I a private investigator turned author. My book is entitled Don't Get Arreted in South Carolina.


In September, 2000, a dentist was killed while riding his bicycle at 5:45 a.m. on a road on he outskirts of a South Carolina city. The police fed a story to the press, but an unexpected and unwanted witness appeared to the wife of the deceased, and created havoc for the authorities. This is the story of how law enforcement, prosecutors, attorneys, judges, including a former SC Supreme Court Chief Justice, committed criminal acts as they attempted to coerce, threaten, and intimidate an innocent man into admitting his vehicle was the vehicle which killed the dentist. The initial suspect was a former law enforcement officer, and the cover-up ensued. The cover-up continued to the SC Supreme Court Disciplanary Committe, where all charges against all attorneys were ignored.

The story is one of betrayal by 5 attorneys for the defendant, a defendant who was new to the area, attempts by attorneys to have the defendant sign false documents (suborning perjury, a crime), contaminating evidence, refusing to release supboenaed documents, statements created and written by law enforcement, and the private investigator who stood along side the defendant to fight the corrupt and criminal public officials, and ultimately sacrificed his proffessional career to confront the accusers of his client.

The author of this book is the private investigator who stood by his client. Don' t Get Arrested in South Carolina is not only a lesson in perserverance, it shows each step of the criminal justice system, from the scene of the crime, arrest, the criminal acts committed by the public officials, plea agreements, bail bonding, and how the public officials control the media. This story is a blueprint of public corruption, and can be replicated in all communities unless there are persons to make a stand.