8th Circuit Solicitor’s Office helps spread cheer during the holidays

Greenwood, S.C.; December 8, 2020 – Though 2020 feels like a year which has delivered bad news on a regular basis, the Solicitor’s Office is helping to spread holiday cheer by continuing the longstanding tradition of its annual Christmas toy donation.

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Newberry man sentenced to life without parole for hostage standoff

RICKY BERNARD BROWN

Newberry, S.C.; November 18, 2020 – A Newberry man received a sentence of life without the possibility of parole after a Newberry County jury found him guilty Thursday of several charges stemming from a hostage standoff at the Vocational Rehabilitation Center in Newberry, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced.

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Greenwood man sentenced to 50 years in Abbeville murders

ELIJAH TY’REZ HEAD

Greewnood, S.C.; November 16, 2020 – A Greenwood man was sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty Friday morning to charges stemming from a 2019 triple homicide in Abbeville County, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Monday.

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Longtime Abbeville heroin dealer sentenced to 22 years in prison

BRANDON DEWITT CHRISLEY

Abbeville, S.C.; October 20, 2020 – An Abbeville man was sentenced to 22 years in prison after appearing in court to plead guilty then absconding from his sentencing hearing, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Tuesday.

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Trenton man gets maximum sentence for Walmart bathroom attack on child

DONALD ALLEN MORRISON

Greenwood, S.C.; October 13, 2020 – A Trenton man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to a charge stemming from a June 2019 incident in which he attempted to abduct and assault a young boy in a local Walmart store restroom, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Tuesday.

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Domestic abuser sentenced to 10 years in prison

JOHN THOMAS SANDERS

Greenwood, S.C.; October 7, 2020 – A Greenwood County man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty last week to charges in connection to a 2019 domestic assault that ended in a standoff with police, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Wednesday.

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Domestic abuser sentenced to 10 years in prison

TERRANCE RENARD YOUNG

Laurens, S.C.; October 2, 2020 – A Clinton man will spend the next decade in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to charges connected to the brutal beating of his then-girlfriend, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Friday morning.

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Abbeville man gets 20 years for Due West home invasion

KYRON BAILEY

Abbeville, S.C.; September 25, 2020 – An Abbeville man will spend the next two decades in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from a 2018 home invasion in Due West, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Friday morning.

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Ninety Six man sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2019 slaying

MARK ANTHONY HAILEY JR.

Greenwood, S.C.; September 24, 2020 – A Ninety Six man will spend the next 35 behind bars after a Greenwood County jury found a man guilty on charges in connection to the 2019 slaying of an Aiken man, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Thursday morning. 

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Laurens County killer sentenced to 55 years in prison for 2018 stabbing

LUTAVIOUS DENARD ELMORE

Laurens, S.C.; August 12, 2020 – A Laurens County man will spend the next 55 years in prison after a jury found him guilty late Tuesday evening of a home invasion and brutal 2018 stabbing death of another Laurens County man, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Wednesday morning.

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