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From the Office of the Attorney General
Jun 05, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined 27 other states to protect 2nd Amendment rights after Maine passed a 72-hour waiting period to buy a gun.
Jun 05, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of David Earl Sebastian, 65, of Rock Hill, S.C., on two charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors.
Jun 03, 2025
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced a major legal win in the opioid crisis fight: a $7.4 billion settlement with the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma. The settlement, achieved by a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general, holds the Sacklers accountable for their role in fueling the opioid epidemic through the aggressive marketing of addictive drugs. It permanently removes the Sacklers from Purdue and bans them from selling opioids in the U.S. again. South Carolina will receive about $72.8 million over 15 years to fund opioid treatment, prevention, and recovery programs.
Jun 02, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Steven Jeffrey Lynch, 62, of Blackville, S.C., on three charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors.
Jun 02, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Christopher Michael Gugel, 47, of Travelers Rest, S.C., on three charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors.
Jun 02, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Thomas Parr Flood, 34, of Charleston, S.C., on four charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors.
May 30, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is finally providing long-delayed restitution to victims of a predatory tech sales program in South Carolina and other states after their attorneys general pressed the agency for answers.
May 30, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit has arrested Larry Darnell Broadnax, Jr, 42, and Charmaine D. Broadnax, 44, both of Moncks Corner, SC.
May 29, 2025
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Shannon Odell Smith, 50, on three charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors.