Login | Site Map | Archives | Electronic Edition | Mobile Edition | Alerts | RSS | Contact Us | Submit News & Photos | Subscriber Services

Home › News › Local News

Oregon man ignores blue light special at Anderson McDonald’s

By Pearce Adams (Contact)
Thursday, August 28, 2008

STORY TOOLS
Share and Enjoy

related linksMore Local News
Rate this Article

ANDERSON — An Anderson County Sheriff’s deputy said his blue light failed to catch the attention of a reportedly drunk driver in the drive-through lane of a McDonald’s restaurant about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The 32-year-old Oregon man was initially confronted after his 2007 Chevrolet Silverado truck was reported driving erratically near Westside High School on S.C. 28 Bypass Tuesday night, according to the incident report.

Deputy J.F. Marano said Eric Kennedy, 32, ignored verbal commands to stop at McDonald’s and fled in the truck, leaving Marano in pursuit with lights and siren, the deputy’s report states.

He wrecked his truck near the home he shares with his cousin on Ferry Street and led Marano on a foot pursuit until Kennedy’s arrest about 2 a.m. Wednesday, but not before breaking the watch of the deputy, who used his Taser and pepper spray to end the struggle.

Kennedy was charged with driving under the influence, malicious injury to personal property and resisting arrest.

Comments

There are no comments yet.

Comments are meant to offer our readers a forum for thoughtful, robust debate about local issues.

Comments are moderated, but you may find the content of the conversations offensive, objectionable or factually disputable.

Click here for our user-contributions policy.

Comments

IndependentMail.com does not necessarily condone the comments here, nor does it review every post or respond to every suggestion for a comment to be removed.

Before you post, consider this:

  1. Keep it clean. Comments containing obscene, profane, vulgar, lewd or sexually-oriented language -- including creative spelling and typographical representations of foul language -- will be removed.
  2. Be truthful. Don't lie or spread rumors about anyone or anything. Stick to discussing what is factually known.
  3. Be nice. Don't threaten anyone, and do not post any comments that involve racism, sexism or any other sort of -ism that degrades another person. Hateful or offensive comments will not be tolerated.
  4. Police yourselves. Hit the "Suggest Removal" button to alert us to objectionable comments. Do not respond to trolls or those who seek to harass another poster.
  5. Stay focused. Keep on the story's topic.
  6. Help us get it right. If you have information to add to the story or you find a factual error or misspelling send us an email or call the newsroom at 864-260-1274.

Please read our official user-contributions policy.



Post a comment
(Requires free registration.)

Username:

Password:
(Forgotten your password?)

Comment:

  Want the editors to know how you feel? Click here to say it privately.

Please download the latest version of Adobe Flash Player, or enable JavaScript for your browser to view the video player.