Every citation, named
Source Register
The complete library behind the dossier. Every profile, post, timeline entry and county row draws from these graded sources; use count shows how often each one anchors the record.
| Source | Publisher | Type | Grade | Dated | Used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Officer warns that gangs are growing in Spartanburg goupstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal (GoUpstate) | News report | C | 2011-03-10 | 21 |
| 'Take back the streets': OCSO asks residents to work together to help stop gangs thetandd.com | The Times and Democrat | News report | C | 2012-03-13 | 19 |
| The End of Innocence - Opening The Midlands' Eyes To Gangs police1.com | Police1 (Free Times reprint) | News report | C | 2005-04-25 | 19 |
| Final Defendant Sentenced in South Carolina's Largest RICO Conspiracy justice.gov | U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina | Press release | A | 2023-08-18 | 18 |
| Gang activity on the rise in Horry County myhorrynews.com | Myrtle Beach Herald | News report | C | 2016-03-24 | 16 |
| Investigator: Gangster Disciples are biggest gang in town scnow.com | SCNow (Florence Morning News) | News report | C | 2019-10-07 | 16 |
| Attorney General Alan Wilson announces State Grand Jury indictments alleging large drug trafficking pipeline from Mexican cartels to the Charleston area scag.gov | South Carolina Attorney General | Press release | A | 2026-08-24 | 14 |
| SC prisons struggle to contain growing menace from gangs, smuggling postandcourier.com | The Post and Courier | News report | C | 2019-12-06 | 13 |
| Be aware, report dangers around you jbcharleston.jb.mil | Joint Base Charleston (U.S. Air Force) | Agency web page | B | 2007-08-08 | 13 |
| Crips and Gangster Disciples In Columbia: 14 Arrested After FBI Gang Violence Investigation in SC fitsnews.com | FITSNews | News report | C | 2020-06-24 | 12 |
| 40 Charged in Largest Federal Racketeering Conspiracy in South Carolina History justice.gov | U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina | Press release | A | 2020-12-10 | 12 |
| In re Long Term Administrative Segregation of Inmates Designated as Five Percenters, 174 F.3d 464 (4th Cir. 1999) courtlistener.com | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (CourtListener) | Court opinion | A | 1999-04-21 | 12 |
| 5 Elm Street Piru Bloods Gang Members Indicted for Conspiracy to Murder a Witness of the State of South Carolina justice.gov | U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina | Press release | A | 2017-11-21 | 11 |
| Bloods Street Gang Investigation Culminates in Life Sentence justice.gov | U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina | Press release | A | 2014-06-06 | 11 |
| Timeline of how the Lee prison riot exploded postandcourier.com | The Post and Courier | News report | C | 2023-11-15 | 10 |
| South Carolina Drug Threat Assessment - Cocaine justice.gov | National Drug Intelligence Center, U.S. Department of Justice | Government report | B | 2001-12 | 10 |
| Greenville man sentenced in connection with gang-related shooting at cookout foxcarolina.com | FOX Carolina | News report | C | 2026-09-25 | 10 |
| SC gang ambassadors call for press conference to broker peace initiative wach.com | WACH | News report | C | 2022-06-02 | 9 |
| Docket, United States v. Ward, No. 6:20-cr-00628 (D.S.C.), judgment entries for Peterson (Doc. 1733) and Ward (Doc. 1799) courtlistener.com | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina (RECAP archive via CourtListener) | Other | A | 2022-01-31 | 9 |
| Before deadly riot, South Carolina bused in violent inmates from other prisons postandcourier.com | Post and Courier | News report | C | 2018-04-17 | 8 |
| The gangs of Greenwood indexjournal.com | Index-Journal | News report | C | 2015-11-14 | 8 |
| Multi-Agency Take Down Results in Numerous Firearms, Illegal Narcotics, and Conspiracy Charges justice.gov | U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina | Press release | A | 2023-12-15 | 8 |
| Multi-Agency Take Down Results in Illegal Narcotics, Firearm Offenses, and Conspiracy Charges justice.gov | U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina | Press release | A | 2024-01-29 | 8 |
| Gang Leaders Among 16 Indicted for Drug Trafficking, Firearm Offenses justice.gov | U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina | Press release | A | 2025-05-22 | 7 |
| Officers combating gang violence in Sumter County wistv.com | WIS | News report | C | 2006-07-07 | 7 |
| BCJI site profile: Spartanburg, South Carolina theiacp.org | International Association of Chiefs of Police (citing Spartanburg Police Department) | Government report | B | 2020 | 7 |
| Police gang up to scrutinize neighborhoods goupstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal (GoUpstate) | News report | C | 2007-07-24 | 7 |
| Attorney General Alan Wilson announces South Carolina State Grand Jury's "Las Senoritas" investigation results in Upstate indictments against multiple defendants associated with Mexican drug cartels scag.gov | South Carolina Attorney General | Press release | A | 2023-01-12 | 7 |
| Gang activity played role in some of 46 tri-county homicides in 2013 postandcourier.com | Post and Courier | News report | C | 2014-01-03 | 7 |
| 26 Indicted in Homeland Security Task Force Investigation into Lowcountry Gang Drug Trafficking Network justice.gov | U.S. Department of Justice (USAO-SC) | Press release | A | 2026-05-20 | 7 |
| State v. Price courtlistener.com | Supreme Court of South Carolina (via CourtListener) | Court opinion | A | 2006-04-17 | 6 |
| South Carolina Drug Threat Assessment (Heroin) justice.gov | National Drug Intelligence Center (U.S. DOJ) | Government report | B | — | 6 |
| Attorney General Alan Wilson announces drug and gang indictments against 15 people scag.gov | South Carolina Attorney General | Press release | A | 2018-03-21 | 6 |
| Attorney General Alan Wilson announces gang indictments involving Columbia murder and other crimes scag.gov | South Carolina Attorney General | Press release | A | 2018-05-03 | 6 |
| SLED chief says gangs big worry postandcourier.com | The Post and Courier | News report | C | 2008-09-10 | 6 |
| Five Percenters v. Moore, No. 2:96-cv-05555 (D.S.C.), case summary and docket chronology clearinghouse.net | Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse, University of Michigan Law School | Academic work | B | — | 6 |
| S.C. Code Ann. Section 16-8-230 (criminal gang definitions) scstatehouse.gov | South Carolina Legislature | Statute or regulation | A | — | 6 |
| Gangs and Crime in South Carolina - How Much, How Bad? dc.statelibrary.sc.gov | SC Department of Public Safety, Statistical Analysis Center (via register row) | Government report | B | 2009 | 5 |
| Suspected gang members arrested on drug, immigration charges wmbfnews.com | WMBF News | News report | C | 2009-12-14 | 5 |
| Sheriff: Churches can help with gang problem uniondailytimes.com | Union Daily Times | News report | C | — | 5 |
| Thirty Horry County Gang Members and Drug Trafficking Associates with Ties to Mexican Drug Cartel Sentenced in Federal Court justice.gov | U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina | Press release | A | 2022-03-14 | 5 |
| Attorney General Alan Wilson announces State Grand Jury indictment in Chester County gang shooting scag.gov | South Carolina Attorney General | Press release | A | 2026-03-26 | 5 |
| Member of Cowboys Gang in South Carolina Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for RICO Conspiracy justice.gov | U.S. Department of Justice (USAO-SC) | Press release | A | 2017-12-18 | 5 |
| Federal Prosecution scsolicitor14.org | 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office | Agency web page | A | 2022-04-19 | 5 |
| 14 charged in major Lowcountry gang and drug trafficking investigation live5news.com | Live 5 News (WCSC) | News report | C | 2026-05-20 | 5 |
| Incumaa v. Stirling, 791 F.3d 517 (4th Cir. 2015) courtlistener.com | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (CourtListener) | Court opinion | A | 2015-07-01 | 5 |
| Man gets 20 years in conspiracy to kill corrections officer corrections1.com | The State (John Monk), republished by Corrections1 | News report | C | 2014-08-14 | 5 |
| Horry County gang investigators keeping a close eye on schools for gang activity wpde.com | WPDE | News report | C | 2019-03-20 | 5 |
| Erasing gangs thetandd.com | The Times and Democrat (Orangeburg) | News report | C | 2008-01-04 | 5 |
| South Carolina Drug Threat Assessment (Overview) justice.gov | National Drug Intelligence Center, U.S. Department of Justice | Government report | B | 2001-12-01 | 5 |