Category Archives: Laurens County

Undocumented immigrant gets maximum sentence for crash that killed 3-year-old

Laurens, S.C.; December 18, 2024 – An undocumented immigrant received the maximum prison sentence for his role in a crash that killed a 3-year-old girl, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Wednesday.

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Laurens man sentenced to 35 years in prison for murdering girlfriend

Laurens, S.C.; December 17, 2024 – A Laurens man is headed to prison for 35 years after pleading guilty Monday to the execution-style killing of his girlfriend, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Tuesday.

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Clinton career criminal sentenced to 20 years for house burglary

Laurens, S.C.; June 6, 2024 – A Clinton man with a criminal history dating back four decades is headed to prison for 20 years after pleading Monday to charges stemming from a 2022 burglary, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo … Continue reading

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Man sentenced to life without parole in Laurens County murder

Laurens, S.C.; April 25, 2024 – A man is headed to prison for the remainder of his natural life after being found guilty Wednesday for the December 2021 murder of a Fountain Inn woman, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo … Continue reading

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Donalds man sentenced to 20 years in prison for months-long string of burglaries

Abbeville, S.C.; April 9, 2021 – A Donalds man will spend the next two decades behind bars after pleading guilty Friday morning to a massive rash of burglaries that spanned three counties over nearly three months, 8th Circuit Solicitor David … Continue reading

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Clinton man sentenced to 15 years in prison for armed home invasion

Newberry, S.C.; April 9, 2021 – A Clinton man was sentenced in court this week to 15 years in prison on a slew of criminal charges mostly relating to a 2019 home invasion in Laurens County, 8th Circuit Solicitor David … Continue reading

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Fountain Inn man sentenced to 27 years for stabbing girlfriend in domestic incident

Laurens, S.C.; January 14, 2020 – A Fountain Inn man will spend the next 27 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to a charge stemming from a 2018 incident in which he nearly killed his then-girlfriend with a box … Continue reading

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Intoxicated driver sentenced to 16 years for fatal crash

Greenwood, S.C.; December 21, 2019 – A Clinton woman will spend the next 16 years behind bars after pleading guilty Thursday to charges stemming from a fatal 2018 crash near the Dance South studio on Highway 76 between Clinton and … Continue reading

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Woman sentenced to 22 years in DUI crash that killed Laurens farmer

Greenwood, S.C.; October 29, 2019 – A Fountain Inn woman was sentenced Monday to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to a felony DUI charge stemming from a June 2018 crash in Laurens County, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo … Continue reading

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Lifelong thief sentenced to 20 years in prison

Laurens, S.C.; October 11, 2019 — Eighth Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Friday that a Piedmont man with a long history of theft-related crimes was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday afternoon to a charge of … Continue reading

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