>>> Let's Revisit Joe Wilson for a min: http://dreasthoughtspot.blogspot.com/2009/09/joe-wilson-outburst-windfall-for-sc-dem.html O_o
SC I said this earlier we need to watch who we elect and appoint to public office. You mean to tell me this man is an Assistant Atty General and had stripper money but no hotel $ Seriously. I know I know some of the extra freaky will say what's the big deal its a cemetery but here is the big deal that is a misdemeanor crime to have your genitalia exposed in a public place and yes a cemetery is still public even if most of the population there is dead just sayin. Also sodomy is STILL illegal in SC no they have not taken that of the books yet...even though supposedly "everyone does it" its still a prosecutable crime. I am just not really understanding how do these "educated" and "professional" officials not understand basic tact, quoth, and social norms; it boggles the mind I swear I hate to see what else our wonderful home state will bestow upon us.... As of right now if anybody asks I'm from Fayetteville, NC on the real LOL
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Closing Note: Finally SC took the time to discipline this fool appropriately he lost his job!!! Okay Joe and Mark yall up next on the chopping just get your mind ready and head down to the unemployment office in 5, 4, 3, 2.....
and just in time to reap the benefits of the unemployment bill the state just passed hope yall enjoy that along w/ Roland *smh*
By Sara Jane HarrisWednesday, October 28, 2009 at 2:07 p.m.
COLUMBIA -- A former South Carolina legislator has been fired from the Attorney Generals office in response to a Columbia police report alleging he was discovered Monday with a stripper in a downtown cemetery.
The report released Wednesday states that 66-year-old Roland Corning was stopped Monday after his car was spotted parked in the Elmwood Cemetary near downtown Columbia. Police claim the area is known for sex and drug activity. Corning is a former state legislator who served in the 1990s and had served in the Attorney General's office since 2000.
According the the report, an 18-year-old woman who works at the Platinum Plus strip club was inside the vehicle with Corning along with Viagra and sex toys. Corning told the officer the items were there "just in case," according to the report.
Corning identified himself as a prosecutor and showed his badge issued by the Attorney General's office. He was not arrested. A spokesman for Attorney General Henry McMaster said Wednesday that Corning no longer worked there and was fired almost immediately once the office learned of the incident.
Corning has surrendered his keys and badge and no longer has access to the office, said communications director Mark Plowden via phone.
Columbia Police Chief Tandy Carter defended the officer's actions during an afternoon press conference. The police report states that as soon as the officer arrived the vehicle Corning was in attempted to leave the cemetary at a high rate of speed. Officer Michael D. Wines called other officers to help find the vehicle and it was located and stopped a few blocks from the cemetary on Wayne Street. No citations were issued.
WACH Fox News attempted to contact Corning. There was no answer at his listed phone number.
UPDATE: 10/28/09
A former state lawmaker has lost his job with the state attorney general's office... after a scandalous accusation he was having sex in a cemetery.
According to Columbia police... an officer stopped 66 -year old "Roland Corning" Monday afternoon after his car was spotted at Elmwood Cemetery in an area police say is known for sex.
And--- as if that's not enough--- how police handled the case has some people asking questions.
"If he was engaged in any illegal activity he would have been arrested," says Chief Tandy Carter.
Columbia Police Chief Tandy Carter, defending his officer's actions after police say they found a former attorney general prosecutor with an 18-year old stripper at Columbia's Elmwood Cemetery.
According to an incident report...an officer spotted 66-year old Roland Corning and a Platinum Plus employee in a secluded area of the cemetery Monday afternoon.The report says...Corning tried to speed away when cops approached him...an officer tracked him down several blocks away.
"The officer searched the vehicle, didn't find anything of a criminal nature, or anything illegal and after that was over he was released," says Carter.
What the officer did find might interest you...the report says Corning had Viagra and several sex toys in the car...when officers asked why...Corning reportedly said quote "just in case."
The report says corning flashed his attorney general's badge...he was released and never ticketed...however he was fired just hours after Henry McMaster's office learned of the incident.
"Well that inappropriate behavior and it was appropriate that he no longer be an employee of the office," says McMaster.
"There’s absolutely nothing to be embarrassed about what we did, what that officer did was textbook perfect," says Carter.
Dash-cam video of what happened after the so-called cemetery sexscapade has not been released yet...but Columbia police say it will show officers properly handled the situation.Corning was a state representative in the 1990's.
He had worked in the state attorney general's office since 2000... First for Charlie Condon…then Henry McMaster.