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Friday, May 17, 2013  Two men have been sentenced to prison for their guilty pleas in the stabbing death of the uncle of one of the men in Murrells Inlet.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  The great-grandson of an 86-year-old Anderson County man found shot to death in his home has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for his role in the slaying.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Five members of the Hells Angels from Rock Hill have been sentenced on federal weapons and drug charges.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  A Greer man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for killing a woman during a violent sexual assault.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  A 20-year-old York man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty to felony driving under the influence in the death of his girlfriend last year.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  The former manager of an investment firm in Easley has pleaded guilty to fraud charges.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Land at the center of an alleged kickback scheme involving former South Carolina State University officials is up for auction.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  Two former Gaston town officials have been sentenced to prison for misusing public funds.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  A North Charleston man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the strangulation death of a Mount Pleasant man last year.

Friday, April 19, 2013  A second defendant has pleaded guilty in the killing of an 86-year-old Anderson County man during a robbery two years ago.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Authorities say an Abbeville County magistrate traded sex for favorable rulings.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Federal prosecutors say a man who filed more than 600 fraudulent tax returns for gang members and other people has been sentenced to more than five years in prison.

Friday, April 12, 2013  Two people have pleaded guilty in the New Year's Day 2012 shooting death of a Florence man.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  A South Carolina woman who faked having terminal leukemia in order to collect insurance money has been sentenced to more than three years in prison.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  An unemployed man suspected of faking his own drowning at a New York beach to collect on life insurance has pleaded guilty to conspiracy.