There had been calls for months to reassign Judge Thomas Nowinski to be reassigned after the stabbing that killed Lacramioara Beldie​, 54.

Judge Thomas Nowinski made the request himself to be reassigned from the Domestic Violence Division to hearing misdemeanor and traffic cases.

Judge Thomas Nowinski was subjected to harsh criticism after he released a man who later allegedly killed his wife.

Court records show Christopher John Bivins Jr., 31, was sentenced Tuesday to nine months in jail followed by four years of probation on charges of domestic violence by strangulation, grand theft and criminal mischief. Bivins received three days of a credit for time served.

A West Columbia man has been arrested on charges of kidnapping and domestic violence following a domestic dispute with a woman, an incident report alleges.