11th Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard
Michael Boyd Harvey, II, age 53, pled guilty to Domestic Violence of a High and Aggravated Nature in Lexington County on Thursday, Sept. 4. Circuit Court Judge Debra R. McCaslin sentenced Harvey to the maximum 20 years in prison. Under South Carolina law, this offense is classified as serious and violent. On Aug. 26, 2024, […]
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The 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office has announced the sentencing of a Newberry County man for sexual abuse of minors. Trevor Grant Oty, age 22 of Newberry County, pled guilty to two counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Second Degree, one count of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor in the First Degree, and one count […]
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Juan Isidro Velasquez-Rocha, age 44, pled guilty to two counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Second Degree on Thursday, May 22, in Lexington County General Sessions Court. The Honorable Benjamin Culbertson sentenced Velasquez-Rocha to 20 years in prison. Under South Carolina law, Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Second Degree is classified as a violent […]
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Brian F. Rose, Jr., of West Columbia, pled guilty on Wednesday, April 23, in Lexington County General Sessions Court to Distribution of Narcotics – second offense. This offense resulted in the death of 15 year old Tara Sanderson on Jan. 26, 2022 due to a fentanyl overdose. Rose was sentenced to 20 years for distributing […]
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Vernon Jenkins, a 42-year-old man from New Jersey, Altariq Cole, a 39-year-old man from New Jersey, and Dyshawn Hines, a 42-year-old man from New Jersey, were all convicted last week by a Lexington County jury and sentenced to thirty (30) years in prison for their roles in a shooting that took place at the Country […]
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Robert Allen Gaffney, a 38-year-old man from Lexington County, has been convicted of Attempted Murder following a plea entered on Thursday, March 13. The Honorable Walton J. McLeod IV sentenced Gaffney to 25 years in prison. Under South Carolina law, the Attempted Murder charge is classified as a violent crime and is a “no parole” […]
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DeAndre Malcolm Black, age 49, was convicted by a Lexington County jury on Wednesday, Jan. 29, of Trafficking Methamphetamine, 28 grams or more, but less than 100 grams. Circuit Court Judge Jocelyn Newman presided over the trial and sentenced Black to 25 years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections. This conviction was Black’s third […]
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Parris D’Shawn Sutton, a 27-year-old man from Gaston, pled guilty to Attempted Murder and Possession of a Weapon during the Commission of a Violent Crime last Wednesday. Chief Administrative Judge Debra R. McCaslin sentenced Sutton to 28 years in prison. Sutton received a 23-year sentence on the Attempted Murder followed by a consecutive 5-year sentence […]
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