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  • S.C. rapist to face judge who freed him

    10/26/2006 3:25:20 AM PDT · by proud_yank · 31 replies · 1,314+ views
    AP via Yahoo News ^ | Oct 26, 2006 | MEG KINNARD
    COLUMBIA, S.C. - Six years ago, convicted sex offender Kenneth Glenn Hinson was released from prison after a judge rejected prosecutors' pleas that he be committed indefinitely. That same judge was to preside Thursday over a preliminary hearing for Hinson, now charged with kidnapping and raping two teenage girls in an underground room behind his home. Circuit Judge Edward Cottingham's decision in 2001 allowed for the eventual release of Hinson, 48, who was arrested again after a four-day manhunt in March. The girls were sexually assaulted and left bound inside the room, concealed under a shed, but managed to free...
  • Ex-teacher sentenced for having sex with girl

    05/19/2005 12:12:06 AM PDT · by kingattax · 68 replies · 3,888+ views
    The Sun News ^ | May. 18, 2005 | Kenneth A. Gailliard
    A former North Myrtle Beach High School teacher who had a sexual relationship with a student for about a year declared his love for the girl Tuesday just before he was sentenced to six years in prison for criminal sexual conduct with a minor. Stephen George Zeltman told the court: "She's an angel. My actions hurt my angel." The girl, who is not being identified because she was 14 when the pair began their relationship in March 2002, now is 18. Zeltman is 50. "They had a consensual relationship," Assistant 15th Circuit Solicitor Karen Hanebrink said. "They considered themselves boyfriend...