UPDATE (5/11/26): Sheriff Larry Dean says former Laurens County deputy Justin Padgett has been terminated following an internal affairs investigation into the domestic violence case. In a Facebook post Monday, Dean said Padgett had initially been placed on administrative leave because of what he described as “discrepancies” in the case. Dean said the investigation has since been completed and Padgett is no longer employed by the Laurens County S…
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