Four McBee current or former town leaders arrested in alleged traffic ticket scam
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GMC Wednesday Headlines: Well Known Former Teacher and Actor Indicted & Multiple McBee Officials Charged In Traffic Ticket Scam
Wednesday Headlines: A federal grand jury indicted former 44 y/o teacher and actor Jonathan Monk for 9 counts of child sexual abuse material & Sled has charged the town of McBee’s Mayor, police chief and two former officers for an alleged traffic ticket scam. Categories: ABC Columbia News Update (First Row)
Local Mayor, Police officers arrested, charged with Criminal Conspiracy and Misconduct in Office
For nearly two years, drivers rolling through the small town of McBee may have been unwitting contributors to a municipal budget scheme, according to South Carolina state investigators who this week arrested the town’s sitting mayor and three of its top law enforcement officials. SLED investigators say the operation was simple in concept but sweeping in scope: pressure officers to write as many citations as possible, prioritize the tickets that…
Speed Trap: Small Town Mayor and Top Cops Arrested.
Source: halbergman / Getty It is South Carolina’s best known speed trap, McBee, S.C, about 90 miles from Charlotte. Now, the mayor and two former police chiefs have been arrested, they’re charged in a ticket-writing scheme to rake-in money for the town. Just 800 people live in McBee, but thousands pass through the town on the way to Myrtle beach. And for years, it’s been common knowledge that you can get a ticket if you go just one mile an hou…
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