Marion police officer suspended following domestic violence arrest


By Patricia Burkett
DILLON COUNTY, SC -

A Marion police officer is on administrative leave without pay after he was arrested this weekend on a domestic violence charge.
Dillon County investigators charged 31-year-old Jason Chadwick "Chad" Bracey with Criminal Domestic Violence.
Bracey had been an officer with the Marion Police for nearly four months, according to Marion City Administrator Alan Ammons.
Ammons said that Bracey was placed on leave following the Saturday arrest.
Officials released no other details about the arrest or circumstances surrounding it.
Bracey was previously arrested in December of 2012 in Marion County and was charged with grand larceny in connection with a truck that was stolen during a weekend party.
At that time, Bracey had been a Dillon City police officer for about 10 years.
During that incident, deputies responded to a call of a large crowd causing a disturbance at the end of two roads between Marion and Latta, according to an incident report. In that case, Bracey was accused of stealing a 1998 Chevrolet Z71, damaging mailboxes, fences and driving through neighboring yards. The Dillon Police department released Bracey after that arrest.