TWO ABBEVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, volunteer firefighters were arrested Thursday afternoon and are being charged with several crimes involving arsons.
Jimmy Ray Brock, 30, and Derek Van Medlock, 24, of the Keowee Fire Station were arrested following an investigation by the State Law Enforcement Division. Brock is charged with burning land at a location in Abbeville County in August and December. He also is charged in connection with a 2003 structure fire. Medlock is charged in connection with the land burnings and in connection with a structure fire in 2006.
Both men have compounded their troubles since their arrests. The Anderson Independent Mail reports:
While being questioned at the Abbeville County Law Enforcement Center on Tuesday, Brock added assault and battery to the charges against him when, according to another warrant, he slapped a SLED agent’s leg after becoming “agitated and angry” during an investigative interview.
On Tuesday, Medlock was charged with threatening a public official after several witnesses told four SLED agents that Medlock was threatening to “meet them with a gun” if agents came to the door of his home.
Brock has also been charged with assault and battery for slapping a SLED agent during an interview. Warrants also say Medlock threatened a state agent saying, “If agents came to his door, they would be met with a gun.“ He’s charged with threatening a public official. As of this morning, both men were still being held at the Abbeville Detention Center.
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