YORK — Flanked by two South Carolina solicitors and the loved ones of other victims who lost their lives to violent crimes, Stephen Federico renewed his calls Oct. 9 for change to the state’s justice system in the wake of his daughter’s death.

Logan Federico, 22, was robbed and killed while visiting friends at the University of South Carolina in May. Police have filed charges against 30-year-old Alexander Dickey, a man whose rap sheet includes dozens of felony and misdemeanor offenses from across the state’s Midlands region.

“Alexander Dickey — a career felon, a criminal that was roaming the streets because of the South Carolina judicial system — physically took Logan’s life, but unfortunately, the system that was supposed to protect her also took her life,” Stephen Federico said at

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