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From the Office of the Attorney General
Oct 20, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a 16-state coalition in support of President Donald Trump’s decisive actions to combat the violent drug cartels flooding the United States with deadly narcotics.
Oct 17, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson sent a letter this week, in coordination with attorneys general from Florida and Georgia, urging the U.S. Department of Commerce to transition management of the South Atlantic red snapper and other reef fisheries from federal control to the respective coastal states.
Oct 16, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit has arrested Willie Herndon, 68 years old, of Spartanburg.
Oct 16, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today an additional 10-count indictment by the South Carolina State Grand Jury regarding allegations of public corruption, including Williamsburg County Treasurer Margaret Kimber W. Cooper.
Oct 16, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson co-led a coalition of 21 states in supporting Texas’ state border security law, Senate Bill 4 (S.B. 4), as the case heads to the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Oct 13, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that former Lowcountry banker Russell Lucius Laffitte pleaded guilty and was sentenced on eight separate felony charges from three South Carolina State Grand Jury indictments.
Oct 13, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Christopher Garrett Yarbrough, 33, of Newberry, S.C., on one charge connected to the sexual exploitation of minors.
Oct 10, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Brandon David Lee King, 29, of Easley, S.C., on four charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors.
Oct 08, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson and 11 other state attorneys general are demanding accountability from Meta after shocking new allegations claim the social media giant allowed Hamas terrorists to upload and circulate horrific footage of murders and abductions during the October 7, 2023, terror attack on Israel.