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The South Carolina Department of Parole, Probation and Pardon Services reached a settlement with five Aiken County women who were allegedly sexually assaulted by their parole officer. Tyler Bailey, a Columbia attorney who represented the women, announced the settlement Wednesday afternoon. 

The resolution of three criminal charges filed against a member of a prominent Aiken Winter Colony family will have to wait. A plea roster posted on the South Carolina Judicial Department's website indicated Rhett Riviere would appear before Judge Eugene Griffith Jr. at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday but Riviere did not appear before the judge. 

A 56-year-old man who was found dead after a fire at a North Augusta residence on Saturday, Feb. 3 has been identified.


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