LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Donnie Birchfield Jr.'s charges range from financial crimes to neglect and domestic violence to false imprisonment.

Reports say he held up to four people against their will in his basement, not allowing anyone to leave or have communication with loved ones.

"This is a quiet area. This is a quiet neighborhood. And I was shocked to have anything happen," said neighbor Christy Barnes.

In July, Lancaster police investigating a death say they discovered four people being held against their will in Donnie Birchfield Jr.'s family basement.

Officers arrested him in August on 16 charges, including financial identity fraud, false imprisonment, aggravated domestic violence, and four counts of abuse of a vulnerable adult.

"Just to think that this was goi

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