South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that the South Carolina State Grand Jury has issued indictments in the drug trafficking case known as “Los Banditos”. The indictments currently unsealed in the investigation collectively contain 124 charges against 34 defendants. The investigation alleges much of the drug […]
On Thursday, agents from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) charged Lameia Shaunta Bennett, 32, Freddie Lee Cunningham III., 22, and Nyosha Renee Young, 26, with Abuse of a Vulnerable Adult. Details from the investigation are in the warrants attached. SLED was requested to investigate by the […]
Agents from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) charged Oconee County Councilman Matthew Durham, 38, with Domestic Violence 2nd and Unlawful Neglect of a Child. Details from the investigation are in the warrants attached. SLED was requested to investigate by Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw. Durham was […]
Today agents from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) arrested Mark Benjamin ‘Ben’ Ignatowicz, 33, for Unlawful Neglect of a Child or a Helpless Person. Details of the investigation are in the attached warrant. SLED was requested by the York County Sheriff’s Office. Ignatowicz was booked at […]
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott announces the termination of former deputy sheriff James Christopher Leaisure, 29, following his arrest by the State Law Enforcement Division. Earlier this week the department was notified that Leaisure was under investigation by SLED, at the request of the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, […]
A federal inmate who was being held at the Lexington County Detention Center died Saturday evening. The inmate has been identified as 39-year-old Charles Carlisle Plumley, according to Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher. “Mr. Plumley was in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service while being housed at […]
An off-duty Kershaw County Sheriff’s Deputy was involved in an altercation with his ex-wife on Thursday (April 14) in Camden. The Camden Police Department was called to the incident location by the deputy’s ex-wife. She reported that he assaulted her. A request was made for the SC State […]
On Friday, agents from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) arrested former Clarendon County deputy and victims advocate Sabrina Mellerson, 34, for Misconduct in Office and Embezzlement. SLED conducted the investigation at the request of Clarendon County Sheriff Tim Baxley. Mellerson was booked at the Clarendon County […]
Last week South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agents arrested 17 people in the first major case for the partnership between SLED, the Department of Insurance (DOI) and the Attorney General’s Office. SLED’s investigation found five separate insurance claims totaling $210,922.93, with a total payout of $93,774.28. “Our SLED […]
SLED agents arrested former Dorchester County Sheriff’s Deputy Christopher Brooks, 34, on Thursday for Assault and Battery 3rd Degree. North Charleston Police Chief Reggie Burgess requested SLED to investigate. The SLED investigation found that Brooks willfully and unlawfully drew his service pistol and Taser in the presence of […]
