SC sheriff and former deputy indicted on multiple charges, attorney general says
The Marlboro County sheriff and a former deputy in his department were charged with multiple crimes, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said Tuesday.
Marlboro County Sheriff Charles Lemon and former Deputy David Andrew Cook were both charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and misconduct in office, the Attorney General’s Office said in a news release.
Because of the indictments, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster suspended Lemon and appointed an interim sheriff.
On May 3, 2020, Lemon ordered then-deputy Cook to use his taser on Jarrel Lee Johnson at the Marlboro County Detention Center and unlawfully continued to activate the taser at least two times after the initial taser deployment to subdue the suspect while inside the jail, according to an indictment.
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