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As we were filming last week’s episode of this show, news broke that powerful, long-serving Spartanburg County, South Carolina sheriff Charles “Chuck” Wright had resigned his office amid a looming multi-agency criminal investigation.
Our Andy Fancher – who relentlessly exposes law enforcement misconduct via our “Badges Gone Bad” series – has been driving coverage of the Wright saga from the very beginning, reporting exclusively on almost every single major development tied to the drama.
Fancher penned the definitive take on the fall of Wright earlier this week… and discussed the fallout from his resignation on our show.
In other news, research director Jenn Wood and I sat down to preview next month’s big retrial of Summerville, S.C. jeweler Michael Colucci, who stands accused of murdering his wife, Sara Lynn Colucci, ten years ago outside of a pawn shop the couple owned together.
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Finally, special projects director Dylan Nolan – who produces the Week in Review – joined me to discuss major developments in party politics in South Carolina, particularly as it relates to the Palmetto State’s perpetual minority party.
You know, the Democrats.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR…
Will Folks is the founding editor of the news outlet you are currently reading. Prior to founding FITSNews, he served as press secretary to the governor of South Carolina. He lives in the Midlands region of the state with his wife and eight children.
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I had rather read about the fall of Laurens County’s former county chairman Brown “Fatass” Patterson. He is blaming everybody under the sun for his being kicked out of his chairmanship except himself. He needs to think again. He pretty well fired himself.
Now he’s telling anybody that will listen that he is doing everything he can to make sure than every councilman that supported his ouster is beat in their next election. He’s actively recruiting people to run against these incumbents.
He needs to grow up and grow a set of balls to match that fat belly he carries around.
He also needs to be more concerned about the pictures of what looks like county employees working on his yard and driveway after Hurricane Helene. I don’t think that this is legal and was told these pictures cost the former county administrator his job. My neighbor got questioned about this and told the truth. Patterson is responsible and needs to admit it and shoulder some of the responsibility but he’s to much of a coward.
I would have never thought that the “power” of being the chairman of the Laurens County Council could go to someone’s head, but it sure looks like it did. Mr. Patterson needed to be knocked down a few pegs.
Yeah, this Brown Patterson kid is a genuine 100% PRICK. I was in middle school with him when he wagged his privates in the face of one of the sweetest little girls you’ll ever know. It really messed her up. He bragged to everybody that his mom was chairman of the school board and he was untouchable and he could even do it to the teacher if he wanted to. And you know what, nothing was done to him at all. He still thinks that he cant be touched. He’s the biggest baby that I know and I have known some pretty big crybabies.
I work for Laurens County and was at last night’s council meeting. I just want to formally apologize to the people of Laurens County for the inexcusable comments of Councilman Brown Patterson. He had the audacity to refer to the citizens of our wonderful county as “idiots” and “stupid.”
If you would like to verify this, just watch the video of this meeting on either youtube or our new county council website.
His comments toward some of his fellow council members is always abominable.
He is incredibly bitter about his being removed as chairman, however he needs to move on from this position, for the citizens he is supposedly serving.