DCSO fires officer who’s running for Florence sheriff
From Staff Reports
A major with the Darlington County Sheriff’s Office was fired from his job last week, just a few hours after announcing he would be a candidate for Florence County sheriff.
Maj. Darrin Yarborough, who lives in Effingham, announced his bid last Thursday. Hours later, he told local media, he got a phone call from the Darlington County Sheriff’s Office saying that deputies were coming to his home to pick up equipment there belonging to the DCSO.
Yarborough told WPDE-TV that when he took the position with the Sheriff’s Office earlier this year, he told Sheriff Tony Chavis that he would be running for Florence County sheriff.
DCSO spokesman Lt. Robby Kilgo was asked by local media if Yarborough had violated any policies by running for Florence sheriff while working for the DCSO.
He said that Yarborough’s “services were no longer needed,” WPDE reported.
Yarborough told WBTW-TV that he thought this was an example of a sheriff abusing power.
Yarborough will be running against Florence County Sheriff Kenney Boone, who has been sheriff since his election in 2004. Yarborough said at his campaign announcement, “You do not have to have 20-20 vision to know that something is wrong with the leadership in the Florence County Sheriff’s Office.”