Defendants Sentenced in Child Sex Trafficking Case

Former Fair-Oak Elementary SRO John Towery, along with codefendant Duwione Allen, each received five years probation with house arrest in South Carolina’s US District Court. Others senetenced in connection with the sex trafficking case in which adults engaged in conspiracies to traffic minors and manufacture child pornography received much harsher penalties. Gary Garland of Anderson was sentenced to 35 years; his wife, Shannon, 26 and a half years; Johnny Wells, 13 and a half years; Kianna Daily, five years; Glenn Whitcomb one and a half years; and Michael Skelton, just over one year.