Apr 22 2008
Scott Says Arrest Politically Motivated
State Sen. Randy Scott “berated” Dorchester County deputies after failing three field sobriety tests, according to a Sheriff’s Office report released Monday.
The five-page incident report outlines Scott’s arrest this weekend on a driving under the influence charge. The senator allegedly threatened the arresting sergeant and the county magistrate with their jobs.
The arrest, made late Saturday in Summerville, comes just weeks before a primary election that pits Dorchester County political interests against one another.
Scott, a Summerville Republican finishing his first term in the Senate, is arguing that the arrest is politically motivated. He is running against former state Sen. Mike Rose, a Republican, in June.
It’s hard to tell from the video whether or not the Sheriff’s claims are true because the sound quality isn’t very good. He seemed to be fine on the counting part to me. The tilting his head back, however, would indicate to me he was tipsy, prosthetic leg or not. If the Sheriff’s deputy thinks he was drunk, he was probably was. I think the allegations of this arrest being politically motivated are a crock.
