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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Feds Indict Lexington Man

Federal grand jury indictment on counterfeit-goods trafficking stems from a sting last year at a West Columbia flea market.

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted Orrian J. Anders, 40, of Lexington, on two counts of trafficking in counterfeit goods, U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles said. The indictment stems from a pair of sting operations last December in which Anders and several other individuals were arrested and charged with allegedly selling counterfeit items at the Metro Flea Market on U.S. Highway 1 in West Columbia. Goods seized in the sting operations included thousands of DVDs and CDs, as well as coats, handbags, hats, jeans, scarves, shirts, shoes, shorts, sweat suits, and other goods. The confiscated products bore the logos of many designer names: Air Jordan, Bape, Chanel, Coach, COOGI, Dolce & Gabbana, Ecko, Ed Hardy, Evisu, Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Juicy …

Friday, March 30, 2012

Haley Uses Social Media to Deny Indictment Talk

South Carolina's first-term governor calls those reporting indictment rumors "dirty blogger politics."

As media reports from a small political blogger that Gov. Nikki Haley was about to be indicted spread through the online world on Thursday, the first-term governor and her office remained quiet. But as more and more mainstream media, including The State newspaper, began to pick up the story, Haley took to social media late Thursday night to strongly deny any such allegations. "Sorry fellas. I'm not going anywhere no matter how many lies you put on a blog. The days of dirty blogger politics will come to an end when people stop paying these guys to spread trash," someone posted to Haley's Facebook account at nearly midnight. The same post was copied to Haley's Twitter account.

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Jason A. Trommetter

1:37 pm on Friday, March 30, 2012

Where do you live? Must be Fantasyland. Nikki Haley is exactly what this state needs! She brings a fresh approach to government. These unfounded allegations are just an attempt by the good ole' boys to drive her out of office. BTW, you did know that Nikki Haley is a minority woman right? South Carolinians have overcame their "racist tendencies" when they made her governor.   more ›

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