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FORMER INVESTMENT FIRM CHIEF CONVICTED IN LARGEST FRAUD CASE IN SC HISTORY
A co-conspirator in the largest fraud case in South Carolina history was found guilty today on one count of securities fraud. Former HomeGold chairman Jack Sterling was convicted of swindling more than 12,000 people — mostly in the Upstate — out of an [...]
MCMASTER REJECTS NORTH CAROLINA PLEA TO DROP CATAWBA RIVER CASE
One of the most important yet under-reported battles for the future of South Carolina is currently sitting in the lap of the United States Supreme Court in the form of a two-year-old lawsuit to prevent North Carolina from hoarding a major water supply from the Palmetto [...]
ARIZONA SENATOR TO HOST DC FUNDRAISER FOR SC ATTORNEY GENERAL
When Sen. John McCain ran for president, South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster was one of his closest confidants and most trusted surrogates. McMaster traveled the state and country stumping for the Arizona Republican and standing by his side at countless campaign events.
Now McCain is [...]
JUDGE RULES AGAINST POKER PLAYERS, BUT SAYS SKILL IS INVOLVED
It won’t offer a whole lot of solace to the five men found guilty of gambling after a poker-related police raid three years ago, but a Mt. Pleasant judge ruled yesterday that Texas Hold ‘Em is, in fact, a game a skill.
Unfortunately for the [...]
SHERIFF MIGHT CHARGE PHELPS FOR POT SHOT
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott (above with all the bling) has decided to cash in on some national love by possibly pursuing criminal charges against Olympic champion Michael Phelps, who was seen in recently-released pictures allegedly smoking pot in Columbia.
Lott told the New York Post that he will charge [...]
GOOD SAMARITAN MISSION FOUNDER SENTENCED TO YEAR IN PRISON, FOUR YEARS PROBATION
I haven’t yet seen the independent breakout hit movie “Slumdog Millionaire,” but according to the Internet Movie Database, it is a story about an impoverished Indian teen who wins big on the Hindi version of “Who Wants to be A Millionaire?” and is then [...]
MCMASTER DISCREDITS FAULTY INTERNET PREDATOR REPORT, WITHDRAWS SC FROM NAAG
A study released today by Harvard University’s Internet Safety Technical Task Force that claimed a decreasing trend in online threats to children from sexual predators is bogus, according to South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster. And he has withdrawn the state from the group that [...]
LANCE CPL. ALEXANDER RICHARDSON FACING MISDEMEANOR FOR BEING TOUGH ON BAD GUYS
One of the South Carolina Highway Patrol officers who used his patrol car as a battering ram to take down a fleeing suspect has been charged with a federal crime that makes sense only if you like criminals.
Documents filed in federal court [...]
SPARTANBURG SOLICITOR BUYS WEBSITE, RUMORED TO BE EYING TOP COP POST
The 99.9 percent chance that Attorney General Henry McMaster will run for governor in 2010 means that there will be an opening for someone to take over as South Carolina’s top cop.
It has been rumored for months now that Seventh Circuit Solicitor Trey Gowdy is [...]
WOMAN’S DEAD BODY FOUND AT GREELEYVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAYGROUND
When most elementary school students return from Christmas vacation, they are greeted by angry teachers and maybe a new lunch menu. But as you probably already knew, things are different in Greeleyville.
The body of a woman has been found on the playground of a Williamsburg County [...]
