Minister Fernando Garcia Charged Over Secluded Tapes
In Greenwood Abbeville area, Rev. Fernando Garcia faces 44 counts of videotaping improper acts with minors and criminal sexual conduct involving 5 to 13 year olds. Police found 26 tapes in his locked office. 14 children identified as victims. Garcia held a $4 million bond and is jailed as officials review the case and community reacts with shock and calls for counseling.
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Greenwood
Fernando Garcia
Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Garcia
Liew
Gerald Brooks
Abbeville
East End Jementary School
The
Baptist Association
Wallace Hughes
Association
Lions Clubs
Abbeville Memorial Baptist Church
New Haven
Martha Walden
Walden
the Baptist Association
Hughes
Steve Welch
Bill Harris
First Baptist Church
Harrris
Georgia
East End
South Carolina Backs Captive Insurance Firms Law Signed
Gov. Hodges signed a bill allowing the creation of captive insurance companies in South Carolina. The firms operate as subsidiaries to transfer risk, offering options when standard insurance is unavailable or costly. Officials anticipate several captives by year end and potential growth in jobs, taxes, and fees for the state.
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Columbia
Jim Hodges
South Carolina
Ernst Csiszar
Firestone
Hodges
California
James Kinder
Insurance Department
Clayton Ingram
South
Carolina
Vermont
Bermuda
Cayman Islands
Guernsey
Channel Islands
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Carl Maas
University of South Carolina
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Randy Vaughn
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Elsie Symmes
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Gerald Mann
Abbeville Baptist Association
Greenwood Detention Center
Coldwelly
Coldwell Banker Preferred Realty
Chen Wshanet
Whiskey Road
Aiken
Neywconer
Ty Akenbnepeper
Alltel
Georgia Freedom
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Dothan
Gainesville
Hilton Head
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