Successes
Beaufort doctor sentenced to 1 year for role in cocaine, prescription drug ring
The Island Packet
By Erin Moody
A well-known Beaufort doctor involved in a cocaine-for-prescription-drugs ring was sentenced to a year and a day in a minimum-security prison in Florida.
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Charleston Restaurant Owner Gets Jail Time For Tax Evasion and Undocumented Workers
Bloomberg BNA
Dao Ping Lin, the owner of a Chinese restaurant in Charleston, S.C., has been sentenced to prison on charges of tax fraud and employing illegal aliens, federal prosecutors said.
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‘Johnny Suzuki’ will not serve prison time for car dealership scheme
The Post and Courier
The car dealer known around the Lowcontry as “Johnny Suzuki” was spared prison time for his involvement in a scheme that earned him and other at least a quarter of a million dollars in dealer incentives based on fake car sales, according to prosecutors.
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Deputy Gets Community Service Over Assault Case.
The Post and Courier
By Andrew Knapp
A former sheriff’s deputy accused of using excessive force during a traffic stop last year in West Ashley can avoid a criminal conviction if he does some community service.
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South Carolina Chinese Restaurant Owner Sentenced for Tax Evasion, Harboring Aliens.
The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
Restaurants South Carolina Chinese Restaurant Owner Sentenced for Tax Evasion, Harboring Aliens. Downward Variance Granted.
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Former death row inmate Spann wins parole, plans move to Conn.
Associated Press
Former death row inmate Sterling Spann plans to move to Connecticut after winning parole Wednesday when the Probation, Parole and Pardon Services board voted 5-1 to release him.
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Insurance Company Gets Unfavorable DecisionDefendant Wins Over Insurance Company
The Carolina Verdict Reporter
Declaratory judgment for defendant against plaintiff insurance company. The parties had previously stipulated to the amount of $95,000 in available coverage in the event the court found for the defendant.
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Lofton Represents North Carolina PlaintiffsFraud/Forgery Case Awarded to Plaintiffs
The Carolina Verdict Reporter
In a fraud/forgery case in which the surviving children of a businessman claimed that their rightful property was conveyed to their uncle pursuant to forged documents, a Martin County jury determined that the documents were indeed forged. As a result of the jury verdict, the children’s property was returned to them and thereafter the parties settled an additional punitive damages claim for $200,000.
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Feds Find No Violation at StratfordJustice Dept. ends probe of drug raid at high school
Post and Courier/August 20, 2004
BY TONY BARTELME
Of The Post and Courier Staff
The U.S. Justice Department said Goose Creek police did not violate federal civil rights laws in last year’s drug sweep at Stratford High School.
In a letter to Goose Creek Police Chief Harvey Becker, a Justice Department official said “the evidence does not establish a prosecutable violation” of federal civil rights laws, and that “accordingly, we have closed our investigation. . . .”
. . .” There was never any intent to do anything criminal,” added Lionel Lofton, an attorney for the officers. “Our clients are glad to be getting back to what they do best, protect the people of Goose Creek.”
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BSMS parents settle district suit
The Clinton Chronicle
A lawsuit filed by the parents of three former Bell Street Middle School students against School District 56 was settled last week, according to the two attorneys representing the parents.
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Press ReleaseJudge Clips Jail Time for MB Drug Doctors
By Kenneth A. Gailliard
The Sun News
A federal judge on Monday slashed prison sentences for three former doctors from a now-closed Myrtle Beach pain clinic where federal prosecutors say drugs were illegally prescribed. In a federal courtroom in Florence, U.S. District Judge Weston Houck changed Michael Jackson’s sentence to 30 months from 292, and Deborah Bordeaux’s and Ricardo Alerre’s to 24 months from 97 and 235, respectively, prosecutors said.
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Criminal Defense Success for Dockworkers CaseVictory for Charleston Five!
Socialist Action/December 2001
By DAVID BERNT
The international campaign to free five victimized dockworkers ended with a victory just before the beginning of their Nov. 13 trial.
The dockworkers, known as the Charleston Five, had been charged with “inciting a riot” in connection with a Jan. 21, 1999, incident.
The Charleston Five are members of International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) Local 1422, which represents employees of Nordana a lines in Charleston, S.C. In late 1998, Nordana began using non-union workers to load their ships. To protest the use of non-union dockworkers, the local set up informational picket lines-which successfully delayed two Nordana ships.
. . . The longshoremen pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges-which means they admitted no guilt-and paid a token fine of $100 each. The state government had no choice but to back down in the face of tremendous union solidarity across the U.S. and around the world.
. . . In this time of reaction against the rights and liberties of workers, immigrants, students, and all others who fight against the profiteering of the bosses and their allies in the government, the case of the Charleston Five serves as an example of how to fight back in defense of the right to protest.
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Civil Success in School Sexual Molestation Case
Schools Settle for $1.78 MillionTimes-News Staff Writer
Jonathan Rich
The Henderson County School Board has agreed to pay a $1.78 million settlement to the families of 17 children who were sexually molested by a former teaching assistant.
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