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| Medical, security costs at center of city, county suit |
| By The Item |
| Published: 12/10/2008 |
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SOUTH CAROLINA - A 57-year-old Florence man shot in the face by a sheriff's deputy after he reportedly robbed a South Main Street bank and shot a bank employee on Aug. 29 is at the center of a lawsuit that pits the city against the county. The city of Sumter and the Sumter Police Department filed a lawsuit Dec. 3 against the county, County Administrator Bill Noonan, the Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center, its director, Maj. Simon Major, the Sumter County Sheriff's Office and Sheriff Anthony Dennis, regarding the medical care and costs — and the attendant security costs — of Gregory Bernard Jackson, who reportedly robbed the South Carolina Community Bank at 201 S. Main St. last summer with a sawed-off shotgun. Sumter Police Chief Patty Patterson said Tuesday that Jackson has an extensive criminal record and is facing charges of armed robbery, assault and battery with intent to kill and felon in possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. According to the lawsuit, Jackson shot a bank employee on Aug. 29, absconded with $17,500, and was shot by a sheriff’s deputy after pointing his shotgun at the deputy while trying to escape on a bicycle. Emergency Medical Services transported Jackson to Tuomey Regional Medical Center, and he was subsequently transferred to the trauma unit of Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia for surgery, where he has remained under constant guard by Sumter police officers. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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