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1 Answer | Asked in Gov & Administrative Law and Employment Law for South Carolina on
Q: I am a reserve deputy in training in Richland county and a private security company would like to hire me is it lawful?

I just would like to know if there is a possibility to do both because SLED is telling me I’d have to quit my reserve position. Thank you for your time! Have a blessed day!

Rhiannon Herbert
Rhiannon Herbert
answered on May 17, 2022

More information is needed to answer this question. However, if you signed an agreement or contract as a reserve deputy, this is the first place you should turn regarding whether you are permitted to pursue other employment.

Q: Can the law legally hold my truck and impound when it wasn't part of my charges or fines for being arrested

What I was trying to say and not so many words is I got charged with the drugs but there's no charge or fines or tickets if anything to do with the truck how can they hold it

Peter David Brown
Peter David Brown
answered on Sep 2, 2021

IF the arresting agency alleges that the vehicle was used in the futherance of the "criminal enterprise" they can seize it.

(for example: you were stopped with the drugs in the vehicle)

1 Answer | Asked in Gov & Administrative Law, Public Benefits and Criminal Law for South Carolina on
Q: A convicted felon have a saw off shotgun and kill a man with the saw off shotgun what are the state charges
Jonathan Edmond Bennett Lewis
Jonathan Edmond Bennett Lewis
answered on May 30, 2021

Hello,

The likely charges are as follows:

Murder;

Possession of a Weapon during the Commission of a Violent Crime.

1 Answer | Asked in Criminal Law, Gov & Administrative Law and White Collar Crime for South Carolina on
Q: If a case was dismissed am I a convicted felon

I'm applying for an insurance license n I have a dismissed case. Legally what should I do

Michael Hajarizadeh
Michael Hajarizadeh
answered on Sep 25, 2017

I am an attorney in Oregon so keep in mind that SC law is likely different there. First, there may be a difference on what you need to and can do depending on what occurred in your case. Most legal matters are fact specific. For instance, if the prosecutor brought charges against you and then... Read more »

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