South Carolina unveils plan to fight human trafficking
South Carolina officials led by Attorney General Alan Wilson released a plan to address human trafficking with specialized law enforcement training and a public information campaign. The Human Trafficking Task Force spent over a year reviewing strategies from other states and evaluating options to track and address the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
South Carolina
Alan Wilson
Wilson
South Carolina Tightens Anti-Human Trafficking Law
A measure to strengthen South Carolina anti trafficking laws creates a taskforce and expands penalties for assisting trafficking. The law requires police to ask arrested women if they are working against their will and protects those forced into sex work from prosecution. It broadens who can face charges against businesses such as massage parlors storage units and tanning salons and outlines five objectives including victim support investigations prevention and study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Trial contends with deadlocked jury in Robison case
Franklin pressed on with his own defense after Stewart pleaded guilty and took the stand. Jurors failed to reach a verdict by 3:30 p.m. with a retrial planned in coming months. Robinson described being forced into the robbery scheme at a Gaston home and later accompanying suspects to the gun store and van incident near Edgefield Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Stewart
Beth Ann Young
Robinson
Goodwin
Gaston
Aiken County
Edgefield Road
Bayazes
Robinson Testimony Highlights Far Reaching Van Incident
In closing arguments Robinson claims he was forced into a crime by others and explains his wound from the incident. His attorney Michael Routzong questions Bayazes' account and asserts the group did not break into Bayazes' home but entered his business. Deputy Solicitor Bill Weeks prosecuted the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Robinson
Michael Routzong
Bayazes
Young
Bill Weeks
Aiken salvage yard owner Willing dies after long cancer battle
B and W salvage yard in Aiken faced decades of controversy over vehicles parked on the right of way near Sam's Club. The court order allowing temporary storage hampered enforcement, while local officials had previously tried screening with trees and a proposed fencing plan. Willing’s family now runs the business as questions linger about the property’s future. Derrek Asberry, Aiken Standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willing
Killian
B&w
Sam
Aiken County
S.C. Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Aiken
County Council
S.C. Department of Transportation
Edward “Pee Wee" Willing
U.S. Highway 1
Also Mentioned on This Page
S.C
Aikenstandard.com
Aiken Standard
Aiken, S.C
Editorial
Aikenstandard. Com
Teddy Kulmala
Laura Barber
Gregory Esselman
Patrick McMenamin
Aurora Place
Scott
Derrek Asberry
The
Dad
Sahara
Sperry
China
Ralph Lauren Faxon
Alithea
Lione
Brown
Ralph Lauren Vaughn
Ralph Lauren Wes
Ace
Cole Haan
Ralph Lauren
Fakenham
Harmon
Marcus
Orig
Dillard's
Jose the Dilard
Ntium