SC public safety chief and patrol resign amid trooper zinger
Two South Carolina law enforcement leaders, Public Safety Director James Schweitzer and Highway Patrol Col. Russell Roark, resigning amid criticism of handling a 2004 traffic stop in which a trooper used a racial epithet. Gov. Sanford notes video evidence and Black Caucus pressure. replacement timing set for April 30.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Public Safety Department
James Schweitzer
Highway Patrol
Russell Roark
Mark Sanford
Sanford
Schweitzer
FBI
Roark
Harry Stubblefield
Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office
Joel Sawyer
Senate Judiciary Committee
Gerald Malloy
Cartsville
Legislative Black Caucus
Leon Howard
Probe of state as official's family finds horses bones
Sumter area authorities expanded a probe into a suspended state official's kin after investigators found bones and possible graves in a Richland County field. The Trexlers face multiple animal cruelty counts in South Carolina and have fugitive status in Georgia where 30 similar charges are filed.
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Sumter
South Carolina
Humane Society
Richland
Hazeline Trexler
Terry Trexler
James Trexler
James Trexle
Tey Trexler
Georgia
Jefferson County
Jimmy Kitchens
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South Carolina Highway Patrol
Russell Roarkill
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James Trexie
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Aiken Silver and Gold Mitchell Shopping Center
Whiskey Road
Aiken
Aniaen Gat
Serta-Pedic
Annan Cat
Vera Wang
Seria
Rey Prs