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Tuesday, April 23, 2013  A man charged with kidnapping a Richland County teen is appealing his 17-year prison sentence on a federal ammunition charge.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  A man believed to be the prime suspect in a 15-year-old Blythewood girl's 2012 disappearance is going to prison on a federal weapons conviction.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  The man who is facing kidnapping charges in the disappearance of Gabbiee Swainson will learn his federal sentence for his conviction of being a felon in possession of ammunition.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012  A federal ammunition charge against the man accused of abducting Columbia teen Gabbiee Swainson moves forward after he appeared in federal court Wednesday.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012  An attorney for a man charged in the disappearance of a Columbia teenager says evidence shows the girl ran away and wasn't kidnapped.

Friday, November 16, 2012  Elvia Swainson, mother of missing 15-year-old Gabbiee Swainson sat down with Tyler Ryan for an execlusive conversation ranging from memories of Gabbiee as a child to how they spent the evening together on the night prior to her disappearance and her feelings on the information that may link Freddie Grant to the case.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  Nearly three months after her disappearance, Gabbiee Swainson's mother Elvia sat down with WACH Fox to talk about Gabbiee as she was growing up.

Friday, November 02, 2012  Federal prosecutors say the man suspected of abducting a Columbia teen should not be released on bond because of his extensive criminal past.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012  Ridge View High School students are wearing a new accessory, they're blue andwith the name Gabbiee.