15 Indicted in Lancaster County Gang Crackdown

LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) _ More than a dozen people have been indicted as part of a gang roundup in Lancaster County. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and Sheriff Barry Faile said Monday 15 people had been indicted for gang activity. Authorities say a local taskforce has been investigating gang activity in Lancaster County since 2009. The 15 suspected gang members have been indicted on more than 50 felonies including murder, armed robbery, burglary and conspiracy. A recent FBI report identified more than 100 different gangs active in South Carolina. Wilson has made fighting gangs a bid part of his administration like his predecessor, Henry McMaster. McMaster pushed for a change in state law in 2007 that allowed the statewide grand jury to indict alleged gang members as part of a conspiracy.