Steve Garrison

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South Carolina Reporter, Courthouse News Service

Charleston, Columbia

Crime and Justice, U.S. Regional

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Covers: Crime, courts, police, criminal justice, corruption, wrongdoing

South Carolina reporter for @CourthouseNews. Former editor @postandcourier. Chicagoland native and @mizzou grad.

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Living in a van: Nomads find adventure in 'workamping'

Ron Williams and his two dogs, Bella and Sadie, will soon hop into their camper and tear out of the Jefferson…

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Flood control measures push endangered species to the brink

For decades, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has grappled with how to save the endangered pallid sturgeon, w…

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A battered levee system might not offer a long-term flood solution

CHAMOIS - In early June, floodwaters from the Missouri River were lapping at the foundation of the Champion A…

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Floodwaters claim north Jefferson City as tornado cleanup continues

JEFFERSON CITY - As crews worked Friday night to restore downed utility poles amidst the ruin caused by Wedne…

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Court records: Informant told Feds Gary drug leader got tips from Gary city councilwoman, her pol...

An informant sat down with federal investigators in September 2017 to help them untangle a drug trafficking e…

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'Evil, psychotic' serial killer Darren Vann sentenced to life without parole in murder of 7 women

CROWN POINT - Darren D. Vann was sentenced Friday to life without parole for the murder of seven women, bring…

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East Chicago mail bombing target was 'continuously looking over his shoulder'

A federal magistrate judge on Tuesday ordered a 45-year-old Munster man to remain in jail on allegations he a…

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Fraud allegations follow former Lowell insurance salesman

CROWN POINT - For 20 years accusations of financial impropriety have dogged Richard E. Gearhart, a 66-year-ol…

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Speed demons: Fleeing police all too common in San Juan County

On June 9, 2015, the day after he was expected to testify against a man who shot him during a domestic disput…

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Abducted girl's mother decries slow Amber Alert

FARMINGTON, N.M. - The mother of an 11-year-old girl who was abducted and killed, urged Navajo lawmakers who …

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Church leader says Navajo girl's alleged killer betrayed him

LOWER FRUITLAND, N.M. - A member of this small rural community and fellow church member of Tom Begaye Jr. sai…

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Police: Navajo girl bludgeoned, left to die

LOWER FRUITLAND, N.M. — Residents of this small rural community on Wednesday tried to come to grips with the …

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FBI: Suspect in custody in murder of Navajo girl in New Mexico

SHIPROCK, N.M. — Authorities arrested a New Mexico man Tuesday in the abduction and slaying of an 11-year-old…

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Busted: 911 outperforms state's DWI hot line

FARMINGTON - Data obtained by The Daily Times suggests the state's Drunk Busters hot line, which costs taxpay…

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Farmington man faces attempted murder charge

Norma Jean Phillips answered the door at that address on Monday afternoon. She said the alleged victim in the…

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Veterans organization suspends local chapter over stolen valor allegations

FARMINGTON - The New Mexico Military Order of the Purple Heart suspended its Farmington chapter in the spring…

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Gold King Mine spill a disaster waiting to happen

The breach on Aug. 5 affected far more than the upper Animas area, of course – three million gallons of conta…

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EPA chief: 'We will be fully accountable' for toxic spill

DURANGO, Colo. — Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy said Wednesday the agency takes "full re…

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EPA: We misjudged pressure in gold mine before spill

GOLD KING MINE, COLO. - As 3 million gallons of heavy-metal laden water made its way into Utah and headed wes…

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EPA: Pollution from mine spill much worse than feared

Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency said Sunday that the Gold King Mine discharged an estimate…

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Health care behind bars: San Juan County sees sharp rise in contracted health care costs at jail

San Juan County will pay almost twice as much to contractors providing medical and mental health services at …

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Health care behind bars: Two San Juan County Adult Detention Center inmates complained of medical...

Two of the three inmates who have died this year at the San Juan County Adult Detention Center filed formal g…

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Health care behind bars: Inmate says pleas for help preceded woman's death at San Juan County Adu...

The death of Sharon Rice Jones at the San Juan County Adult Detention Center is described briefly in an autop…

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Road maintenance crews removed safety features before quadruple-fatal crash

FARMINGTON - Highway maintenance workers hired to resurface a 120-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 550 in July re…

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