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.