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Two sc prison inmates were charged Friday with blackmail regarding the a sextortion scam that targeted Army veteran Jared Johns of Greenville shortly before he killed himself on Sept. 11, 2018.

The charges against John William Dobbins, 59, of North Charleston and Carl Richard Smith, 43, of Simpsonville had been established by Greenville Police Chief Ken Miller after just what he described as a long research.

Dobbins is serving a 25-year sentence on a third methamphetamine conviction in Laurens County. Smith ended up being convicted in 2015 of assault and battery of the high and aggravated nature in Greenville County, in which he is serving a 15-year sentence.

“We now understand that at the time of their death Jared had been the victim of the scheme that is blackmail was made by inmates in a sc jail, which created sufficient psychological anguish to cause Jared to trust which he was going to be accused of serious criminal activity with lifelong implications,” Miller said.

John William Dobbins (Picture Contributed)

Miller said investigators determined that Dobbins and Smith completed the scam by utilizing contraband cellphones from inside Lee Correctional organization. Continue reading →