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Here’s a recent story of a Mayor in Surfside Beach S.C. DUI ATTORNEY COSTS
SURFSIDE BEACH — Nearly seven months after Mayor Allen Deaton was stopped by a Surfside Beach police officer, prosecutors dropped a driving under the influence charge against him.
Instead, he pleaded guilty to driving 10 miles over the speed limit and forfeited a $133 bond as a fine, said Deaton’s attorney, Russell Long.
“I feel justice has been served. I’m proud to be in a country where we have this kind of system,” Deaton said.
Surfside Beach Mayor Allen Deaton pleaded guilty to speeding 10 mph over the limit. His driving under the influence charge was dropped.
The DUI charge against Surfside Beach Mayor Allen Deaton has been dismissed, he said this morning.
The state dismissed the driving under the influence charge this morning, Deaton said. Deaton pleaded guilty to driving 10 miles over the speed limit and forfeited a $133 bond as a fine.
A driving under the influence charge against the mayor of a South Carolina coastal town has been dropped almost seven months after he received the ticket.
The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported Friday that Surfside Beach Mayor Allen Deaton pleaded guilty to driving 10 mph over the speed limit. His $133 bond was forfeited as a fine.
A Conway magistrate judge has forfeited his bond on one traffic charge and prosecutors dismissed a driving-under-the-influence charge against him, according to his attorney.
Greg Hembree, 15th Circuit Solicitor, said Deaton made “some minor missteps” when he was stopped, but prosecutors could not prove he was drunk.
“What we could prove was a speeding case and that’s what he pled guilty to,” Hembree said. “The driving didn’t appear to be impaired.”
In the police report, the officer noted he thought Deaton was under the influence of alcohol, but Deaton refused to undergo a Breathalyzer test and was arrested, which is required by law.
The mayor then was taken to the Surfside Beach police department, where he was fingerprinted and photographed before he was taken to J. Reuben Long Detention Center at 2:30 a.m. Jan. 8 on the DUI charge. He was released nearly nine hours later on $1,022 bail, according to records.
When the officer asked if Deaton had been drinking alcohol, Deaton replied: “Umm, actually I just came back from the Moose Lodge, and I played a pool tournament, and I apologize,” according to the report.
Long said he works with many clients charged with DUI and Deaton should not have been charged with DUI. The mayor agreed to plead guilty to the speeding charge last month and appeared Thursday before Magistrate Dennis Phipps.
“I think he admitted he was speeding. This was a great result. He was able to plead guilty to what he admitted he did wrong. It’s always refreshing when the system works the way it supposed to work,” Long said. “I do at least one new DUI every day and the mayor didn’t get any more treatment than any of my other clients. … It does not seem to me that being an elected official or being well known helps; it actually goes against you around here.”
Deaton said he is glad to put the incident behind him.
“I was innocent. I maintained my innocence through the entire process,” he said. “Driving while intoxicated is a very dangerous thing. I did not and will not do that.”
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