MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — A Myrtle Beach man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder and armed robbery in a hotel shooting that left a contractor wounded.
Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson announced that on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, David Lee Mills, 40, of Myrtle Beach, pleaded guilty before his trial was scheduled to begin this week. Mills pleaded guilty Monday morning to attempted murder and armed robbery.
The Honorable Circuit Judge David P. Caraker sentenced Mills to 20 years in prison for attempted murder and 20 years in prison for armed robbery. The sentences will run concurrently. Mills must serve at least 85% of his sentence and will have two strikes under South Carolina’s three-strikes law, meaning that if he is convicted of any other serious charge, he could be sentenced to life without parole…