Thomas Ravenel moved to halfway house
Former state Treasurer Thomas Ravenel apparently has been moved from the federal lockup in Jesup, Ga., to a halfway house.
A posting on the Federal Bureau of Prisons Web site Wednesday indicates Ravenel is now at a community corrections site.
No other details were immediately available. A family member who was contacted Wednesday was not aware of the move. Ravenel began serving his 10-month prison term in May.
Ravenel, 46, was elected state treasurer in 2006 and was in office for about six months before he was indicted by authorities who'd been tracking his drug use and the reputed cocaine use in the bars, clubs and mansions of Charleston. Officials say Ravenel used and shared the drug with friends but did not sell it. He pleaded guilty to one federal count of conspiracy with intent to distribute cocaine and was sentenced in March.
His release date is listed as March 27 on the prison Web site.
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Posted by southerngirl45 on December 3, 2008 at 1:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
They moved Ravenel to make room for Jordan, since they were waiting for a space to open up.
Posted by AFWally on December 3, 2008 at 1:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Now that some funny sheet, southerngirl45 :)
Posted by zoomru on December 3, 2008 at 1:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Behavior must be outstanding......
Congratulations......
Hmm....March 27..?
Posted by jeg111 on December 3, 2008 at 2:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)
If we get lucky, maybe he will stay in Georgia. Let him try his shenanigans on another state for a change.
Posted by AFWally on December 3, 2008 at 3:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Let's see if he gets busted for coke while in the halfway house.
Posted by southerngirl45 on December 3, 2008 at 6:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
More than likely these two know each other from Ravenel's party days, so maybe they thought better not put them together!
Posted by KiawahIslandGirl on December 3, 2008 at 7:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
this is a waste of taxpayers money. if he wants cocaine, as i suspect is a problem with many officials, why don't they just legalize it and use the tax money for the state on education, better housing for the poor and just to bring money to the people of the state of SC and the USA. drugs and alcohol will never go away. it is like trying to put your finger in the damn to stop a flood. i say if there is no way to stop drug use, well legalize it like alcohol is legal.
this would probably put many criminals out of business. no more drug smugglers and it would create many jobs in the USA made the USA under the FDA or some other regulatory system that we have.
The current system is not working with "just say no to drugs". I would like to see the pushers out of the schools and away from the children.
Adults who want to use cocaine and marijuana who are of age let them go to a store like an ABC store or a Pharmacist. Its only logical.
legalize the drugs already.
wake up.
Posted by Carolina_Politics on December 3, 2008 at 10:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Better yet, legalize the stuff and use the tax money to pay on the national debt.
Posted by tallblonde on December 3, 2008 at 10:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
After readin' this article - I just bought more stock in Coke (KO) - I'm thinkin' there's a definite increase on the horizon!!!!!!!!!!! ;)