SC - Police officer, correctional officer and owner of chop shop arrested
GEORGETOWN, SC (WIS) - Authorities say they've arrested a police officer, a corrections officer and the owner of a chop shop in a stolen vehicle scheme.
Georgetown County Sheriff's Investigators and members of the Organized Crime Bureau arrested 22-year-old Martin Grice of Georgetown, 30-year-old Patrick Cumbee of Andrews, and 26-year-old Dedrick McCray of Andrews Wednesday afternoon.
Grice, a Georgetown County Detention Center correctional officer, was charged with misconduct in office and possession of a stolen vehicle. Cumbee, an Andrews police officer, was charged with misconduct in office and possession of a stolen vehicle. Mccray, owner of a chop shop, was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, chop shop, and receiving stolen goods.
The investigation began Monday when members of the OCB received information from a Georgetown County Sheriff's Office employee that Grice was attempting to sell a stolen motorcycle. Once members of the OCB received this information they, along with sheriff's investigators, discovered that Grice sold the motorcycle to Cumbee.
As the investigation continued, sheriff's investigators, members of the OCB and members of the Andrews Police Department found that Cumbee purchased the motorcycle from Grice and took the motorcycle to McCray's chop shop for alleged mechanical work.
When the investigation led to the whereabouts of the motorcycle and other valuable evidence, a search warrant was obtained for McCray's residence to retrieve the motorcycle. During the execution of the search warrant, members of the OCB and sheriff's investigators located the motorcycle in addition to other motorcycles. At this point another search warrant was obtained for the additional motorcycles.
Once the second search warrant was obtained it was discovered that parts on the other motorcycles were from other stolen motorcycles combined to construct one along with removed VINs and stolen license plates. These motorcycles and the one Grice sold Cumbee were seized along with other evidence items relating to the operation of a chop shop.
Grice, Cumbee, and McCray turned themselves in at the sheriff's office Wednesday where they were arrested and transported to the Georgetown County Detention Center. All three are currently awaiting a bond hearing.
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