Jeffrey Collins

July 30, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By JEFFREY COLLINS

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February 10, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By JEFFREY COLLINS

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June 25, 2008 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - Lawyers gathering the assets of three men known as the "3 Hebrew Boys" accused of mail fraud in an investment plan have collected more than $18 million to return to investors if the men are found guilty.Most of the money came from the group's bank accounts, frozen by state authorities last year.

By JEFFREY COLLINS

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April 23, 2008 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - An accountant who killed himself after police questioned him in the disappearance of two wealthy clients had embezzled $2.1 million from the couple and seven companies, his former employer said.An audit ordered by The Club Group found that chief financial officer Dennis Gerwing took money from its clients for four years, depositing it into a hidden checking account, the management company said Tuesday.

By JEFFREY COLLINS

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October 22, 2008 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - Four Southeastern cities could save millions of gallons of water a day by repairing leaks, replacing fixtures and raising water prices, according to a report released Wednesday by an advocacy group to protect rivers.Conservation is a less expensive and more practical solution to the region's water problems than building dams to create new reservoirs, American Rivers concluded in its report, "Hidden Reservoir.

By JEFFREY COLLINS

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August 17, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Tobacco companies want a judge to put a stop to new graphic cigarette labels that include the sewn-up corpse of a smoker and pictures of diseased lungs, saying they unfairly urge adults to shun their legal products and will cost millions to produce.Four of the five largest U.S. tobacco companies sued the federal government Tuesday, saying the warnings violate their free speech rights.

By Jeffrey Collins

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September 20, 2012 | Daily Report Online

A Lexington attorney extorted more than $1 million from clients by threatening them with criminal charges or civil penalties that did not exist, according to a federal indictment.

By Jeffrey Collins

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January 07, 2013 | Daily Report Online

A freelance journalist from Newberry, S.C., has sued South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, saying he has intentionally withheld public records she requested in the fight over entertainer James Brown's estate.

By Jeffrey Collins

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April 19, 2012 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - Nearly a quarter of all Medicaid patients in South Carolina had some of their personal information stolen by an employee who compiled the data over several months and sent it to his private email account, state Health and Human Services Director Anthony Keck said Thursday.Christopher Lykes Jr. was arrested Thursday.

By Jeffrey Collins

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January 19, 2010 | Daily Report Online

MANNING, S.C. AP - In a South Carolina prison 65 years ago, guards walked a 14-year-old boy, Bible tucked under his arm, to the electric chair. At 95 pounds, the straps don't fit, and an electrode was too big for his leg.The switch was pulled and the death mask fell from George Stinney's face. Tears streamed from his eyes.

By JEFFREY COLLINS

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