http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/ Latest news stories from the South Carolina Attorney General. en-us Tue, 18 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT Tue, 23 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT pgowder@scag.gov http://www.scag.gov/newsroom/pdf/2010/epafindings.pdf – –South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that South Carolina will join with eight other states in challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent unilateral decision to regulate greenhouse gases. 12 mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scag.gov/newsroom/pdf/2010/epafindings.pdf http://www.scag.gov/newsroom/pdf/2010/Release31210B.pdf – –Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that William Mathis Ardis, 27, of 4812 June Burn Road in Manning, South Carolina, was arrested on March 11, 2010, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the Attorney General’s Office. 12 mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scag.gov/newsroom/pdf/2010/Release31210B.pdf http://www.scag.gov/newsroom/pdf/2010/Release31210.pdf – –General Henry McMaster announced today that Calvin Moore, 41, of 124 Hillsdale Drive in Walhalla, South Carolina, was arrested on March 8, 2010, in an Internet Predator sting conducted by the City of Orangeburg Department of Public Safety. 12 mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scag.gov/newsroom/pdf/2010/Release31210.pdf http://www.scag.gov/newsroom/pdf/2010/toyota.pdf – –South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that arranging recall repairs will now be easier for Toyota owners in South Carolina. 3 mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2010/toyota.pdf http://www.scag.gov/newsroom/pdf/2010/yuccamountain.pdf – –Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Floyd Wayne Daniels, 40, of 528 Creekside Park Lane in Lancaster, South Carolina, was arrested on February 22, 2010, in an Internet Predator sting conducted by the City of Mauldin Police Department. 23 feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2010/Release22310-2.pdf http://www.scag.gov/newsroom/pdf/2010/yuccamountain.pdf – –South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster issued the following statement concerning President Obama’s decision on February 1, 2010, to terminate plans for nuclear waste storage at the Yucca Mountain facility in Nevada. 14 feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2010/yuccamountain.pdf http://www.scag.gov/newsroom/pdf/2010/yuccamountain.pdf – –South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster issued the following statement concerning President Obama’s decision on February 1, 2010, to terminate plans for nuclear waste storage at the Yucca Mountain facility in Nevada. 14 feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2010/yuccamountain.pdf http://www.scag.gov/newsroom/pdf/2010/gangindictment2.pdf – –Attorney General Henry McMaster today announced that five (5) individuals were indicted on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, by the state grand jury for their participation in criminal gang activities. 14 dec 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2010/gangindictment2.pdf http://www.scag.gov/newsroom/pdf/2009/healthcare.pdf – –“This morning, I received a letter from South Carolina's two United States Senators, Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint, asking me, as Attorney General, to investigate the legality of the special funding arrangements negotiated with Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson to secure his vote for the Senate Democrat's health care reform bill which moved forward toward eventual passage in the Senate by a vote of 60-40. " 22 dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/healthcare.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/irmo_icac.pdf – –Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Richard M. Lipkin, 54, of 413 Misty Glen Circle in Irmo, South Carolina, was arrested on December 3, 2009, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the Attorney General’s Office. 4 dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/irmo_icac.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/columbia_icac3.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Andrew Steven Beaty, 23, of 318 Catawba Circle in Columbia, South Carolina, was arrested on December 3, 2009, in an Internet Predator case investigated by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). 3 dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/columbia_icac3.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/mauldin_icac5.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that David Ernest Hardee, III, 23, of 185 Village Drive in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was arrested on December 2, 2009, in an Internet Predator sting conducted by the City of Mauldin Police Department. 3 dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/mauldin_icac5.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/dillon_icac.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that William Truett Rogers, 29, of 1160 Old River Road in Fork, South Carolina, was arrested on December 1, 2009, in an Internet Predator case investigated by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). 3 dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/dillon_icac.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/mauldin_icac4.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Benjamin James Threatt, 20, of 1784 Saddle Club Road in Lancaster, South Carolina, was arrested on November 19, 2009, in an Internet Predator sting conducted by the City of Mauldin Police Department. 23 nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/mauldin_icac4.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/cockfighting.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster today announced warrants have been issued for thirty-six (36) individuals charged for their involvement in two (2) cockfighting operations in Lexington and Williamsburg Counties. The action is the result of a thirteen (13) month undercover investigation in which S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officers attended cockfighting events near Swansea in Lexington County and near Oceida in Williamsburg County. 20 nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/cockfighting.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/anderson_icac.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that William James Delano Keadle, 26, of 160 Calhoun Road in Swansea, South Carolina, was arrested on November 10, 2009, in an Internet Predator sting conducted by the City of Anderson Police Department. 13 nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/anderson_icac.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/elililly_pressrelease.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today South Carolina has reached a record-breaking $45 million dollar settlement agreement with pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly over the company’s marketing of the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa. It is the largest monetary settlement any individual state in the nation has won from Eli Lilly and the second largest state settlement in South Carolina history. 22 oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/elililly_pressrelease.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/mauldin_icac3.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Edward Rosson Slaton, 22, of 2314 Old Jollystreet Road in Prosperity, South Carolina, was arrested on October 19, 2009, in an Internet Predator sting conducted by the City of Mauldin Police Department. 21 oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/mauldin_icac3.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/columbia_icac2.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Aaron Louis Smalls, 21, of 1922 Bentley Court in Columbia, was arrested on October 8, 2009, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the Attorney General’s Office. 12 oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/columbia_icac2.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/SilentWitness.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster led participants through the annual Silent Witness Domestic Violence ceremony that was held today on the south steps of the State House in Columbia. 06 oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/SilentWitness.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/orangeburg_icac2.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that James Elliott Brown, 57, of 1004 E. Fairplay Boulevard in Fairplay, South Carolina, was arrested on September 30, 2009, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the City of Orangeburg Department of Public Safety. 02 oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/orangeburg_icac2.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/greenville_icac3.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Joe H. Culler, Jr., 61, of 2426 Wilmot Avenue in Columbia, was arrested on September 25, 2009, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the City of Greenville Police Department. 28 sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/greenville_icac3.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/mauldin_icac2.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Marc Murphy, 49, of 124 Baskin Hills Road in Lexington, South Carolina, was arrested on September 22, 2009, in an Internet Predator sting conducted by the City of Mauldin Police Department. 23 sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/mauldin_icac2.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/greenville_icac2.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that John David Helmuth, 44, of 9 Beattie Street in Pelzer, South Carolina, was arrested on September 22, 2009, in an Internet Predator sting conducted by the City of Greenville Police Department. 23 sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/greenville_icac2.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/mauldin_icac.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that John Richard Sherrill, II, 24, of 111 Thornhill Court in Greenwood, was arrested on August 17, 2009, in an Internet Predator sting conducted by the City of Mauldin Police Department. 18 aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/mauldin_icac.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/manning_icac.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Donald Crawford Bailey, 39, of 1321 W. R. Simpson Road in Manning, South Carolina, was arrested on August 12, 2009, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the Attorney General’s Office. 14 aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/manning_icac.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/lexington_icac.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Chad Michael Rabon, 19, of 321 Crestwood Arch in Lexington, was arrested on August 7, 2009, in an Internet Predator case investigated by the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. 11 aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/lexington_icac.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/camden_icac.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Tyrone Horton, 50, of 1205 Duell Street in Camden, South Carolina, was arrested on July 27, 2009, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the Attorney General’s Office. 30 july 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/camden_icac.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/waterwar_oped.pdf – As recently reported, North Carolina is taking actions which could leave parts of South Carolina high and dry, and Charlotte-based Duke Energy is helping them. Their actions would cut off a significant portion of South Carolina’s water supply and we are engaged in an unprecedented legal battle to stop them. 24 july 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/waterwar_oped.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/2ndamendment.pdf – South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster has joined a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court that defends the right to keep and bear arms. The amicus brief, which was filed on behalf of thirty-three (33) state attorneys general, supports a legal challenge by Otis McDonald, a community activist who lives in a high-crime Chicago neighborhood. McDonald’s work to improve his neighborhood has subjected him to violent threats from drug dealers, but city ordinances prohibit him from obtaining a handgun to protect himself. The state attorneys general argue that cities cannot simply ignore the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and impose a blanket ban on handguns. 09 july 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/2ndamendment.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/gouginglaw.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster today announced the findings of a nine-month investigation into gas price gouging in the wake of Hurricane Ike, which struck the gulf coast in September 2008. 08 july 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/gouginglaw.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/sanfordtravel.pdf – “In light of the governor's disclosure of additional travel today, I have requested that SLED conduct a preliminary review of all Governor Sanford's travel records to determine if any laws have been broken or any state funds misused.” 30 june 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/sanfordtravel.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/chester_icac.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Ronald Delean Johnson, 32, of 2006 Old Mule Road in Richburg, South Carolina, was arrested on June 22, 2009, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the Attorney General’s Office. 24 june 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/chester_icac.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/greenville_icac5.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Corey Glenn Lancaster, 23, of 97 Snake Trail in Laurens, was arrested on June 16, 2009, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the City of Greenville Police Department. 17 june 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/greenville_icac5.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/aiken_icac.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Sampson Nimmo, 25, of 2420 Belvedere Avenue in Charlotte, N.C., was arrested on June 5, 2009, in an Internet Predator investigation conducted by the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office. 8 june 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/aiken_icac.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/orangeburg_icac.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Zachary M. Hille, 21, of 101 NNPTC Circle in Goose Creek (Charleston Naval Weapons Station) was arrested on June 1, 2009, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the City of Orangeburg Department of Public Safety. 3 june 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/orangeburg_icac.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/hartsville_icac2.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Andrew Martin Keery, 23, of 633 Palmetto Street in Mt. Pleasant, was arrested on May 28, 2009, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the City of Hartsville Police Department. 29 may 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/hartsville_icac2.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/sumter_icac2.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Nathanel C. Smith, 21, of 1713 Tree Duck Court in Chesapeake, Virginia, was arrested on May 15, 2009, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the City of Sumter Police Department. 24 may 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/sumter_icac2.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/greenville_icac.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Julian David Tarleton, 48, of 335 Pimlico Road in Greenville, was arrested on May 14, 2009, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the City of Greenville Police Department. 15 may 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/greenville_icac.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/craigslist_release.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster today called on the CEO of the Internet classified site “craigslist” to remove “the portions of the Internet site dedicated to South Carolina and its municipal regions which contain categories for and functions allowing for the solicitation of prostitution and the dissemination and posting of graphic pornographic material” within ten (10) days. 05 may 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/craigslist_release.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/videogames.pdf – South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster today announced a new Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign to explain and encourage parents to use video game ratings, which are assigned by the non-profit Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). In the TV and radio ads, McMaster urges parents to check the rating each time they purchase or rent a video game to ensure that it is appropriate for their children and family, as well as to set the parental controls on their game system. 04 may 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/videogames.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/stimuluslawsuit.pdf – “I'm pleased the Supreme Court is expeditiously addressing this lawsuit, as its premature filing may be perceived as partisan and politically motivated --because the governor and legislature still have time to resolve the issue prior to the end of the legislative session.” 16 apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/stimuluslawsuit.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/sumter_icac.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Tyrone T. Diggs, 20, of 5410 Mattie McDaniel Road in Rembert, was arrested on March 23, 2009, in a child predator investigation by the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. 25 mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/sumter_icac.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/columbia_icac.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Mark Cyril Mann, 19, of 404 Castle Ridge Drive in Columbia, was arrested on March 11, 2009, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). 11 mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/columbia_icac.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/ussolicitor_waterwar.pdf – Attorney General Henry McMaster today announced the United States Solicitor General, Edwin S. Kneedler, has filed an amicus brief in support of South Carolina’s argument to exclude interveners in the state’s Catawba River water war versus North Carolina. 23 feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/ussolicitor_waterwar.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/clinton_icac.pdf Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Michael Eugene Gregor, 43, of 34 Paperbark Court in Columbia, was arrested on January 24, 2009, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the City of Clinton Department of Public Safety. 26 jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/clinton_icac.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/york_icac.pdf Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Donald Wayne Bettis, 60, of Building 14, #538 Hamilton Bay Court in Lake Wylie, was arrested on January 22, 2009, in an undercover Internet predator case investigated by the York County Sheriff’s Office. 26 jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/york_icac.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/internetsafetyreport_release.pdf Attorney General Henry McMaster today criticized a report issued by Harvard University that downplayed the threat children face online from sex predators. The report was commissioned by a National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) working group looking into the problem of Internet predators lurking on social networking sites such as MySpace.com. 14 jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/internetsafetyreport_release.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/dell.pdf Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today an agreement between the Attorneys General of 34 states and Dell under which Dell will provide restitution to Dell customers who experienced problems with the company’s financing promotions, rebate offers, technical support and repair policies. 13 jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2009/dell.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2008/greenville_icac5.pdf Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Gregory Keith Ethridge, 28, of 200 Berryhill Road, Apt. 235, in Columbia, was arrested on December 13, 2008, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the City of Greenville Police Department. 15 dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2008/greenville_icac5.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2008/myrtlebeach_icac2.pdf Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Earl Lynn Brooks, 45, of 14 West Summit Drive, Lot 18 in Ware Shoals, was arrested on November 10, 2008, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the Myrtle Beach Police Department. 13 nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2008/myrtlebeach_icac2.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2008/myrtlebeach_icac.pdf Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Stephen M. Krum, 38, of 1518 County Road 44 in Ironton, Ohio, was arrested on October 28, 2008, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the Myrtle Beach Police Department.. 29 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2008/myrtlebeach_icac.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/silentwitness08.pdf Attorney General Henry McMaster led participants through the annual Silent Witness Domestic Violence ceremony that was held today on the South steps of the State House in Columbia. 06 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/silentwitness08.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2008/pricegouging_stillineffect.pdf As of noon tomorrow, September 27, 2008, Attorney General McMaster will renew the state’s price gouging prohibition statute and has issued the following statement: “Due to continued disruption of supply of petroleum products resulting from Hurricane Ike’s landfall, it is necessary to renew the state’s price gouging statute for another fifteen (15) day period. Pursuant to SC Code Section 39-5-145, the attorney general now gives notice of a continuing “abnormal disruption of the market” for gasoline and other petroleum products in South Carolina. 29 Sept 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2008/pricegouging_stillineffect.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2008/pricegouging.pdf As of noon today, September 12, 2008, Attorney General McMaster has invoked the state’s price gouging prohibition statute and issued the following statement: “President Bush has declared a state of emergency in Louisiana and Texas due to Hurricane Ike. Pursuant to SC Code Section 39-5-145, the attorney general now gives notice of an “abnormal disruption of the market” for gasoline and other petroleum products in South Carolina. 12 Sept 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2008/pricegouging.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2008/clinton_icac.pdf Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Benjamin Maurice Rhodes, 31, of 67 Palmetto Street in Clinton, was arrested on August 28, 2008, in an undercover Internet sting conducted by the Clinton Department of Public Safety. 29 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2008/clinton_icac.pdf http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2008/mauldin_icac2.pdf Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that Tony Michael Grogan, 39, of 309 N. Bibb Street in Westminster, was arrested on August 21, 2008, in an Internet predator investigation conducted by the City of Mauldin Police Department. 22 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/2008/mauldin_icac2.pdf