State: South Carolina

  • Shane Daley, CEO Murder, California 2000

    Shane Daley, CEO Murder, California 2000

    ALBANY – Shane Daley, a 40-year-old from Galway, New York, has confessed to a particularly sickening crime: reveling in the brutal murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and then systematically tormenting Thompson’s grieving family. Daley didn’t offer condolences; he offered a fresh wave of horror in the hours following Thompson’s death, unleashing a barrage of…

  • DeMarionne Miller, Firearms and Narcotics Charges, South Carolina 2026

    DeMarionne Miller, Firearms and Narcotics Charges, South Carolina 2026

    A frantic cross-state drive and desperate texts sparked a takedown in Lexington County, South Carolina, leading to a 22-year-old man facing a potential life sentence. De’Marionne Miller, already a convicted felon, is staring down the barrel of decades in federal prison after pleading guilty to firearms and narcotics charges stemming from a June 14th standoff…

  • Laclarence Lamarcus Anderson, Glock Switch Trafficking, South Carolina 2023

    Laclarence Lamarcus Anderson, Glock Switch Trafficking, South Carolina 2023

    Columbia, SC – Laclarence Lamarcus Anderson, 43, will spend the next 297 months – more than two decades – in a federal penitentiary after a jury found him guilty of flooding the streets with firearms and narcotics. The career criminal’s operation, exposed earlier this year, involved selling high-powered weaponry and hard drugs directly to confidential…

  • Jonathan Felkel, Racist Terror Act, Columbia SC, 2023

    Jonathan Felkel, Racist Terror Act, Columbia SC, 2023

    A quiet suburban street in Richland County, South Carolina, became the stage for a chilling act of racial intimidation last July. Jonathan Felkel, 34, confessed in federal court today to deliberately targeting his Black neighbor, identified only as J.M., with a firearm and a torrent of racist abuse. The incident, far from a spontaneous outburst,…

  • De’Marionne Miller Admits to Narcotics Trafficking, Lexington SC, 2023

    De’Marionne Miller Admits to Narcotics Trafficking, Lexington SC, 2023

    A Lexington, South Carolina man with a history of running from the law has confessed to federal charges stemming from a June standoff that sparked fears of a hostage situation. De’Marionne Miller, 22, pleaded guilty today, admitting to illegally possessing a firearm and using it while trafficking narcotics. The case, which began with a desperate…

  • Jonathan Felkel, Racist Threat and Gunfire, South Carolina 2025

    Jonathan Felkel, Racist Threat and Gunfire, South Carolina 2025

    A quiet suburban neighborhood in South Carolina became the stage for a chilling act of racial intimidation last summer, and the man responsible has now admitted his guilt. Jonathan Felkel, 34, pleaded guilty in federal court today to a hate-fueled display of aggression targeting his Black neighbor, identified only as J.M. The incident, which unfolded…

  • Joel Castillo-Soto, Methamphetamine Distribution, New Hampshire 2023

    Joel Castillo-Soto, Methamphetamine Distribution, New Hampshire 2023

    ROCHESTER, NH – A Dominican national previously deported from the United States is facing a substantial federal prison sentence after admitting to his central role in a multi-pound methamphetamine trafficking ring operating in and around Rochester, New Hampshire. Joel Castillo-Soto, 35, pleaded guilty this week to charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and illegal reentry…

  • Samir Ousman Alsheikh, Torture, California 2024

    Samir Ousman Alsheikh, Torture, California 2024

    ⏱ 3 min read Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 73, a former high-ranking official in the Assad regime and notorious head of Adra Prison in Damascus, was found guilty today of ordering the brutal torture of inmates, then brazenly lying to U.S. authorities to secure a green card and attempt to become a naturalized citizen. The verdict…