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July 18, 2010
SC Highway Patrol trooper fired after arrested on drug charges in Horry County
A trooper was arrested Friday night in Horry County and charged with drug possession (looks like possession of cocaine), and has been fired from the Highway Patrol.
Lance Cpl. Bobby Lee Spurgeon was arrested Friday night, Capt. Scott Rutherford, Horry County Police Department, said.Spurgeon is charged with possession of cocaine or other narcotics, according to the J. Reuben Long Detention Center’s booking Web site.
According to J. Reuben Long's website, Spurgeon was released Saturday on $10,000.00 bond. No doubt there will be more to this story - according to tv13:
Authorities said a joint investigation between the Horry County Police Department and South Carolina Highway Patrol is ongoing and that no further information could be released for fear of “compromising the ongoing investigation.”
The information that we can glean from a news report is always sparse, and there is always more to the story. I am only passing on the fact of the arrest, and I have no other information about Spurgeon's case at this time.
