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Lawmaker arrested after gun brandished at utility workers
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| News Date | Monday, July 17, 2006 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A South Carolina lawmaker was arrested after his pistol fired when he confronted two utility workers checking for storm damage in the backyard of his parents' home. Rep. Wallace Scarborough, 47, was charged with two counts of assault with intent to kill after he brandished and pointed a pistol at utility workers and then fired his gun about 9:45 p.m. Saturday, according to a city of Charleston police report. The Charleston Republican, who was house sitting for his parents, was released from jail Sunday on a personal recognizance bond, according to jail officials. Two South Carolina Electric and Gas employees were checking electric equipment after a series of storms passed through the area, SCE&G spokesman Eric Boomhower said. Scarborough's lawyer, state Rep. John Graham Altman, said Scarborough asked the workers to leave and when they told him they had a right to be there, the lawmaker returned to the house to call police. On the way, the gun accidentally discharged and a bullet hit the porch, said Altman, R-Charleston. One of the workers said the lawmaker shined a flashlight on the pistol and said, "You see what I have? Get off my property," according to the police report. The workers fled when the gun went off, the report said. Altman said he wants the charges dismissed and an apology from the electric company. "I don't think it's against the law to fire a pistol into your own back porch. It's absolutely obscene to think that a judge would uphold these charges," Altman said. Altman said the workers had "no right to be in his backyard at 9:30 at night. You ought to knock on the door." |
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