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Reporter cleared after investigation into mayor’s missing keys

Posted at 11:57 am June 4, 2014
By John Huotari 1 Comment

Chris Silcox, Rick Meredith, Jay Yeager, and Terry Frank

Clinton Courier News reporter Chris Silcox, back left, and Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank, right, are pictured above at the May 19 meeting of the Anderson County Commission. Also pictured are Commissioner Rick Meredith, left, and Law Director Jay Yeager.

There was no evidence suggesting that a Clinton reporter intentionally took the county mayor’s keys after a recent Anderson County Commission meeting, and there is no evidence that a criminal violation occurred, authorities said last week.

The case is now closed, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department said in a six-page supplemental report.

Clinton Courier News reporter Chris Silcox had been suspended from the county government beat at the weekly newspaper during the investigation. Courier News Publisher Allen Handley has since put Silcox back on the beat.

The missing keys report was filed by Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank after an Anderson County Commission meeting on May 19. She told investigating officer Harold J. Crowley that she was unable to find her keys after looking under benches and bench pads in Room 312 at the Anderson County Courthouse after the County Commission meeting that night. She soon learned that Silcox had her keys, and he returned them, although some were still missing, the mayor said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Anderson County, Government, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Allen Handley, Anderson County Commission, Anderson County Courthouse, Anderson County District Attorney General, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Bradley A. Prewitt, Chris Silcox, Clinton Courier News, Dave Clark, Harold J. Crowley, missing keys, Terry Frank

Reporter taken off government beat after mayor files missing keys report

Posted at 11:57 am May 20, 2014
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Anderson County Courthouse

The Anderson County Courthouse on Main Street in Clinton is pictured above.

A reporter at the Clinton Courier News will be taken off the county government beat for now as authorities investigate a missing keys report filed Monday by Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank, the newspaper’s publisher said Tuesday.

Frank filed the missing keys report after the Monday night meeting of the Anderson County Commission in Clinton. She told Anderson County Sheriff’s Department Cpl. Bradley A. Prewitt that she had stored her keys under a desk and noticed them missing sometime after 10:30 p.m. Monday. She said she had left her seat during the meeting to address the commission and for a break, and Courier News reporter Chris Silcox had sat in or near her seat at some point during the meeting, Prewitt wrote in an incident report.

After the meeting, Frank said Silcox contacted her and explained, via text message, that he had unintentionally grabbed her keys, mistaking them for his wife’s. Silcox made arrangements to return the keys to Richard Burroughs, Frank’s chief of staff, Prewitt said, but only the auto key fob and business key were returned.

“Ms. Frank advised that her home and office keys were still missing,” Prewitt said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Anderson County, Government, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Allen Handley, Anderson County, Anderson County Courthouse, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Bradley A. Prewitt, Chris Silcox, Christopher Silcox, Clinton Courier News, county government, keys, missing keys, Richard Burroughs, Terry Frank

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