COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina, Adair F. Boroughs, issued the following news release: Brian Leroy Watson, a/k/a "Lil B," a/k/a "B," 51, of Blythewood, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to Attempted Sex Trafficking of a Minor and Distribution of Heroin. Ryan Darian Grover, 29, of Barnwell, was sentenced to more than 3 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to Human Trafficking Conspiracy. Evidence   more

FLORENCE, South Carolina, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina, Adair F. Boroughs, issued the following news release: Charles Donald Butler, 57, of Myrtle Beach, was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine, and fentanyl, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Evidence presented to the court showed that for   more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Aug. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: James Oscar Williams, 60, has been sentenced to federal prison for unlawfully prescribing pills while practicing as a family doctor in Columbia. Evidence presented to the court showed that between January 2015 and November 2019, Williams unlawfully prescribed David and Jennifer Mozingo well over 100,000 pills of various controlled substances, including oxyco  more