May 23—A Riverside Elementary School paraeducator and high school coach accused of recording himself engaging in sex acts with teenagers, who already faced a federal charge, was indicted by a federal grand jury on additional charges Wednesday. Dallas Shuler, 28, was indicted on one count of Production of Child Pornography, one count of Distribution of […]
Alex Murdaugh to be federally sentenced for financial crimes Former South Carolina attorney and convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh is scheduled Monday to be sentenced on a series of financial crimes. Murdaugh pleaded guilty on 22 charges, including conspiracy to commit bank fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. PREVIOUS: Alex Murdaugh sentenced in SC court for […]
Mar. 22—A 33-year-old was charged federally on Thursday in the carjacking and fatal shooting of a New Mexico State Police officer outside Tucumcari last week. The FBI has charged Jaremy Smith, of South Carolina, with carjacking resulting in death and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence in the death of officer Justin […]
Mar. 21—A former Cusick town clerk was indicted Tuesday on more than 75 counts of fraud and theft. Luke Michael Servas, 38, is accused of embezzling about $195,000 while he was the Cusick Town Clerk between October 2022 and March 2023. He was also a member of the town council at the time. In his […]
Feb. 12—A 42-year-old man was federally indicted after the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said he pointed a laser at their helicopter. Johnny R. Blackstock, 42, is accused of aiming the laser in October at a Spokane Regional Air Support Unit helicopter on a regularly scheduled patrol flight. “Pointing a laser at an aircraft can have […]
ASHEVILLE — A Virginia man was sentenced in Asheville federal court Jan. 16 for traveling to Hendersonville to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a toddler, as announced by U.S. Attorney Dena J. King of the Western District of North Carolina. James Edward Whisenant, Jr., 50, of Suffolk, pleaded guilty Nov. 30, 2022, to traveling […]