Circuit Court Judge Larry Hyman sentenced Rodell Vereen, 50, to 5 years in prison, suspended to 3 years in prison and 2 years probation.

The Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne has pleaded guilty to attempted weapon possession, and expects to receive a one-year jail sentence.

The Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne has pleaded guilty to attempted weapon possession, and expects to receive a one-year jail sentence.

An Aiken County woman has pleaded guilty to hiring a hitman to kill her husband. Tuesday, 42-year-old Judy Dickson, of Salley, South Carolina, admitted in court that she agreed to pay $10,000 to have the home of her estranged husband burned down. The man she tried to hire alerted the FBI.

A Warrenville, South Carolina woman accused of a fatal hit and run had her day in court, Wednesday afternoon. Our news partner, ‘The Aiken Standard’ reports, Ginger Carpenter pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident in which a death occurred.

Former Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress has been sentenced to two years in prison after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a nightclub and later reaching a plea deal on weapons charges.

Former Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress has been sentenced to two years in prison after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a nightclub and later reaching a plea deal on weapons charges.

The case against a south Augusta couple charged in the death of their disabled relative is closed…Jeanne and Buel Peterson pled guilty to reduced charges. The couple was arrested after Christina Baxter was found dead in her front yard.

A former Georgia Superior Court judge has pleaded guilty to a federal corruption charge, in a deal with proseutors that keeps him out of prison. The plea by Brooks E. Blitch III ends a lengthy investigation by state and federal authorities who toppled him as one of rural Clinch County’s most powerful politicians.

Richmond police say they still are working out what types of chores Chris Brown will perform during six months of community labor a judge ordered him to complete for beating ex-girlfriend Rihanna.

The so-called “Crown Royal Bandit” has pleaded guilty in federal court to armed robbery and weapons charges. Bruce Allen Hughes appeared in a Gainesville court Friday morning. The 48-year-old was expected to plead guilty in January to committing a series of robberies in Georgia and Tennessee over an 11-year-period but changed his mind at the last minute.

Former New York Giant Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty to a weapons charge and agreed to a two-year prison term for accidentally shooting himself at a Manhattan nightclub.

Former New York Giant Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty to a weapons charge and agreed to a two-year prison term for accidentally shooting himself at a Manhattan nightclub.

A convicted drug dealer who police say shot and killed a 12-year-old South Carolina trick-or-treater is set to plead guilty to a federal weapons charge. Quentin Patrick is expected to plead guilty Tuesday afternoon in federal court in Columbia after a morning session was postponed.

Authorities say a former South Carolina police chief will serve three years of probation after pleading guilty to misconduct in office.