Federal Authorities to Announce SC Gang Arrests

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Federal authorities are set to unveil the results of a multi-year investigation into a gang in South Carolina. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles and FBI Special Agent in Charge David Thomas are scheduled to hold a news conference in Columbia on Wednesday. Nettles says the probe has targeted the Bloods street gang. He says authorities are unsealing a 134-count racketeering indictment and are announcing that about 20 people are being arrested. This is the second big federal racketeering investigation to wrap up in South Carolina this summer. Last month, 19 people affiliated with the Hells Angels motorcycle gang were arrested in North and South Carolina as part of a two-year investigation into gun and drug crimes.