By
WBTW News Staff
MARION,
SC -
UPDATE:
In a statement released by the City of Marion Tuesday morning, the Marion
Police Department confirmed that PFC Andrew J. Ellis is no longer employed
with the City of Marion Police Department.
In
the release, it was stated that Ellis' termination occurred
on January 16, and that all questions about the case should be
referred to SLED.
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A
Marion Police officer was charged last week with misconduct in office, SLED
officials told WBTW.
Andrew
Ellis, age 33, was arrested on Thursday and has since bonded out of jail,
officials said. SLED warrants accuse him of stealing from a dead
person's house. The warrant states he took $100 from her purse as well as
prescription drugs including Oxycodone and other substances.
It
also states he used bolt cutters to steal from lockers with the Marion Police
department.
Ellis
is a 1998 graduate of West Columbus High School and is originally from Fair
Bluff, NC, according to his Facebook page.
He
was arrested in Horry County and placed in the J. Reuben Long Detention Center
on Thursday, but was later transferred to Marion County, officials said.
