Ex-State Senator Runs for Former Seat While on Probation
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A former South Carolina senator who resigned amid an ethics investigation and who returns to court next month for violating probation is seeking his old Senate seat.
Robert Ford of Charleston filed this week to run for the Senate seat he held for 20 years before resigning in 2013.
He was sentenced last May to five years of probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges of misconduct in office, forgery and ethics law violations. He was also ordered to pay $70,000.
According to the state’s probation agency, Ford must appear in court April 11 for missing nearly $9,000 worth of monthly payments. A judge could sentence him to jail time.
Ford’s attorney William Runyon says he will ask the judge to reduce Ford’s payments.
