One of the men who led a gang responsible for shootings and other crimes in Florence since 2004 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
U.S. District Judge Bryan Harwell sentenced Metris Deon Ham, also known as “Crazy Lil Daddy,” 32, on federal drug conspiracy charges, U.S. Attorney W. Walter Wilkins said.

Five Marlboro County gang members pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and face between 10 years to life in prison.

About 45 Southside Middle School students participated in the school’s Gang Resistance Education and Training graduation ceremony Monday, and now have the tools to help their peers make better decisions.

A Florence man was arrested Monday after Florence police investigators determined him to be a known graffiti artist who’s vandalized more than $5,000 in property.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office will host a gang awareness training seminar for school faculty and staff from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 2 at Marion County Vocational School.

More than 60 youths from surrounding areas took a few hours out of their summer break in June to learn how not to fall victim to the pressures of joining a gang at a workshop at Lee’s Tabernacle Pentecostal Holiness Church in Scranton.

Florence Police Chief Anson Shells has been appointed to represent some of South Carolina’s top law enforcement officials as a member of the state’s Gang Prevention Study Committee.

A Darlington man accused of shooting another man to death nearly a year ago turned himself in to sheriff’s deputies Thursday, according to a press release issued Friday by the Darlington County Sheriff’s Office.

Three men deputies said were involved in a Wal-Mart fight faced a judge Monday afternoon.

A Society Hill man was arrested and faces five counts of assault and battery with intent to kill in connection with a Saturday shooting at Darlington’s American Legion building.

For two weekends a row now, shots were fired at the American Legion Post in Darlington County. This Saturday night no one died, but deputies say at least four people were hit and taken to the hospital.

Darlington County sheriff’s deputies are looking for a suspected gunman in a gang-related shooting that took place late Saturday night at Darlington’s American Legion building.

Deputies charged a Hartsville man with aggravated assault, pointing and presenting a firearm, damage to property and disorderly conduct.