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Investigation: Clinton man accused of threatening three judges

Posted at 5:52 pm July 18, 2018
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CLINTON—A Clinton man accused of threatening to harm three Anderson County judges has a trial scheduled this week in Anderson County Criminal Court.

Details about the alleged threat aren’t available in an indictment filed by the Anderson County Grand Jury in October.

The 53-year-old man has had a dispute with Anderson County officials about searches of people at the security checkpoint near the elevators on the third floor of the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton. He has told deputies that they do not have the right to search him, objected to the metal detectors there, claimed that civil rights are being violated, and asserted the right to defend himself with deadly force against an unlawful act by a police officer, according to court records.

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McCulley, supervisor of court deputies, dies of cancer

Posted at 12:16 pm June 6, 2016
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Anderson County Sheriff’s Department Corporal John McCulley, who was supervisor of court deputies, died Friday after a courageous battle with cancer, Sheriff Paul White said Monday. McCulley was 51.

McCulley began his law enforcement career with the Sheriff’s Department in April 1991. He served first as a corrections deputy and worked in court security the last several years, White said. He was promoted to corporal in November 2011 and was supervisor of the court deputies.

“John was a big man with a big smile and a big heart,” White said. “He always had a smile for everyone.”

Known as “Joe” to his family and “Big John” to his law enforcement friends, John is preceded in death by his father, Johnny McCulley; his late wife, Mary McCulley; and brother, Lynn McCulley. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Obituaries, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff's Department, court deputies, John McCulley, obituary, Paul White

Anderson committee to consider single courthouse entrance

Posted at 11:30 pm September 9, 2013
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The Anderson County Courthouse on Main Street in Clinton is pictured above.

Information from WYSH Radio

This story was updated Sept. 14, 2013.

An Anderson County committee is scheduled to consider a recommendation on Wednesday to close all but one entrance to the county courthouse in Clinton.

That move has been recommended by the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department deputy in charge of courthouse security. ACSD Cpl. John McCulley wrote in a memo to the committee that limiting access to the courthouse to only one entrance and one exit will “better protect the courts and the citizens of Anderson County.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Courthouse, Anderson County Security Committee, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, courthouse security, entrance, exit, John McCulley

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