J. Preston "Pete" Strom, Jr., P.A. is the former U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina. He founded Strom Law Firm, L.L.C., in Columbia, South Carolina in 1996 and is currently the President of the South Carolina Association for Justice. Read more about Pete by clicking here.
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According to WLTX, Irmo Police seized more than $39,000.00 in marijuana Thursday night.
Irmo Police arrested 18 year old Trae Barnes of North Royal Tower Drive and conducted a search leading police to seize a 9 mm gun with several rounds of .40 caliber and .22 caliber ammunition. Barnes is charged with simple possession of [...]
United States Attorney, Walt Wilkins, announced today that a federal grand jury has issued four separate indictments related to the Union County Corruption probe naming five Union County residents, including public officials on charges ranging from public corruption to drug distribution.
Those indicted include former Union County Sheriff Wesley Howard Wells.
Sheriff Wells [...]
According to WIS, Attorney General Henry McMaster’s office announced today that Greenville police have arrested 61-year-old, Joe H. Culler of Wilmont Avenue in Columbia. Mr. Culler has been charged with three counts of criminal solicitation of a minor and two counts of disseminating obscene material to a minor.
Investigators say Culler began soliciting an [...]
Sallie Peake, Mayor of Wellford, South Carolina, is defending her decision to ban police officers in Wellford from chasing suspects whether by vehicle or pursuit on foot. Mayor Peake claims the ban is necessary due to injuries sustained by officers combined with costly workers’ compensation insurance, giving a whole new meaning to the motto [...]
Tenenbaum, who took over the Consumer Product Safety Commission in June, pledged to lawmakers from Louisiana and Florida earlier this week that the agency will vigorously pursue its Chinese Drywall Investigation, which homeowners say is corroding metal pipes and making them ill.
Tenenbaum confirmed that an internal commission task force: made an investigative trip to [...]
Yesterday, I attended the status conference on Chinese Drywall in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The parties agreed, and the Court directed, that an inspection protocol be established and that 25-30 inspections to occur over the next 30 days. After these initial inspections, the parties and the Court will review the protocol and expand the number and [...]
1. Chinese Drywall has been located in 33 states.
2. Charleston was the third largest port in the United States to
receive what is now believed to be defective Chinese
Drywall, bringing in almost [...]
Minnesota Attorney General, Lori Swanson, sued the National Arbitration Forum (NAF), the country’s largest administrator of consumer arbitrations, on July 14, 2009 for consumer fraud, deceptive trade practices, and false advertising
An ammonia leak that occurred outside Swansea shortly after 8:00 AM yesterday, killed one, injured at least nine others, and damaged several homes in the area.
Tanner Industries representative David Binder confirmed that the company had a leak of nearly 2,000 pounds of the compressed gas and hydrous ammonia during an unloading operation when [...]
If you do the crime, you do the time or so the saying goes. But when you walk out of the prison, what happens next? It’s relatively easy to agree that if you are charged and convicted for a serious crime such as kidnapping or manslaughter that you may continue to face a [...]