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Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties​

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Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties

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Chief Deputy Solicitor Sean Thornton listens to the judge as defendant Jayden Void, foreground, is sentenced for his role in the 2021 shooting death of D.J. Fields and the assault of two of his friends.

Third defendant sentenced in 2021 shooting death of Bluffton High football star

June 27, 2025
BEAUFORT, S.C. (June 27, 2025) — A Bluffton man has been sent to prison for his role in the shooting death of a popular Bluffton ...
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Assistant Solicitor Hunter Swanson listens to testimony from defendant John Patrick Shea.

Man who stalked, killed ex-girlfriend in front of her son stops trial to plead guilty

June 25, 2025
BEAUFORT, S.C. (June 25, 2025) – A Bluffton man who ambushed his ex-girlfriend as she drove her 6-year-old son to school is headed to prison ...
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Former Pennsylvania man convicted of Green Pond house fire

June 24, 2025
WALTERBORO, S.C. (June 23, 2025) – A former Pennsylvania man who set a house fire that left one man seriously injured and killed his pet ...
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Duffie Stone

14th Circuit Solicitor

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A legacy of innovation

Under Solicitor Duffie Stone, the 14th Circuit Solicitor’ Office has emerged as a leader in cutting-edge strategies that hold people accountable, assist victims and make our communities safer. Among our innovations:

Career Criminal Unit
This team, comprised of the office’s most experienced trial attorneys and investigators, focuses on the prosecution of the circuit’s most violent and habitual offenders to reduce violent crime and the trauma it creates. By earning convictions against more than 90% of the defendants the unit has prosecuted since its formation in 2009, this elite team has helped reduce county detention center populations and overall crime.
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Federal prosecution
In 2015, the Career Criminal Unit embedded a prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, enabling us to seek the most appropriate penalties available, particularly for drug and gun offenses. This innovation made our office the first in South Carolina to forge such a partnership.
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Intelligence Unit
The 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office practices intelligence-led prosecution, a strategy rooted in the collection of background information about the people, places and problems that drive crime in our community. The Intelligence Unit works in partnership with state and federal authorities to help local agencies ensure effective, data-driven investigations.
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Victims Services Center
As the first on-site Family Justice Center in South Carolina, we work with community partners to provide effective and compassionate services to victims and their families. The center’s work reduces victims’ trauma, as well as recidivism. The center is accredited by the Alliance for Hope International.
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Multidisciplinary Court
A safer society can’t be achieved by imprisonment alone. Since 2009, the Solicitor’s Office has run a treatment court program that provides a lower-cost alternative to incarceration. It is open to non-violent offenders whose substance abuse underlies their criminal behavior. Our method of accountability and recovery saves lives, saves resources and reduces crime.
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What has this innovation brought?: South Carolina’s 14th Circuit is one of only two in the state to gain population during the 2010s, while also reducing the number of General Sessions warrants. That’s right! While the number of residents rose, the number of criminal offenses actually fell.

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14th Circuit Victims Services Center

Does your partner push you, slap you, choke you or hit you? Does your partner tell you that you are a bad parent and threaten to take your children away? Perhaps your partner acts as if the abuse is no big deal. To the contrary, it too often turns deadly – a 2018 Washington Post analysis of 4,484 killings of women indicated nearly half died at the hands of an intimate partner.

Call 843-790-6220 or 1-800-868-2632 for immediate assistance.

Domestic violence

Does your partner push, slap or choke you? Does your partner tell you that you are a bad parent and threaten to take your children away? Perhaps your partner acts as if the abuse is no big deal.

Get help.

To the contrary, abuse too often turns deadly – in a 2018 Washington Post analysis of 4,484 killings of women nearly half died at the hands of an intimate partner. Get the facts and get help.
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Sexual assault

Victims of sexual assault need physical, social and emotional support.

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Whether you are reporting an assault for the first time or coping with the aftermath of an assault, the 14th Circuit Vicitms Services Center can help.
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Physical and sexual abuse of children

Children who have been emotionally, physically or sexually abused require special expertise.

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The 14th Circuit Victims Services Center provides a soothing, child-friendly environment.
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Party gunman who later shot himself during burglary sent to prison

May 20, 2025

Jasper County man pleads in deadly 2024 shooting

May 16, 2025

Walterboro Waffle House shooter convicted of murder

April 24, 2025

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14th Circuit Solicitor

The Fourteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office is the chief prosecuting agency for Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties. Covering 3,200 square-miles of South Carolina’s renowned Lowcountry, we are the only five-county circuit in the state. 

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