False Arrest, False Imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution, or All??

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This will probably be the feather that breaks the camels back. I will be comprehensive in my details. You can draw your own conclusions. I would caution you before you let the stereotypical flame take blaze. Take it for what its worth. I am a victim that was arrested for no legal reason, only a "hunch".


I was kidnapped at gunpoint July 30, 2017 while fishing at a creek in the woods. There was a massive search for me. This incident is all over the web.


I was able to get away from my captures 26 hours later. I ran to a house and asked them for help and to call the police. The police sends one unit to the scene. He asked me what was going on and I told him. His next words were "I have to take you in for questioning" From the moment I entered the interrogation room, the mood was weird. I was surrounded by 3 detectives and asked what happened. I gave them a very detailed statement. When I finished giving my statement, the switch occurred. "OK, that was a bullshit statement so lets switch gears" at this point they pull out a Miranda form. They told me point blank period that they believed I was lying and better tell the truth. Things got uglier from there. I begin asking them questions and they became irate. At that point I was told I was being arrested for Trespassing (I was on state owned public land that's not posted. myself and others fish here a lot) and that they were going to see what they could do about the false report. They kept saying that they didn't believe a word I said because they contact an ex girlfriend who said I would lie for attention and that we had a domestic dispute ongoing in court that I was trying to avoid. Anyway...


I was transported to jail, booked. The very next day while in jail, 2 different investigators came to get me. They took me back to the scene in chains and shackles and asked me to walk them through what had happened. For 2 hours, I talked with the detective as he took pictures and notes. Several more units arrived mid way through this second interrogation. To no avail, taken back to jail, I was told by investigator that "he believed every word I said and that he promised he would find who done this". We shared tears during this moment.


The very next day, I was brought to the front of that jail station and given my blue ticket for trespassing 40 something hours after being booked. I thought that when you're charged with a crime (misdemeanor) not witnessed, you have to be taken before a magistrate immediately? 30 minutes later they bring me back to the front and give me the warrant for false police report of a felony. Then the Sheriff holds a huge press conference to inform the public that I had been charged with False Report of a Felony as I was marched out to a bond hearing 10 minutes later.


I was assigned a public defender and a private investigator. From the jump they knew something was wrong. Prior to this event, I had received death threats. I was hit by a car while jogging a few weeks before this incident. A week before the kidnapping, someone spray painted in stencil letters I will kill you. Months before this, someone called my mother and told her that a hit was on my head.


Conclusion....After spending 9 months in jail, requesting several preliminary hearings, the charges have been dismissed by the Solicitor. He stated that "he didn't have any evidence to support probable cause and was hoping that more evidence would of turned up while I was in jail pending court hearings". What evidence you may ask? None. They sent search warrants to all of my social media accounts with hopes that IF this was made up, they would find out who was helping me create this alleged lie. There is no true bill for this charge so it was not indicted. I was arrested simply because the Sheriff wanted to appear as if he was doing his job, and I was easy to blame due to stereotypes, the mood in this town, and the fact that I have a white collar crime felony from 2013.


If my case is not the perfect example of how corrupt these small South Carolina town sheriff departments and courts are, I don't know if there is one. So far, 11 FOIA request have been sent to the Sheriff and the Solicitor by citizens and interested law groups. As corrupt as the courts and police departments are here, I am weary of enlisting a South Carolina lawyer.


My questions.....How can you be arrested off of a hunch when there is so much physical evidence pointing to something actually happening? How can you be arrested because a motive, as far out as it was, was formed off of circumstantial evidence from an enemy? Lastly, why is this Sheriff still in his position?
 
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You're an idiot. You were warned in another forum about posting the details of this and you turn around and come here and do the same thing. I've reported your post here too.
 
This will probably be the feather that breaks the camels back. I will be comprehensive in my details. You can draw your own conclusions. I would caution you before you let the stereotypical flame take blaze. Take it for what its worth. I am a victim that was arrested for no legal reason, only a "hunch".


I was kidnapped at gunpoint July 30, 2017 while fishing at a creek in the woods. There was a massive search for me. This incident is all over the web. Just google "Kelvin Durham Union County Missing"


I was able to get away from my captures 26 hours later. I ran to a house and asked them for help and to call the police. The police sends one unit to the scene. He asked me what was going on and I told him. His next words were "I have to take you in for questioning" From the moment I entered the interrogation room, the mood was weird. I was surrounded by 3 detectives and asked what happened. I gave them a very detailed statement. When I finished giving my statement, the switch occurred. "OK, that was a bullshit statement so lets switch gears" at this point they pull out a Miranda form. They told me point blank period that they believed I was lying and better tell the truth. Things got uglier from there. I begin asking them questions and they became irate. At that point I was told I was being arrested for Trespassing (I was on state owned public land that's not posted. myself and others fish here a lot) and that they were going to see what they could do about the false report. They kept saying that they didn't believe a word I said because they contact an ex girlfriend who said I would lie for attention and that we had a domestic dispute ongoing in court that I was trying to avoid. Anyway...


I was transported to jail, booked. The very next day while in jail, 2 different investigators came to get me. They took me back to the scene in chains and shackles and asked me to walk them through what had happened. For 2 hours, I talked with the detective as he took pictures and notes. Several more units arrived mid way through this second interrogation. To no avail, taken back to jail, I was told by investigator Scott Ruby that "he believed every word I said and that he promised he would find who done this". We shared tears during this moment.


The very next day, I was brought to the front of that jail station and given my blue ticket for trespassing 40 something hours after being booked. I thought that when you're charged with a crime (misdemeanor) not witnessed, you have to be taken before a magistrate immediately? 30 minutes later they bring me back to the front and give me the warrant for false police report of a felony. Then the Union County Sheriff David Taylor holds a huge press conference to inform the public that I had been charged with False Report of a Felony as I was marched out to a bond hearing 10 minutes later.


I was assigned a public defender and a private investigator. From the jump they knew something was wrong. Prior to this event, I had received death threats. I was hit by a car while jogging a few weeks before this incident. A week before the kidnapping, someone spray painted in stencil letters I will kill you. Months before this, someone called my mother and told her that a hit was on my head.


Conclusion....After spending 9 months in jail, requesting several preliminary hearings, the charges have been dismissed by the Solicitor. He stated that "he didn't have any evidence to support probable cause and was hoping that more evidence would of turned up while I was in jail pending court hearings". What evidence you may ask? None. They sent search warrants to all of my social media accounts with hopes that IF this was made up, they would find out who was helping me create this alleged lie. There is no true bill for this charge so it was not indicted. I was arrested simply because the Sheriff wanted to appear as if he was doing his job, and I was easy to blame due to stereotypes, the mood in this town, and the fact that I have a white collar crime felony from 2013.


If my case is not the perfect example of how corrupt these small South Carolina town sheriff departments and courts are, I don't know if there is one. So far, 11 FOIA request have been sent to the Sheriff and the Solicitor by citizens and interested law groups. As corrupt as the courts and police departments are here, I am weary of enlisting a South Carolina lawyer.


My questions.....How can you be arrested off of a hunch when there is so much physical evidence pointing to something actually happening? How can you be arrested because a motive, as far out as it was, was formed off of circumstantial evidence from an enemy? Lastly, why is this Sheriff still in his position?


If anyone wants to do a Freedom of Information Act Request on this, here are the addresses and people to contact;


Union County Sheriff Dept

David Taylor

210 W Main Street

Union SC 29379


16th Circuit Solicitors Office

John Anthony

210 W Main Street

Union SC 29379


If you are an attorney, or have a referral for an attorney who deal with these false arrest, wrongful imprisonment matters, please feel free to contact me at jacketfit864@gmail.com

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