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SC officer fired after body cam video shows confrontation

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina police officer involved in the arrests of two men last month that prompted several days of protests has been fired. Prosecutors said Thursday that Jonathan Moreno of the Rock Hill Police Department also faces a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery. Moreno was one of several officers seen in a Facebook video wrestling…

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Deputies find human bones while chasing suspect

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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) – Investigators say Greenville County deputies chasing after someone who ran away from a traffic stop found human remains in a vacant lot. Deputies say officers using police dogs found the bones and called the Greenville County Coroner’s Office. Deputy coroners confirmed the remains were from a human and are now trying to identify the person, determine…

Former S.C. Solicitor Dan Johnson barred from practicing law

Johnson served a year in prison after pleading guilty to fraud in 2019
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Image: ABC Columbia File Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Former South Carolina Solicitor Dan Johnson who served a year in prison for fraud, may be a free man, just not when it comes to practicing law. is now barred from practicing law. The State Supreme Court announced that the former lawyer has been barred from practicing law Wednesday. The former South…

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