BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) — A Ridgeland man who struck and killed a pedestrian while leaving a party at a Shell Point home has been sentenced to prison, according to the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
Clinton Lee Anthony Brown, 41, was convicted by a Beaufort County General Sessions Court jury of hit and run involving death after striking and killing Redeidre Holmes. He was sentenced to eight years in prison, three years’ probation, and a $10,000 fine. The jury could not reach a verdict on a separate charge of DUI resulting in death.
Investigators say the crash happened Aug. 22, 2019, on Cleveland Drive in Shell Point. Deputies and the South Carolina Highway Patrol were called after reports of a vehicle hitting a pedestrian, shortly after officers responded to an earlier fight at a nearby party involving Brown at his girlfriend’s home…