SLED charges Charleston woman for creating fake eviction notice
29-year-old Virginia Skye Coaxum was charged with forgery of less than $10,000 on Friday, the State Law Enforcement Division said.
Deputies with the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office executed an eviction on a tenant of the Marrington Village Apartment back in December 2024.Authorities later discovered the notice was faked and SLED was asked to investigate.
On February 4, Coaxum admitted to a special agent in a recorded interview that she had helped create the fake Writ of Ejectment.
She was booked into the Berkeley County Detention Center. The Ninth Circuit Solicitor's Office will prosecute her case.
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