Deputies Arrested and Fired After Sheriff Requests Investigation Into Hoax 911 Calls

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It takes a hero to wear a law-enforcement uniform with honor. But wearing the uniform alone does not make one heroic.

On Tuesday, WCNC-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina, reported that the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) of neighboring South Carolina had charged three now-former sheriff’s deputies in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, with misconduct in office, aggravated breach of peace, and criminal conspiracy.

Warrants alleged that First Sgt. Justin Tyler Reichard, Deputy Killian Daniel Loflin and Sgt. Darien Myles Roseau made five hoax emergency calls to report dead bodies in the towns of Cheraw, Chesterfield, McBee and Pageland — all located in Chesterfield County.

The calls occurred on or around Feb. 4 while the accused were on duty.

According to WBTV-TV in Charlotte, the calls went to convenience stores or law enforcement agencies. Authorities, of course, had to respond to those hoaxes and search for those nonexistent corpses.

Chesterfield County Sheriff Cambo Streater requested the state-level investigation, according to WPDE-TV in Florence, South Carolina.

“Some alleged activities were reported to me and due to the nature of them, I needed to get SLED to come in,” Streater said.

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