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Lawsuit: Deputy asked for woman’s number while she was detained

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Greenville, S.C. (AP)–GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) –A lawsuit says a South Carolina deputy asked for a woman’s number while taking her to jail. The Greenville News reports the woman’s lawsuit against the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office is one of two that accuse the department’s deputies of misconduct during the same 2017 arrest. The other lawsuit filed by the woman’s boyfriend alleges…
Local News, News, State

Prosecutors reviewing convicted SC sheriff’s other charges

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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) – A prosecutor says he will decide by January will decide how to handle a dozen other charges still pending against a former South Carolina sheriff convicted earlier this year. A judge sentenced ex-Greenville County sheriff Will Lewis to a year in prison in October for using his power and office to push a personal assistant to…
National News, News

Suspect in execution shooting of Arkansas police officer had interest in anti-law enforcement groups, police say

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FAYETTEVILLE, ARK.(AP) — Sheriff’s officials say a police officer who was killed in his patrol car in northwest Arkansas was shot 10 times in the head and social media indicates his killer was interested in anti-law enforcement groups. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office on Friday released video and autopsy details from Saturday’s fatal shooting of Officer Stephen Carr. Carr was sitting…
News, State

Police: “Out of leads” in Clemson rape case

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Clemson, S.C. (AP)– Police at Clemson University have run out of leads into a reported rape at the main library on the school’s South Carolina campus. The Greenville News reports the investigation into the reported Oct. 3 attack has been administratively close with no arrests. University Police Chief Greg Mullen says such a closure means authorities have exhausted all leads…
News, Politics, State

SC gets okay to make some Medicaid recipients work

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Greenville, S.C. (AP)–South Carolina has been given permission from the federal government to require some Medicaid recipients to work to maintain their health insurance. Gov. Henry McMaster on Thursday announced able-bodied Medicaid recipients would have to work, volunteer or take job training classes for 80 hours a month to stay in the program. South Carolina is the 10th state granted…

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