ABBEVILLE, S.C.; May 9, 2025 – An Abbeville County man with a lengthy criminal record is headed to prison for 20 years after changing his plea to guilty Tuesday just before a jury was to be selected for his trial, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Friday.
GREENVILLE, S.C.; April 4, 2025 – A lifelong lawbreaker will spend the next three decades in prison after pleading guilty Thursday morning in Greenville County to charges stemming from a yearlong statewide crime spree, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Friday.
NEWBERRY, S.C.; March 18, 2025 – A Prosperity man was sentenced Monday to 33 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges, including the killing a K-9 officer while Newberry County deputies and SLED agents were attempting to serve warrants for a burglary, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Tuesday.
Laurens, S.C.; December 18, 2024 – An undocumented immigrant received the maximum prison sentence for his role in a crash that killed a 3-year-old girl, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Wednesday.
Laurens, S.C.; December 17, 2024 – A Laurens man is headed to prison for 35 years after pleading guilty Monday to the execution-style killing of his girlfriend, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Tuesday.
ABBEVILLE, S.C.; October 22, 2024 – An Abbeville man was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the killing of another Abbeville man with a hatchet, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Wednesday.
GREENWOOD, S.C.; October 22, 2024 – A Ware Shoals man was sentenced to 34 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting and killing his neighbor, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Wednesday.
Justin Rawlins Moody, 43, pleaded guilty as charged to murder in advance of his upcoming Monday trial date in Greenwood and threw himself upon the mercy of the Court. Circuit Judge Frank R. Addy Jr. then sentenced Moody to 34 years in prison. The plea was accepted and the sentence handed down with no negotiation from the state. Under South Carolina law, a sentence for murder must be within the range of thirty years to life in prison and served day-for-day, meaning Moody will not be eligible for parole.
GREENWOOD, S.C.; September 10, 2024 – An undocumented man living in Greenwood has now been sentenced Monday to 10 years in state prison after pleading guilty to a charge stemming from a 2022 sexual assault, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Tuesday. Rudy Mancelo Renoj-Tepe, 40, pleaded guilty through a certified court interpreter Monday … Read more
ABBEVILLE, S.C.; August 28, 2024 – An Abbeville man is headed to prison after pleading guilty Wednesday morning to charges stemming from an incident in which he killed another man with a machete, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Wednesday.
GREENWOOD, S.C.; August 15, 2024 – A child molester is headed to prison for 35 years after a Greenwood County jury found him guilty Wednesday afternoon of charges stemming from the sexual assault of a child, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Thursday.