A Newberry County deputy has been placed on paid administrative leave after he was accused of assaulting his stepson.
Whitmire police officers were called to Wallace Thompson Hospital just after 8:30 p.m. on April 27.
The deputy's mother told Whitmire police that her son, Ezra Arnold, had assaulted her grandson before school on Monday morning. Arnold was not on duty at the time.
According to the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office, Arnold has been employed with the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office since August of 1999. He is a sergeant in the uniform patrol division.
The State Law Enforcement Division and the South Carolina Department of Social Services are both conducting investigations into the incident.
Arnold was placed on administrative leave with pay on April 28 pending the preliminary report from SLED.
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