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Man charged in fatal shooting of trick-or-treater pleads not guilty Found: 1 Day 5 Hours 15 Minutes ago The Herald - COLUMBIA -- A South Carolina ex-convict accused of answering a knock at his door on Halloween night by spraying the front of his house with bullets and killing a 12-year-old trick-or-treater pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a federal weapons charge.Quentin Lamar Patrick is accused of killing T.J. Darrisaw, who died in a rain of at least 29 bullets. Patrick, 22, entered his plea during an arraignment on a charge of being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition, an offense connected to two guns found in his Sumter home....
Neighbors remember Sumter couple Found: 1 Day 6 Hours 4 Minutes ago WACH News - When neighbors found Geraldine and Lee Hileman, they first thought someone had intentionally hurt them. It turns out, the couple died together from natural causes....
Langston looking forward to new year as trust chairman Found: 1 Day 6 Hours 19 Minutes ago SCNOW.com - Darlington native and Georgetown resident Sumter Langston is looking forward to the new year as chairman of the Pee Dee Land Trust.
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Money challenges face somber Civil War anniversary Found: 1 Day 11 Hours 55 Minutes ago The State - The upcoming 150th anniversary of the Civil War, unlike the commemorations of a half century ago, will be marked with a broader, more reverent recounting of the bloody struggle that wrenched a nation.p/But money for sesquicentennial events may be tough to find in a troubled economy and an era of political correctness, some planners say.p/This is not a celebration. There is nothing to celebrate when 700,000 Americans die. This will be a commemoration and everything will be done in a very formal and reverent way,said James Robertson Jr., director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies who headed the federal Civil War centennial commission.p/Before the centennial, America felt better about itself, he recalled.p/We were connecting the nation with interstate highways it was just a good time to celebrate a critical moment in American history,said Robertson, a history professor at Virginia Tech who is on Virginia's sesquicentennial commission....
Money a challenge in marking Civil War anniversary Found: 1 Day 18 Hours 54 Minutes ago The State - Planners envision a re-enactment of the bombardment of Fort Sumter as part of South Carolina's observance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.p/But there is a challenge - finding money in a tough economy for such observances in the state where the war began.p/Historians also want to relate the history of slaves freed on the sea islands during the war and perhaps have a ceremony marking passage of the Ordinance of Secession. The 150th anniversary of that event is next year.p/The state of Virginia is well along with its planning and holds a conference in Richmond this April on conditions as the nation headed toward civil war. Organizers say it's the nation's first Civil War sesquicentennial event....
Sanford rips federal aid to cities
Found: 1 Day 20 Hours 5 Minutes ago Post & Courier - Charleston's $1 billion wish list for federal stimulus money, which includes more than $6 million for a downtown park and $3 million for a Johns Island airport that serves private jets, recently garnered national airtime.
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Man pleads not guilty in Halloween killing Found: 2 Days 1 Hour 43 Minutes ago The State - A South Carolina ex-convict accused of answering a knock at his door on Halloween night by spraying the front of his house with bullets and killing a 12-year-old trick-or-treater pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a federal weapons charge.p/Quentin Lamar Patrick is accused of killing T.J. Darrisaw, who died in a rain of at least 29 bullets. Patrick, 22, entered his plea during an arraignment on a charge of being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition, an offense connected to two guns found in his Sumter home.p/Patrick, who has three prior convictions for crack cocaine distribution, emptied an AK-47 into his front door, walls and windows when he heard someone knock and saw people wearing masks standing on his stoop, police have said.p/The boy was trick-or-treating and knocked on Patrick#8217;s door because the porch light was on in the city about 45 miles east of Columbia, police said.p/Patrick faces state charges of murder, three counts of assault and battery with intent to kill, and one count of assault with intent to kill....
Man charged in Halloween killing pleads not guilty Found: 2 Days 11 Hours 18 Minutes ago South Carolina Examiner News - A South Carolina ex-convict accused of answering a knock at his door on Halloween night by spraying the front of his house with bullets and killing a 12-year-old trick-or-treater pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a federal weapons charge. Quentin Lamar Patrick is accused of killing T.J. Darrisaw, who died in a rain of at least 29 bullets. Patrick, 22, entered his plea during an arraignment on a charge of being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition, an offense connected to two guns found in his Sumter home. ...
SC man who killed trick-or-treater pleads in court Found: 2 Days 12 Hours 12 Minutes ago The Sun News - An ex-convict charged with killing a 12-year-old South Carolina boy who knocked on the man's door on Halloween night has pleaded not guilty to a federal weapons charge.p/Quentin Lamar Patrick was arraigned in Columbia on Tuesday on a charge of being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition.p/The charge is connected to guns found in Patrick's home in Sumter. Police say the 22-year-old man with multiple drug convictions emptied an AK-47 into his front door, walls and windows when he heard a knock at his door....
