S.C. AG’s employee caught with stripper in cemetery www.privateofficer.com
COLUMBIA, SC Oct 29 2009 (WIS) – A former South Carolina legislator has been fired from the state attorney general’s office after authorities say he was discovered in a cemetery with a teenage stripper during his lunch break.
Police reports released Wednesday said 66-year-old Roland Corning was stopped Monday after his car was spotted in an area police say is known for sex and drug use.
According to the report, a Columbia police officer watched Corning drive into the Elmwood Cemetery at around 3:15pm Monday. When Corning spotted the patrol car, the report says he quickly drove off.
A visitor to the cemetery saw Corning’s SUV speeding through the area, and police pulled him over a few blocks away.
Police say an 18-year-old woman who works at the Platinum Plus strip club was with Corning. Corning and the woman gave police conflicting statements why they were at the cemetery, as well as to their relationship, the report said.
Police also found Viagra and sex toys that Corning said were there “just in case.”
Corning, who told the officer he was on his lunch break, identified himself as a prosecutor and was not arrested. The woman was also let go.
“We received credible information about inappropriate behavior Monday afternoon,” McMaster said Wednesday. “And by the close of business, he was no longer working here.”
Such a trip to the cemetery “would not be appropriate at any time, for an assistant attorney general,” McMaster continued.
Columbia Police Chief Tandy Carter spoke to reporters about the incident Wednesday afternoon, but answered few questions before abruptly ending the news conference. Corning has so far not commented on the situation.
Corning was a state legislator in the 1990s. He has worked in the top prosecutor’s office since 2000. Plowden said Corning was hired by McMaster’s predecessor, Charlie Condon.
Police reports released Wednesday said 66-year-old Roland Corning was stopped Monday after his car was spotted in an area police say is known for sex and drug use.
According to the report, a Columbia police officer watched Corning drive into the Elmwood Cemetery at around 3:15pm Monday. When Corning spotted the patrol car, the report says he quickly drove off.
A visitor to the cemetery saw Corning’s SUV speeding through the area, and police pulled him over a few blocks away.
Police say an 18-year-old woman who works at the Platinum Plus strip club was with Corning. Corning and the woman gave police conflicting statements why they were at the cemetery, as well as to their relationship, the report said.
Police also found Viagra and sex toys that Corning said were there “just in case.”
Corning, who told the officer he was on his lunch break, identified himself as a prosecutor and was not arrested. The woman was also let go.
“We received credible information about inappropriate behavior Monday afternoon,” McMaster said Wednesday. “And by the close of business, he was no longer working here.”
Such a trip to the cemetery “would not be appropriate at any time, for an assistant attorney general,” McMaster continued.
Columbia Police Chief Tandy Carter spoke to reporters about the incident Wednesday afternoon, but answered few questions before abruptly ending the news conference. Corning has so far not commented on the situation.
Corning was a state legislator in the 1990s. He has worked in the top prosecutor’s office since 2000. Plowden said Corning was hired by McMaster’s predecessor, Charlie Condon.
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