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HaroldMerritt Simpsonville RichardEdward Grant -Novembe inPittsburgh, PA RetiredfromU.S.Ai ForceandCRSSirrine Heisprecededindeath byhisdaughterLis a andparentsJamesand Marion.Heissurvived byhiswifeLanneau, hischildrenGordon ZakStoudenmire.He isalsosurvivedby17 grandchildrenandsev- engreat-grandchildren. 3pm.DisciplesUMC, alsmaybemadetoDis- ciplesUMC. RichardEdwardGrant Greenville ATURDAY OVEMBER 8, 2014T HE REENVILLE EWS greenvilleonline.com 9A ThomasMcAfee.com GN-0100742163 Ajudge ruled abaret is a nuisance prop- rty after Horry County fficials sent out-of-town- ers undercover to the busi- ess, and they claimed they were offered sex acts for money. There also was evidence that drugs were offered to patrons, according to Jimmy Richardson, solicitor for the 15th Circuit. is the sixth business closed voluntari- or involuntarily as a re- ult of investigations parked and led by the Horry County Police Department and prosecuted by The Battle Law Firm, which was hired by office to follow through with the cases.

Judge Larry Hyman also issued the ruling against The Gold Club, which already had been closed. in court, udge Hyman granted injunctions regarding The Gold Club and Cabaret and found that both of them were a nui- Richardson said. continue in that building. The Gold Club had already closed, so hat one really matt ichardson said once the ruling is signed, it will placed on door, and the entrance will be locked. At Thursday, the door was locked, and there were no signs indicating hours of operation or whether the business remained open.

andall Mullins, attorney for Cabaret, ould not be reached for omment Thursday, and a hone number for the business was disconnected. Neither Dunn Levon nor David Scrivani, both defendants listed in the court case, could be reached for comment. Richardson said in both cases, the police used undercover individuals. were undercover Richardson said. people who were sed were from out of town.

They were not police officers. They had went in for what was the equivalent of a lap dance, and we made them very much aware that it had to be real-life prostitution or drug sales for it to be a pub- ic usinesses closed dur- i ng most recent sweep include Teez- rs, The Bunny Ranch, Bottoms Up, The Gold Club, Airport Express Video and Cabaret. Horry County has also worked in recent years to close Celebrations in the northern end of the county a nd Tequila Empire. is something been doing for Richardson said. hink what got everybody fired up was we did six or seven at one He said there is still one more business tied up in state court.

closed except Richardson said of the adult club off U.S. 501. have a hearing date yet, but it will be in front of (Master-In-Equity Cynt hia) Richardson said the process of determining a nuisance property starts with the county police. Nuisance ruling shuts down Cabaret By Jason M. Rodriguez Sun News When Derik Johnson fell behind on child sup- ort payments, the oncks Corner man expect his ensuing arrest to make the news.

More than a year later, members of his church earned what happened. They saw his jail book- i ng photograph in a summer 2012 issue of Carolina Mug Shots, a $1specialty newspaper that publishes a Lowcountry edition. But the publication imp lied that Johnson, who had little trouble with the aw until that point, had been arrested for shoplifting instead of contempt of court, a civil viol ation. have damaged is reputation by falsely accusing him of a said West Ashley attorney, Ravi Sanyal. Anybody who picks this up is going to think Derik ohnson is a thief, and employers want to hire a The 45-year-old man has sued the Myrtle each-based paper, claiming in Charleston County court filings that its failure to verify the truth amounted to libel.

asked a jury to award him monetary damages, though the case is expect- to go into mediation within the next few months. His suit is the latest wrinkle in a movement in ourts and among state awmakers to target pub- ications that critics say exploit jail photos for profit. a fight that First Amendment advo- ates think could run afoul of the Constitution. any attorneys, though, insist that the wrongfully accused must have a way to clear their names. he newspaper targeted in litigation, hich goes by Local Mug- shots Inc.

in state busi- ess filings, denied the accusations in response to the suit. Its owner, Anthony Scott Hughes of Myrtle each, could not be reached for further expla- ation, and his attorney, Russell Long, declined to comment. Seeking redemption Though Sanyal has andled such defamation cases in the past, Johns is the first that deals with a publication exclusively featuring mug hots. Other attorneys in the Charleston area have represented clients in similar situations. One of the most outspo- en among them, Sen.

Paul Thurmond, R- Charleston, advanced leg- i slation earlier this year to compel any publication hat does business in the tate to remove photos rom the Internet if the charge is thrown out. The measure passed unanimously in the Senate ut never went to a vote in he House. Thurmond exp ects to reintroduce the bill next year as a provision of a broader proposal about expunging criminal ecords. study of he bill prompted a revision that would have allowed websites to retain jail photographs if the im- a subjects pleaded guilty to lesser crimes. ut Thurmond said a law requiring sites to take own photos of people cleared of their charges altogether is a necessity.

After receiving a request i writing, a site would have 30 days to remove he photo free of charge, according to the bill. But the S.C. Press executive dir ector, Bill Rogers, has contended that a dropped harge or an acquittal change the fact hat someone was arrested. A mug shot is a standard way of publicly link- i ng an name to a face, and a law ordering a publication not to use such a public record would be unconstitution- a Rogers said. But Greenville resident Anna Featherston nows how difficult the ecovery process can be a fter a wrongful arrest.

Her experience drove her to testify in favor of bill. he was arrested in 2011on check fraud harges even though a former employer of her now-shuttered baking and catering business had igned the bad checks in her name, she said. Prose- utors eventually dropped the charges, but he release of her mug shot had already done damage. Her former irlfriend shared it on Facebook. A television tation posted it online.

Two websites that feature jail photos, Mugshots.comand ailBirdsOnline.com, also picked it up, Featherston aid. can Google and still see Featherston said. one deserves to live under hat type of branding for something they In case, Caro lina Mug Shots eventually issued an apology, but its publisher never took esponsibility, his attor- ey said. why ressing on with the libel suit. The mix-up leading to the litigation might have temmed from the arrest of a man with a similar ame.

Johnson was jailed in September 2011for failing to pay child support. later settled the dispute in Charleston County amily Court, records showed. ut on Aug.17, 2012, Derrick M. Johnson of Wadmalaw Island was booked on a shoplifting harge after Charleston police said he stole a knife a nd a screwdriver from a Target store in West Ashley. He had already been convicted of shoplifting at east four times.

It was that inform ation that showed up under Derik photo i Carolina Mug Aug.28, 2012, edition. It appeared on a page titled Charleston But Sanyal said his client is far from a jailbird. nothing worse than saying someone ommitted a crime that they Sanyal said. Lawsuit targets papers publishing mug shots Some say irreparable harm done, but others fret about First Amendment By Andrew Knapp Post and Courier can Google me and still see tha t. No one deserves to live under tha type of br anding for something the do GREENVILLE RESIDENT ANNA FEATHERSTON Residents of Lakeside rossing took to the street Thursday to protest lot rent specials the develop- ent owner gives to new buyers that current owners say make it impossible for them to sell their homes.

demonstra- ion was staged for the media, organizer David eissman said, but day- ong protests by teams of esidents were set to start riday morning. a nice said Weissman, rabbi Temple Shalom in Conway. amenities are nice. But when people sell heir homes, losing $50,000, $75,000, Weissman and others a demonstration said the problem is that current residents are aying lot rentals that are a djusted upward by about 3 percent to 5percent a year, while the owner, So- elco of Boca Raton, offers new buyers a spec ial rate. That means that current owners could be pay- i ng $500 a month or more.

The special rate is $199 a month. he current lot rental is transferred to new buyers, which leaves urrently occupied properties to compete with new lots offered as the special rate. Weissman said he wrote letters to company wner Samuel Sobel warning him that the ineq- ity could lead to public roperties. obel and his chief fin ancial officer came to Myrtle Beach to meet with Weissman, but the abbi said no relief was offered. In a follow-up letter to eissman, Sobel wrote that the developer is more hurt by the special rate offered to new buyers than a re current homeowners.

He wrote that the lot rents are contractually tied to he mort- age and cannot be hanged. Additionally, Sobel rote that current residents are not assessed for a ny shortfall in revenues to operate the clubhouse, pool and ther amenities, according to a copy of the letter that Weissman gave to he Sun News. He wrote that the special lot rent rates were ecessary to stimulate sales in the down economy and would go away when conditions improved enough to warrant it. obel could not be reached for comment hursday. eissman said he has et up a daily schedule of wo picketers at each of Lakeside two entrances on Myrtle idge Road, just off U.S.

501between Myrtle Beach and Conway. ach set will man stations in two-hour shifts. Weissman said the protest will go for eight hours a ay, seven days a week. His hope is that prospective buyers will shy a way from the develop- ent and that Sobel will forced back to the negotiating table. Lot rental specials draw protests Residents say home values hurt By Steve Jones Sun News.