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Williams must pay $30,000 fine for killing hawks; hunting ban, community service dropped

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Charles Williams

Orangeburg attorney Charles Williams, center, exits the Matthew J. Perry Federal Courthouse in Columbia on Monday afternoon. He’s flanked by paralegal Rebekah Durr and sons David Williams and Charlie Williams.

COLUMBIA — A federal judge ordered Orangeburg attorney Charles Williams to pay a fine of $30,000 after he pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to unlawfully killing hawks on his property.

U.S. District Court Judge Michelle Childs heard Williams’ guilty plea at the Matthew J. Perry Courthouse in Columbia.

Williams originally pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Shiva Hodges in June 2016, and she ordered him to pay a fine of $75,000, volunteer hours of service at the Birds of Prey Center in Awendaw and serve one year of probation, which prevented him from hunting.

Childs did not reinstate the hunting ban nor the community service.

Following the June 2016…

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