![]() ![]() The agency was in the middle of investigating the charge against Alex Curlington when Boone called in Richland County deputies to take their place.įor those of you keeping score at home, there are now three active investigations in Florence County currently being conducted by law enforcement assets from Richland County sheriff Leon Lott’s agency. SLED never had a chance to do that, though. “That he refused to let them do their jobs under the circumstances that unfolded … is nothing short of galling – and strikes us as further evidence of his complete and total unfitness to hold office.”īoone’s drama with SLED began this summer when the 52-year-old sheriff – who recently married his on-again, off-again girlfriend Anna Hovey Boone – claimed to have received death threats from his new wife’s ex-husband, Alex Curlington.Ĭurlington is married to a SLED agent, Genia Curlington, and Boone was livid at the agency for not firing her – and not immediately arresting her husband – in the aftermath of these alleged threats. “That Boone refused to allow professional officers with extensive training and years of experience to do their jobs is beyond contemptible – no matter the circumstances,” we wrote at the time. ![]() This news outlet wrote a column panning Boone’s petulance in the face of this horrific event. Ultimately, numerous federal assets had to be called in to process the sprawling crime scene. Moments later, he kicked SLED agents off of the crime scene – summoning Richland County instead. Two weeks ago in the aftermath of a deadly officer-involved shooting in Florence, S.C., Boone turned back a SLED special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team that had been dispatched to respond to the shooting. sheriff’s department ( RCSD) to handle the investigation instead. Due to lingering bad blood between Florence County sheriff Kenney Boone – whose agency has jurisdiction over the detention center – and SLED over a personal issue, Boone has summoned investigators from the Richland County, S.C. Ordinarily, such an incident would trigger an investigation by the S.C. detention center died on Friday afternoon, deputies told reporter Tonya Brown of WPDE TV 15 (ABC – Florence/ Myrtle Beach, S.C.). ![]()
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