SOLICITOR ADAMS RELEASES STATEMENT ON PRESTON INVESTIGATION

(Anderson, SC) 10th Circuit Solicitor Chrissy Adams released the following statement today regarding the investigation into former Anderson County Administrator Joey Preston and related matters. 



“After repeated requests and countless conversations with local officials who to date have not provided any specific information for our office to review, we have been unable to make an evaluation on whether charges should be pressed against Mr. Preston or any other county officials/employees. The Attorney General’s office has now been asked to look into the Preston investigation and convene a statewide grand jury which possesses greater investigative powers than possible under a local Anderson County grand jury. I have spoken with the Attorney General’s office and believe this will be the best course of action at this point because the statewide grand jury provides for subpoena power that does not exist with a local grand jury. SC Code Section 14-7-1610(C) of SC Code states in part…. ….that a state grand jury possessing considerably broader investigative authority than individual grand juries should be available to investigate public corruption offenses in SC…..

After several months and hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars spent on this investigation, I hope that the involvement of the Attorney General’s office can finally bring the taxpayers of Anderson County the answers they deserve.”