Posted on 11/30/2024 3:24:49 AM PST by Libloather
The mayor of a South Carolina town where the entire police force resigned in anger at local officials has died in a car crash — while being “pursued” and investigated by other law enforcement, according to reports.
McColl Mayor George Garner II, 49, was killed when his 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe plowed head-on into an 18-wheeler Tuesday afternoon — just five days after police Chief Bob Hale and his five officers stunned the small town by resigning.
When he crashed, the newly elected mayor “was being pursued” by a Marlboro County sheriff’s deputy, the investigating coroner said.
“The pursuit not related to any laws being broken. The pursuit was taking place in an effort to protect the well-being of Mr. Garner,” the coroner said, without elaborating on what it would be needed. More info on exactly how he died will be released soon, the coroner said.
After his death, it emerged that the mayor was also connected to an active investigation from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division [SLED], sources told WBTW, without detailing what the investigation involved. SLED did not immediately respond to requests for information Friday.
Garner had recently won re-election in the town of about 2,000 residents.
However, his administration was mired in a local crisis when the entire police force quit on Thursday last week, with Chief Hale blaming harassment by an unidentified council member for creating a “hostile work environment.”
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Yep. Alot of those Lake of the Ozark towns did that.
Mayberry, RFD
Tell me all about how things go in a small town. The population here is 3K.
Because we have a state road that runs right through the downtown we have a tiny police force of two. We can call on the state boys or the county sheriff if needed but generally it is not.
The last time was when one of our neighboring towns had a guy who found his wife in bed with her boyfriend. He shot them both and then fired wildly at nothing until the police showed up and put him out of his misery.
Sounds like it’s right out of a crime-drama movie.
I think we have around 2200 population in my town. We have a dispatcher 24/7 and one city cop on duty all nite. The county sheriffs’ use the same dispatch and has a deputy that hot racks at nite. All that, then we have 10-12 city cops and 6 or 7 deputies that all live in this small town. And for some strategic reason by the state police they have no less than 7 state cops living here too! Around 40 ‘cops’ in a town 13 blocks by 13 blocks.
Makes me go hmmm.
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