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.