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GENERAL NEWS:
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.
PRESS RELEASES:
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:
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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