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Two former Anderson County Detention Center employees have been arrested and charged by the State Law Enforcement Division in the death of an inmate in October of 2020, according to the Anderson County Sheriff s Office and SLED.
Milton Brady Wilson, 28, and Chancelor Stephen Lee Saxton, 26, were each charged with involuntary manslaughter, along with misconduct in office, according to warrants. They have been booked into the Abbeville County Detention Center.
Robert Dale Robertson, 55, of Easley, was being booked into jail Oct. 17 when he suffered cardiac arrest after sustaining a fall, Anderson County Deputy Coroner Don McCown said in an October 2020 Independent-Mail article.
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Each day, The Greenville News, Spartanburg Herald-Journal and Anderson Independent Mail publish a live-updates-style story with the latest COVID-19 news relevant to our communities in the Upstate. This is our COVID-19 news roundup for May 9, 2021.
DHEC announces 378 new confirmed cases for Sunday
The state Department of Health and Environmental Control reported 378 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 8 new deaths statewide on Sunday. The agency also reported 203 probable new cases.
Of the 14,965 COVID-19 test results reported by DHEC on Sunday, 5.7% were positive.
Greenville County had 95 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. The most populated of the state s 46 counties, Greenville accounts for 7.7% of the state s population according to Census Bureau estimates, and it accounted for 25% of the confirmed cases reported Sunday.
Print this article NFL Hall of Fame member Brett Favre looks on during fall practice at Clemson University in Clemson, S.C., August 8, 2018.
(Ken Ruinard/Anderson Independent Mail via USA TODAY NETWORK)
Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre on Wednesday said he finds it “hard to believe” that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin intended to kill George Floyd during Floyd’s arrest last year.
“I find it hard to believe, and I’m not defending Derek Chauvin in any way, I find it hard to believe, first of all, that he intentionally meant to kill George Floyd,” Favre said on his podcast
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