South Carolina law enforcement officers completed their initial investigation into graphic allegations of misconduct against several Chesterfield County sheriff’s office officials, sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.
Does this mean that criminal charges are coming?
We don’t know … this decision is now in the hands of the Attorney General of SC Alan Wilsonoffice.
We reported these allegations exclusively in early November last year. Shortly thereafter, we reported that agents from the State Law Enforcement Division of SC (SLED) had opened an investigation into the matter.
What is the focus of the investigation? As we reported at the time, the Chesterfield County Sheriff James Dixon fired three of its employees last fall after they allegedly became involved in the subject of a federal narcotics and firearms investigation. According to our sources, the police (a man and two women) were exchanging sexual favors with the guy – Greg Evans (also known as “New York”).
In exchange for these favors, Evans – who is said to be a high ranking member of a major East Coast gang – was receiving information from police officers regarding his criminal activity. This information allegedly included “criminal histories, reports, warnings”, as well as information about the individual law enforcement assets that were investigating him.
In early December, we published a follow-up report detailing how the situation became public knowledge.
In late October, a federal complaint against Evans was filed in the US district court. That complaint (.pdf) resulted from a January 2019 incident in which Evans admitted to pointing and presenting a firearm during an altercation – and acknowledged his intention to sell meth found inside a vehicle in which he was traveling.
According to our sources, it was Evans’s arrest on this charge by agents from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that started the sex scandal at the Chesterfield sheriff’s office – leading to a “chain reaction. “of allegations against various officers and agency leaders.
Will any police officer face charges as a result of this “chain reaction?”
Hopefully, we will know something sooner or later …
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(Via: SC Attorney General)
Based on the evidence obtained during the SLED investigation, Wilson’s office can do one of three things: First, it can open criminal cases against one or more of the investigation subjects. Second, he can refuse to file charges. Third, he can send the report back to SLED with a request for the agency to provide additional information – or to make further inquiries.
This news outlet contacted Wilson’s office for comment on the status of the case, but prosecutors rarely address the status of pending investigations before reaching a decision on filing a complaint.
Stay tuned … this news medium will obviously do our best to keep our readers up to date on the status of this case as it heads for some sort of resolution in the coming days / weeks.
-FITSNews
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