Colleton Co., SC
Sheriff George Malone, whom everyone suspects had been elected to office no doubt because this county is predominantly black and because he sang the tune the people wanted to hear. He was the first black elected as Sheriff in that county. Some might say he's not the brightest bulb in the batch and his leadership skills are a bit weak.
Suddenly, his county was over-whelmed with a number of drive by shootings. At the beginning, Sheriff Malone denied there was a problem in his county, believing it was just a coincidence and these shootings were random. People were being killed and he was in denial. Many of the people murdered were innocent victims, including young children.
After over a dozen shootings and deaths, he called in for back up, getting help from various agencies and initiating a heavy police presence in the areas where the shootings occurred. Oddly enough, most of the victims were killed in somewhat rural areas. After about a week, all the law enforcement cleared out and things settled down. It didn't last long. He still has open homicides.
Less than a year in to his term of office, he became the subject of an investigation of mismanaged funds. He misappropriated government grant money, believing he could spend it however he wanted.
One of his patrol officers was shot and killed in the line of duty, and many say he bumbled much of that investigation. Against the advice of his peers, he continually made statements to the media that not only made him look like an uninformed moron, but may have been detrimental to the investigation of this officer's murder.
A Sheriff from an adjoining county, who offered up as many resources as possible, was able to steer him on to the appropriate legal avenues. It took weeks before the 2 suspects were apprehended.
Then the fun stuff....his wife accused him of having an affair with his secretary and confronted the both of them one afternoon in the parking lot of a restaurant. His wife confronted the secretary stating she would "take her down." His secretary tried to walk away from the scene, but Mrs. Malone latched on to her car as she was driving away. She kept trying to assault the secretary through the open car window. The secretary started closing the window, hit a bump, and Mrs. Malone fell off. When she fell off, the car ran over her leg. Naturally, Mrs. Malone tells an entirely different story. This dramatic incident was investigated by the State Law Enforcement Division. That investigation went away after SLED concluded that the secretary acted in self defense and tried to retreat.
Now, it would appear that the Sheriff was in bit of a hurry when he tried to pass a row of cars on a 2 lane highway. As he's passing on the left, a school bus that was in the row of cars, attempts to make a legal left hand turn. The Sheriff crashed in to the side of the bus, injuring children that had to be taken to the hospital.
What the hell was he thinking?
Sheriff's serve for 8 year terms and he comes up for re-election in 2012.
Sheriff George Malone, whom everyone suspects had been elected to office no doubt because this county is predominantly black and because he sang the tune the people wanted to hear. He was the first black elected as Sheriff in that county. Some might say he's not the brightest bulb in the batch and his leadership skills are a bit weak.
Suddenly, his county was over-whelmed with a number of drive by shootings. At the beginning, Sheriff Malone denied there was a problem in his county, believing it was just a coincidence and these shootings were random. People were being killed and he was in denial. Many of the people murdered were innocent victims, including young children.
After over a dozen shootings and deaths, he called in for back up, getting help from various agencies and initiating a heavy police presence in the areas where the shootings occurred. Oddly enough, most of the victims were killed in somewhat rural areas. After about a week, all the law enforcement cleared out and things settled down. It didn't last long. He still has open homicides.
Less than a year in to his term of office, he became the subject of an investigation of mismanaged funds. He misappropriated government grant money, believing he could spend it however he wanted.
One of his patrol officers was shot and killed in the line of duty, and many say he bumbled much of that investigation. Against the advice of his peers, he continually made statements to the media that not only made him look like an uninformed moron, but may have been detrimental to the investigation of this officer's murder.
A Sheriff from an adjoining county, who offered up as many resources as possible, was able to steer him on to the appropriate legal avenues. It took weeks before the 2 suspects were apprehended.
Then the fun stuff....his wife accused him of having an affair with his secretary and confronted the both of them one afternoon in the parking lot of a restaurant. His wife confronted the secretary stating she would "take her down." His secretary tried to walk away from the scene, but Mrs. Malone latched on to her car as she was driving away. She kept trying to assault the secretary through the open car window. The secretary started closing the window, hit a bump, and Mrs. Malone fell off. When she fell off, the car ran over her leg. Naturally, Mrs. Malone tells an entirely different story. This dramatic incident was investigated by the State Law Enforcement Division. That investigation went away after SLED concluded that the secretary acted in self defense and tried to retreat.
Now, it would appear that the Sheriff was in bit of a hurry when he tried to pass a row of cars on a 2 lane highway. As he's passing on the left, a school bus that was in the row of cars, attempts to make a legal left hand turn. The Sheriff crashed in to the side of the bus, injuring children that had to be taken to the hospital.
What the hell was he thinking?
Sheriff's serve for 8 year terms and he comes up for re-election in 2012.
3 comments:
Giving Sheriff Malone every single benefit of the doubt and including a malicious press:
He's elected, meaning that he won a popularity contest that does not screen the competitors for competence. So, he's not the best Sheriff - what do you expect?
Mismanaged funds might easily be an innocent mistake. It's gov't money arriving without instructions. What do you think will happen? The man is still learning his job.
A patrol officer shot and the investigation screwed up. The man is not a detective and when the press smells blood in the water they are absolutely merciless. Suspects were eventually arrested, which is good.
He married a screwball. Okay, whatever. The wife is laid up with a busted leg and will have time to think about what she did to get where she is today.
An accident with a school bus? WTF?!
The one he does not get a pass on are the shootings. No pass, no way. I'm not a LEO, but that sounds like a serial killer. Hell, I'd start by investigating the Sheriff - he isn't doing a whole lot to catch the killer. This is a dozen deadly shootings, and I'm going to guess a rifle at long or medium range. This is extremely bad and the FBI should have been called in after the second shooting.
Kick George to the curb.
And, by the way, thanks for posting this one. You can't make this stuff up!
The thing is, multiple weapons have been used and several cases were solved. Speculation is that it's gang related but there is no solid proof. The state police came in and assisted, but it only served to quiet things down for awhile.
It's been rather quiet, as of late.
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