08-13-2021 - SC)United States of America v. Marvette Thompson Easterling, Keylon Wright, and Joshua David Armato
Greenville, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the federal government's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).<br> <br> Marvette Thompson Easterling, 54, of Gaffney; Keylon Wright, 40, of Simpsonville; and Joshua David Armato, 37, of Georgia; admitted that they knowingly defrauded a program established to help homeowners at risk of mortgage loan de... More...
$0 (07-24-2021 - SC)United States of America v. Ricky DeWayne Johnson
Charleston, South Carolina assault with a dangerous weapon charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged for assaulting two members of the United States Marshal's Fugitive Task Force and unlawfully possessing a firearm.<br> <br> Ricky DeWayne Johnson, 35, of Moncks Corner, was charged for assaulting two members of the United States Marshal's Fugitive Task Force and unlawfully posse... More...
$0 (07-04-2021 - SC)United States of America v. Mark Edward Fuleihan
Florence, South Carolina public corruption and illegal gambling charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, former Florence County Sheriff's Lieutenant Mark Edward Fuleihan, 49, of Florence, who was public corruption and illegal gambling operations in the Pee Dee region. <br> <br> Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) began the op... More...
$0 (06-23-2021 - SC)United States of America v. George Alexander Underwood, Robert Andrew Sprouse, Johnny Ricardo Neal Jr.
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, who was charged with defrauding the United States, depriving another civil rights, wire fraud and conversation.<br> <br> George Alexander Underwood, 57, of Chester, former Chester County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Robert Andrew Sprouse, 46, of Ridgeway, and former Chester County Sheriff's Office Lieutenant Johnny Ricardo Ne... More...
$0 (04-27-2021 - SC)United States of America v. Gary Blair Shaffer
Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with stealing seized cash.<br> <br> The United States of America charged Gary Blair Shaffer, former Chief of the City of Manning Police Department, with stealing nearly $80,000 in seized cash in 2015. <br> <br> “Those who are sworn to uphold the law must lead by example. The Defendant here dishonored his oath, viola... More...
$0 (11-04-2020 - SC)United States of America v. Gerald Vincent Locker, Jr.
<center><br> <img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Charleston_SC_Fed.png"><br> </center><br> <br> Charleston, SC - The United States of America charged Gerald Vincent Locker, Jr., age 46, with conspiracy to obtain a U.S. passport by falsely claiming they were the biological parents of a baby born in the Philippines and by using false birth records to apply for ... More...
$0 (08-21-2020 - SC)United States of America v. Santerrio Montinez Smith
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.caddell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Caddell_columbia_courthouse-1024x410.jpg"><br> </center><br> Columbia, SC - Columbia Man Convicted on Federal Dog Fighting Charge<br> <br> Santerrio Montinez Smith, age 32, of Columbia, was convicted by a federal jury on a dog fighting charge after a day-and-a-half long trial before United States District Judge M... More...
$0 (10-16-2019 - SC)United States of America v. Jamal Early, Frank Pridgeon, Miguel Williams, Catherine Prosser, Holly Mitchem, Robert Hill, Ebonynisha Casby, and Sharon Johnson Breeland
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.caddell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Caddell_columbia_courthouse-1024x410.jpg"><br> </center><br> Columbia, SC - Eight Former SCDC Employees Plead Guilty to Federal Crimes Associated with Accepting Bribes to Smuggle Contraband into SCDC Facilities<br> <br> Jamal Early, Frank Pridgeon, Miguel Williams, Catherine Prosser, Holly Mitchem, Robert Hill,... More...
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