Bill Nettles

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US Attorney Steps Down Months Before Church Shooting Trial

ABC Columbia Site Staff

Bill Nettles (DOJ) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles is stepping down as South Carolina’s top federal prosecutor. Nettles announced in a statement that his final official act as U.S. Attorney would be a Wednesday afternoon address to a Charleston drug court program. He says he’s going back to private practice, where he spent more than 20 years…
State

Jury: SC Man Exaggerated Impairment, Scammed Govt of $1.5M

ABC Columbia Site Staff

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Blythewood man has been convicted of scamming federal agencies out of more than $1.5 million by exaggerating the impairment of his multiple sclerosis. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles says 45-year-old Dennis Paulsen was convicted Monday. Paulsen was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and discharged from the Navy in the early 1990s. Prosecutors say Paulson was unsatisfied with…