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 the State Newspaper, Federal Authorities are reporting that 14 people have been arrested in South Carolina as part of the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the United States.
Over the past 44 months, Project Coronado has targeted La Familia, a drug-trafficking cartel based in the state of Michoacan [...]
An upstate accident early Saturday resulted in one death and sent five others to the hospital. The driver, 20 year old Kevin Dill, was charged with felony DUI.
Zion Mills, 17, who was sitting in the middle seat of the 1999 Ford Pickup when it ran off of the road and flipped, died as a [...]
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 [...]
If you or a member of your family owned a deferred annuity from American Investors Life Insurance Company or AmerUs Insurance Company, n/k/a Aviva Life and Annuit Company, that was issued between January 1, 1998 and July 28, 2009 you may be entitled to compensation as part of a class action lawsuit.
It is [...]
Victims of Chinese Drywall, which is suspected of causing corrosion and possible health risks including upper respiratory problems and head aches in homes where it was installed, face another hurdle in their lawsuit.
As reported on Yahoo news, lawyers representing homeowners and homebuilders who used the defective drywall expect that many of the Chinese companies [...]
According to the Sumter Item, The Sumter Police Department arrested thirty-five people last Thursday and Friday as part of Operation DEU, or Drug Enforcement Undertaking, an extensive undercover effort.
Capt. Alvin Holston said the SPD’s Organized Crime and Vice Control unit targeted street-level drug dealers over the past six to 12 months, and the Sumter County [...]
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 [...]
WLTX is reporting that Sumter deputies Thursday announced the arrest of three people in a Kolb Road home they say manufactured 25 pounds of marijuana.
On Wednesday, officers arrested 23-year-old Ryan Brooks and 33-year-old Iesha Brooks charging them each with trafficking marijuana.
Officers also arrested 33-year-old Walter Balls of a second home on the road and charged [...]
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 [...]
Last Friday, the Sumter County Sherriff’s Department arrested 23 suspects near the town of Shiloh, believed not only to be selling drugs, but recruiting 13 year olds to sell crack cocaine.
Deputies charged John and Marcus Hogan with selling crack cocaine from inside a convenience store where they worked. As part of the [...]