{"id":38439,"date":"2025-07-03T11:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T15:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/former-spartanburg-county-sheriff-ex-chaplain-under-state-investigation\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T11:30:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T15:30:04","slug":"former-spartanburg-county-sheriff-ex-chaplain-under-state-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/former-spartanburg-county-sheriff-ex-chaplain-under-state-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Spartanburg County Sheriff, Ex-Chaplain Under State Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9lK62v6b3LE?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>New developments in the state investigation into former Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright and a former department chaplain. <\/p>\n<p>A letter from the South Carolina Attorney General&#8217;s Office reveals both men are under investigation by SLED, with Wright facing possible charges including misconduct in office, using his position for financial gain, and obtaining drugs by fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation follows a series of controversies, including accusations of wrongful termination, misuse of county funds, and ethical concerns after Wright deputized his son. Wright resigned in May citing health reasons.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation has been transferred to another circuit, and nine candidates are now vying to take over the sheriff&#8217;s office in an upcoming special election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New developments in the state investigation into former Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright and a former department chaplain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":38440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}