Greenwood man hit with 20-year sentence for child sex abuse

CHRISTOPHER RAHEEM COVINGTON

Greenwood, S.C.; February 13, 2024 – A Greenwood man will spend the next two decades behind bars after pleading guilty to charges that he molested a girl under the age of 14 for a period of nearly seven years, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Tuesday.

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Greenwood man sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting girlfriend

VERNARD EUGENE MCBRIDE

Greenwood, S.C.; February 9, 2024 – A Greenwood man will spend the next 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to a charge stemming from an incident in which he shot his girlfriend during an argument, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Friday.

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Whitmire man sentenced to 30 years in prison for roadside shooting

BLAIZE PEDRO PLAZA

LAURENS, S.C.; February 2, 2024 – A Whitmire man will spend the next three decades behind bars after pleading guilty Wednesday to shooting a man and leaving him for dead along a roadside in Newberry County, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Friday.

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Career criminal sentenced to 18 years in prison for trafficking meth

NEWBERRY, S.C.; December 19, 2023 – A Whitmire man with long criminal history is headed to prison for 18 years after being sentenced Monday in Newberry County, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Tuesday.

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Laurens fentanyl dealer sentenced to 18 years

BLAKE FRANCIS HESS

Laurens, S.C.; November 28, 2023 – A Laurens man is headed to prison after pleading guilty Monday to charges stemming from the distribution of at least a quarter million dollars of blue pills over the past six months, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Tuesday.

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Greenwood drug trafficker hit with 16 years in prison sentence

DETAVIUS LAMON CUNNINGHAM

Greenwood, S.C.; November 1, 2023 – A Greenwood man was sentenced to 16 years in prison on a drug trafficking charge after electing to plead guilty Tuesday just before his trial was set to start, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Wednesday.

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Greenwood heroin trafficker sentenced to 18 years in prison

LESLIE ALEXANDER BARGER

Greenwood, S.C.; October 27, 2023 – A Greenwood man was sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday afternoon to trafficking charges, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Friday.

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Gray Court meth trafficker catches 16 year prison sentence

JAMES VICTOR CAPUANO

Laurens, S.C.; October 23, 2023 – A Gray Court man was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to charges stemming from drug busts in two counties, 8th Circuit Solicitor Davis M. Stumbo announced Tuesday.

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Inmate convicted of running Laurens County meth ring from prison

KEVIN MATTHEW BOWLIN

Laurens, S.C.; October 16, 2023 – A man serving a prison sentence for a 2016 attempted armed robbery pleaded guilty Monday in Laurens County to trafficking methamphetamine, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Tuesday morning.

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Two convicted in vicious assault of Abbeville man, face life sentences

TRAVIS ARNETT LEE (LEFT) AND KENDRICK MONTREZ LEE.

Abbeville, S.C.; September 29, 2023 – A pair of Abbeville men are facing the possibility of life in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted Thursday in connection to a vicious 2020 assault, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Friday morning.

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