Wells Rep Linked to $50,000 Loan in Brooks Fraud Case
Prosecutors disclosed a promissory note for $50,000 from state Rep. Don Wells to Jonathan Brooks as part of a securities fraud and forgery case. Brooks pleaded guilty to three counts of securities fraud and two counts of forgery, receiving a 15 year sentence plus probation and restitution. About 59 investors share in roughly $760,000 to be distributed, with each getting about 12 percent. Wells expressed regret for trusting Brooks in an interview with the Aiken Standard.
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Jonathan
Jay” Brooks
Don Wells
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Brooks
Aiken
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Aiken Standard
Area Deaths Charley Holck and Morse Hollis in Aiken
Deaths and Funerals notice lists Charles Henry Chuck Holck Clara Ann Morse Hollis Elaine Adams Jones Lorraine Russell Johns Mary K Johnson Gowdy and Robert Wayne Bobby Miles Jr in area obituaries from Augusta and surrounding cities with burial details likely in 6A section.
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Aiken
Clara Ann Morse Hollis
Elaine Adams Jones
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Augusta
Lorraine Russell Johns
Mary K. Johnson Gowdy
Robert Wayne
Bobby” Miles Jr
Bath
Order of the Palmetto honors Rep. Roland Smith in Aiken ceremony
Gov. Nikki Haley awards Rep. Roland Smith the Order of the Palmetto at his Langley Pentecostal Holiness Church. The crowd, including Aiken County legislators and officials, lauded his 26 years in the House. Smith, retiring District 84 representative, noted jobs and growth funded by the delegation. Derrek Asberry, Aiken Standard beat reporter.
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Aiken County
Nikki Haley
S.C
Roland Smith
Smith
R-Warrenville
Langley Pentecostal Holiness Church
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Haley
Mr. Roland
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Roland
Garry Smith
Greenville
Garry
Bill Clyburn
D-Aiken
Aiken
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Derrek Asberry
Woodside payment decision drags past ice storm cleanup
Aiken City Council will delay a reimbursement decision to cover Woodside Plantation Property Owners Association cleanup costs after February’s ice storm. Two hour session produced no consensus with talk of a third party adviser. Woodside hired Cold Creek Nurseries and Weiss Tree Service to remove leaners for about 300000 along Woodside Drive East Gate Drive Mockernut Circle and other private street areas.
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Woodside Plantation Property Owners Association
Woodside
Cold Creek Nurseries
Weiss Tree Service
Nevada
Iowa
Woodside Plantation Drive
East Gate Drive
Mockernut Circle
Lessie Price
Philip Merry
Tim Coakley
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Symphony Guild
Charles Henry
Chuck” Holck
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Shane Massey
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Maryan Schechter
Mschechter
Aiken Simihard
Whiskey Road
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