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Columbia, SC…With the recent tragedies in Boston and Texas, the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (SCDCA) is urging consumers to be wary of scammers who pose as charities.

Scam artists follow the headlines and often tailor their fraud attempts to current events in an effort to profit from consumer kindness. As SCDCA saw with the Gulf Coast Oil Spill, we anticipate scammers will contact consumers in an effort to solicit money for phony charities to benefit the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings or West, Texas fire. 

Orangeburg County Sheriff deputies are looking for a 25-year-old Orangeburg man accused of physically assaulted his girlfriend.

Deputies were called to a home on Crosby Street on April 21 after 3 a.m. When they arrived, they observed the female victim with bruises and swelling to her face.

Sheriff Leroy Ravenell says the investigation indicates Michael Bryan Gadson pointed a shotgun at the victim and ordered her to get into the bath tub. Gadson then threatened the female’s life several times, the sheriff said.