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GENERAL NEWS:
Scarlett Wilson
Tough and aggressive, yes, but the 9th Circuit solicitor has lighter side
Residents, committee getting 'Fed Up'
Ninth
Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson plucked a gold-finished .50-caliber Desert
Eagle handgun from a table of firearms Thursday during a news conference to
announce a state and federal initiative to combat gun violence.
Gun
crimes to be prosecuted at the federal level
Solicitor Scarlet A. Wilson, U.S. Attorney W. Walter Wilkins, and representatives from a number of federal and local law enforcement agencies unveiled a new program Thursday aimed at prosecuting illegal gun use at the federal level.
Wilson defeats Jennings after fierce campaign
Scarlett Wilson's blowout win in Tuesday's Republican primary means the region
is on the verge of having its first elected female prosecutor.
Swearing-In Ceremony Held
Scarlett Wilson was sworn in as the Solicitor for the Ninth Circuit on September 4, 2007, by the Honorable Daniel F. Pieper.
Scarlett Wilson becomes first woman to serve as Ninth Circuit Solicitor
Scarlett Wilson, chosen to succeed Ralph Hoisington, could be the first female solicitor for the 9th Circuit, which includes Charleston and Berkeley counties.
PRESS RELEASES:
Goss and Mack guilty of Armed
Robbery, Kidnapping and Assault and Battery with Intent to Kill.
Date:
2/27/2009
Local man sentenced to life without the possibility of parol for Criminal Sexual Conduct case.
Date:
12/05/2008
Local taxi cab driver found guilty of murder, sentenced to 45 years.
Date:
12/05/2008
After a thorough investigation, Solicitor's Office dismisses Murder charges
against Stephanie Morosi.
Date:
6/24/2008
Armed Robber Sentenced to Life
Without Parole Under South Carolina's 2 Strikes Law
Date:
4/01/2008
Solicitor Scarlett
A. Wilson earns prestigious Criminal Justice Award
Date:
3/27/2008
Hernandez found guilty
of trafficking a quarter kilo of cocaine
Date:
3/21/2008
IN THE NEWS:
Man gets 40 years in North Charleston shooting death
Date:
3/18/2009
A
Charleston County jury found Kaseem "Nitty" Stephens guilty of murder Tuesday in
the shooting death of a man in a North Charleston mobile home park two years
ago.
Family finds justice after son's killing
Date:
3/15/2009
Solicitor Scarlett Wilson (right) listens to Maxine Hamilton, the mother of murder victim Jamie Reed, as she talks about what her family had to go through as the solicitor struggled to locate witnesses.
19-year-old gets 40 years for killing
Date:
1/31/2009
A 19-year-old Charleston man was sentenced to 40 years in prison this week for murder.
Prison inmate gets life sentence for sex assault on female guard
Date:
1/31/2009
MONCKS CORNER — A state prison inmate will serve the rest of his life behind bars for sexually assaulting a female corrections officer last year.
Riley enlists crime-fighting posse
Date:
1/30/2009
COLUMBIA — Law enforcement officers and mayors tired of a deluge of criminals plaguing their communities came together here Thursday to work up a plan for persuading the Legislature to sign off on new laws.
Plaudits to Wilson in Frye case
Date:
1/30/2009
When police nabbed serial felon Jeffrey Frye at a North Charleston Econo Lodge on Monday — after he allegedly stuck up a first Citizens Bank in Summerville — it was just the latest chapter in the saga of a career criminal who has played the system like a fiddle.
Suspect avoids murder conviction, gets 35 years for armed robbery
Date:
12/12/2008
A man received a life sentence without the possibility of parole this week after a jury convicted him of raping a woman in downtown Charleston more than two years ago, the 9th Circuit Solicitor's Office said.
Man sentenced to prison 2nd time
Date:
12/06/2008
A man accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl shortly after he'd finished serving prison time for a similar offense was sentenced to another 10 years in prison this week, 9th Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson reported.
Jury convicts man of 2007 murder
Date:
11/22/2008
A 24-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison Friday after a jury convicted him of shooting his former girlfriend to death at a Charleston public housing complex last year.
Suspect avoids murder conviction, gets 35 years for armed robbery
Date:
10/31/2008
A man accused of shooting a carnival worker to death during a $50 robbery was found not guilty of murder late Thursday after a retrial. He was found guilty of armed robbery.
Man gets life without parole
Date:
10/23/2008
A jury took 18 minutes Wednesday to convict a man who attacked a West Ashley church Sunday school director last year and threatened her with a screwdriver.
Joint initiative targeting gun possession gets results
Date:
10/21/2008
Prosecutors announced today that 40 federal cases have been indicted so far under "Operation Fed Up" since the program was launched in August.
Internet broker faces suit
Date:
10/21/2008
Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson is suing online loan broker LendingTree LLC, saying the company violated state law by not telling borrowers about the fees it receives from lenders.
Killer of cats gets 90 days
Date:
10/16/2008
Joel Campbell, 19, of Summerville, admitted to slitting the throats of six kittens and smashing in the heads of two adult cats.
Man gets 40 years in prison in North Charleston hotel killing
Date:
9/26/2008
One of four people accused in the murder of a 48-year-old carnival worker inside a North Charleston hotel room was sentenced to 40 years in prison this week.
Operation Fed Up.
Date:
8/14/2008
Prosecutors announced their first indictments Wednesday under a new initiative
to combat gun violence in Berkeley and Charleston counties dubbed "Operation Fed
Up."
Armed robber gets life sentence
Date:
4/4/2008
A previously convicted armed robber received a life sentence without parole Tuesday after a Charleston County jury found him guilty a second time, the 9th Circuit Solicitor's Office said.
Florist
shop kidnapper gets life without possibility of parole
Date:
3/21/2008
Mack
was convicted of kidnapping, armed robbery and assault and battery with intent
to kill. His violent criminal history of attacking, kidnapping and raping women
caused Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson to file a life without parole
notice before the trial this week, Wilson said. The notice made the sentence
mandatory.
Woman gives emotional testimony in kidnapping, battery case
Date: 3/19/2008
On Wednesday, Beth Ferguson had her moment in court and identified shop
worker Lemar "Tommy" Mack as the man who held a knife to her throat, choked her,
kicked her face repeatedly and left her bound and gagged in a locked closet.
Illegal
immigrant from Mexico get's 25-year sentence for selling cocaine
Date:
3/6/2008
Ninth
Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson called Hernandez’s bravado about his
drug-dealing past “sickening.”
Son's
death leads to charge of homicide by child abuse
Date:
3/6/2008
"We're going to open everything we know of back up and do more investigating,
more interviewing," 9th Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson said Wednesday during
a news conference with Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon. "We can't jump to
conclusions about the previous incidents because we don't know yet, but
certainly it raises more red flags."
Darkness
to Light partnership - brief
Date:
3/5/2008
The
Mount Pleasant Police Department, Anne Lee, President and CEO of Darkness to
Light, and Scarlett Wilson, Ninth Circuit solicitor, have teamed up with McGruff
the Crime Dog to keep Lowcountry children safe from sexual abuse.
News Archive >>
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Solicitor
Wilson teams up to keep Lowcountry kids safe
Solicitor Wilson teams up with local non-profit and Mount
Pleasant Police Department to keep Lowcountry kids safer from sexual abuse and
“take a bite out of crime”.
Holiday Giving in Berkeley County
In response to the need of children and their families in
Berkeley County the Ninth Circuit Solicitor's office adopted 9 children for this
holiday season.
Katrina Relief Effort
After the devastation wrought by
Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast area the Ninth Circuit
Solicitor's office has raised food and donations for relief in the regions hit
hardest.
AWARDS AND HONORS:
Solicitor’s Office Employees Win Awards
On
Wednesday, March 26, the South Carolina Victim Assistance Network presented
Ninth Judicial Circuit Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson with the Criminal Justice
Award.
Community Juvenile Arbitration Program receives an award for its work on behalf of first-time juvenile offenders
The South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) recently
awarded The Honorable Marc H. Westbrook Memorial Excellence in Community
Justice Award to the 9th Judicial Circuit’s Juvenile Arbitration
Program, represented by Program Director Noah Moore and Circuit Solicitor Ralph
E. Hoisington.
Frank Morea tireless in aiding young offenders
Frank Morea isn't one to stop and consider his
accomplishments, not when there's still so much to do.
Tell him that his peers credit him for redefining
his role as chairman of Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry by reaching out to
other agencies, and he'll say there's room still to grow.
Mandy Larson named Volunteer of The Year "2006"-VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK
Four years ago, a young nurse responded to a single car accident that she had just witnessed downtown Charleston. Seconds later, her life changed forever. While running to help someone who was possibly injured, the driver returned to his car, pulled out a gun and began firing.....
Noah Moore Honored by LASCAVA
Ninth Circuit Director of Juvenile Diversion Programs, Noah
Moore, was honored by the Low-country Affiliate of the South Carolina
Association of Volunteer Administrators (LASCAVA) as Volunteer Administrator of
the year for 2005.
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