New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office deputy Dennis L. McCall was fired in early February. At the time, the NHCSO provided documentation that McCall had been investigated for policy violations in September, and was later terminated for similar issues; NHCSO didn’t provide further information, citing an active SBI investigation.
Officials later confirmed that, shortly before he was fired, the District Attorney’s office for New Hanover and Pender counties called the State Bureau of Investigation to look into McCall.
Several weeks later, a young woman came forward, giving interviews first to Port City Daily and then WHQR and other local media, in which she claimed McCall had sexually harassed and touched her without her consent. The woman said she believed her complaint about McCall had triggered the investigation that led to him being fired…