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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A 38-year-old Newberry County man has been sentenced to over 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. James Robert Peterson ...

The trial of a former prison guard accused of killing a patient at the state’s Secure Psychiatric Unit began Tuesday, with the prosecution and defense telling competing stories about the death ...

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Matthew Perry‘s doctor, Dr. Salvador Plasencia, has agreed to plead guilty to supplying the late Friends actor with ketamine prior to his death, the Department of Justice said on Monday, June 16.

This most recent death also raises DOC's annual in-custody death count for South Dakota's fiscal year 2025 — which began July 1, 2024 and ends June 30, 2025 — to 17.

Matthew Perry‘s doctor, Dr. Salvador Plasencia, has agreed to plead guilty to supplying the late Friends actor with ketamine prior to his death, the Department of Justice said on Monday, June 16.