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10/22/2025 | Press release | Archived content

Attorney General Alan Wilson Announces Guilty Plea, Prison Sentence For Woman Who Kept Vulnerable Adults Locked Up In Unlicensed Home

Attorney General Alan Wilson Announces Guilty Plea, Prison Sentence For Woman Who Kept Vulnerable Adults Locked Up In Unlicensed Home

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that on October 21, 2025, Estelle Amelia Hutchinson, 53 years old, of Orangeburg, S.C., pleaded guilty in Orangeburg County to one count of Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult {43-35-85(C)}, one count of Criminal Conspiracy {16-17-410}, and one count of Operating a Community Residential Care Home Without a License. The Honorable Charles McCutchen sentenced Hutchinson to five years in prison, suspended to the service of three years active time in the South Carolina Department of Corrections, followed by three years of probation. Additionally, Hutchinson is prohibited from having any contact with boarding homes, nursing homes or any other residential care facility for vulnerable adults.

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Action Details

  • Date:October 22, 2025
  • Agency:State of South Carolina
  • Enforcement Types:
    • State Enforcement Agencies

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