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by: Taylor Ford Posted: Aug 23, 2023 / 03:27 PM EDT Updated: Aug 23, 2023 / 06:24 PM EDT MARION COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A former Marion County code enforcement official is facing charges for allegedly

by: Taylor Ford

Posted: Aug 23, 2023 / 03:27 PM EDT

Updated: Aug 23, 2023 / 06:24 PM EDT

MARION COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A former Marion County code enforcement official is facing charges for allegedly damaging a utility cable, disrupting a resident’s internet access and preventing the remote monitoring of the home’s surveillance system, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.

SLED charged Marion Dan Richardson, 58, with larceny, malicious injury to utilities and malicious injury to personal property after the incident on April 23, warrants showed. Richardson was not the HTC account subscriber or the owner of the surveillance system.

Earlier, on April 1, Richardson allegedly broke out a window and entered a 2006 Chevrolet HHR, causing about $2,000 in damage to the vehicle, according to the warrants. SLED said surveillance video and witness statements supported the charges against Richardson.

Richardson was booked at the Marion County Detention Center and released after posting bonds totaling $10,000, online jail records showed. The case will be prosecuted by the 12th Circuit Solicitor’s Office, SLED said.

Richardson has faced other criminal charges. He was charged in March 2021 with 31 counts of exploitation of a vulnerable adult. He also was charged with misconduct in office in September 2016 after allegedly taking 14 cats from the Marion County animal shelter and shooting and killing them.

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Taylor Ford is a digital journalist for News13. She joined the News13 team in January 2023. Taylor is a Florence native and covers the Pee Dee out of News13’s Florence Bureau. Read more of Taylor’s work here.

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