Monday, February 11, 2013
Former Greenville businessman John Ludwig pleaded guilty Monday in court to first-degree criminal domestic violence.
Former Greenville businessman John Ludwig pleaded guilty Monday to first offense criminal domestic violence on the same day he was to appear before a judge for a bench trial. Ludwig, 40, was arrested in November of 2011 when he allegedly threatened and struck his wife, Shannon. He already had a previous criminal domestic violence conviction in 2010 from a previous marriage, but was allowed to plead guilty to another first offense CDV as part of a plea deal offered by the Attorney General's Office. In January 2012, he was sentenced to three years in prison after a judge said he violated his probation as part of a guilty plea to reckless homicide after driving his car through a field and into Frederic Bardsley's home, killing the 62-year-…
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
John Ludwig Jr. accused of hitting wife in 2011.
The Greenville business man, who avoided prison time after crashing his car into a home and killing a man inside, is expected to be in court next week. John Ludwig Jr. will appear this time on charges of criminal domestic violence beginning Monday. Ludwig, a former Furman University football player, 40, was arrested in November of 2011 when he allegedly threatened and struck his wife, Shannon. According to Greenville Police Department records, Ludwig had asked his wife to write a check for their mortgage during the argument. She told him that she would. The victim told police she then went up stairs to get ready to take a shower and the suspect came into the bathroom with her and was talking to his father on the phone. The victim told …
Friday, November 4, 2011
The Greenville man who avoided prison time after crashing his car into a home and killing the man inside was arrested again Thursday night. John Ludwig, 39, who was charged with criminal domestic violence second offense, received a $15,000 bond.
UPDATE: For more information on Ludwig's arrest, view Patch's video coverage. John Ludwig appeared before Judge Matt Hawley this morning in Greenville and received a $15,000 personal recognizance bond on charges of criminal domestic violence second offense. Ludwig was released from jail at roughly 1 p.m. Friday. Ludwig, 39, was arrested at his home on Parkins Mill Road on Thursday night, after allegedly striking his wife with an open hand. At the courthouse on Friday morning, the victim, 28-year-old Shannon Ludwig, with whom the suspect has a one-year-old child, called the arrest and subsequent media coverage "ridiculous." She and her husband's attorney contend the matter was simply a misunderstanding, and that she was never in fear for …
Ben Therinbach
3:59 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
O.K., David, to be "harder on sentencing white males" IS showing BIAS!! Except with this kind of practice it is no longer bias, but PREJUDICE!! I've spent a lot of time in court, too, and it raises my hackles to hear lawyer boast about the "best legal system in the world!" The prejudice against white Southern males has gone on since 1865!! more ›