CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The man said to have conspired with Alex Murdaugh has been sentenced for state crimes he pleaded guilty to last month.

Russell Laffitte has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his state charges, which he will serve concurrently with his federal sentence, both of which granted him credit for time served. Additionally, he was given a five-year state prison sentence which was suspended to five years of probation and 350 hours of community service. He will only actually spend an additional five years in state prison after his eight-year active imprisonment sentence if he violates his probation.

Laffite was sentenced at 10 a.m. in Columbia for four class E felony counts of breach of trust in the amount of $10,000 or more, three class F felony counts of crimin

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