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From the Office of the Attorney General
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.
Oct 07, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Phenix Mashburn, 19, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., on 10 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors.
Oct 06, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of John Lewis Cottrell, III, 45, of Johns Island, S.C., on 10 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor.
Oct 03, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit has arrested Shakedda Monike Stokes, 44 years old, and Lanautica Lashay Major, 27 years old, both of Columbia.
Oct 03, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit has arrested Brett John Lerner, 32 years old, of Longs, S.C.
Oct 03, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Walter Cody Wiles, 32, of Starr, S.C., and Grant Thomason Roper, 23, of Easley, S.C., on six total charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors.
Oct 02, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that his office has assigned Melody Brown, a senior attorney in the Attorney General’s Capital & Collateral Litigation Section, to the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office to conduct a comprehensive review of the case involving the May 3, 2025, murder of Logan Federico.
Oct 02, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Daniel James Ladd, 57, of Florence, S.C., Shawn Schroeder, 55, of Florence, S.C., and Daniel Joseph Alford, 21, of Scranton, S.C., on nine total charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors.