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GENERAL NEWS:
Crime witnesses still indispensable tool for justice
In January 2008, something out of the ordinary happened. It wasn't just that a woman was raped one morning as she worked at the Queen Street Grocery near the "back door" of our courthouse. It wasn't that the defendant was able to flee the scene on foot without being captured
Forum sheds light on city violence
The Community Partnership plans to hold regular forums to educate local residents on crime. This forum was directed at parents. In the fall, they hope to give a program aimed at teens.
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:
Local Man-guilty of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor in the 1st Degree
Date: 01/06/2010
Georgia man convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter for killing his wife on Christmas day.
Date: 12/17/2009
Guilty Verdict for Murder retrial in the strangling of a North Charleston woman.
Date: 12/10/2009
Tremaine Devon
Nelson found guilty of Murder and Assault and Battery with Intent to Kill
Date: 11/12/2009
Local man found guilty
of Kidnapping and Criminal Sexual Conduct
Date: 10/14/2009
Arthur Lee Rivers convicted to 25 years for trafficking cocaine
Date: 9/18/2009
Local man pleads guilty to Felony DUI
Date: 9/18/2009
Travoris
Maurice Hurst guilty of Murder-sentenced to 39 years
Date:
8/28/2009
Goss and Mack guilty of Armed
Robbery, Kidnapping and Assault and Battery with Intent to Kill.
Date:
2/27/2009
Press Releases Archive >>
IN THE NEWS:
Man pleads guilty to sexual assault
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Willie Smalls, 59, pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor, and Circuit Judge Thomas Hughston sentenced him to 20 years in prison.
3 plead guilty to roles in slaying
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Three
co-defendants whose testimony helped convict William Dickerson of the 2006
murder of Gerard Roper pleaded guilty Wednesday to related crimes, and each
received a sentence of at least five years in jail.
Mother of kidnapped infant won't face criminal charges; DSS to investigate
Thursday, December 10, 2009
The woman
whose 1-month-old boy was abducted last month from a car she left unlocked and
running as she went inside a post office will not face criminal charges, police
said Wednesday.
Case against ex-officer dismissed
Friday, November
6, 2009
Prosecutors have dismissed their case against a former Moncks Corner police
officer who was accused of asking his fellow officers to help plant drugs and
guns in his ex-girlfriend's vehicle in 2005, authorities said.
Man convicted in attack on woman
Thursday, October
15, 2009
A
Berkeley County jury found William F. Williams, 43, guilty of kidnapping and
criminal sexual conduct in connection with his attack on a mother of five last
year.
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 sosmall 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 Sosmallpers 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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