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Prison guard shooting suspect to plead guilty
By theitem.com
Published: 04/01/2014

COLUMBIA - An Orangeburg man charged with conspiring to kill a prison guard in a hit orchestrated by an inmate on an illegal cellphone has signed a plea agreement, according to court papers.

Last week, Sean Echols, 30, signed an agreement to plead guilty to conspiracy to use interstate facilities to arrange a murder-for-hire. Prosecutors and Echols' defense attorney had said during a February hearing that they were trying to work out the plea.

Echols faces a possible 20-year federal sentence. A formal hearing has been set for April 10 in Columbia.

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