An officer with the Horry County Police’s Street Crimes Team allegedly targeted a Myrtle Beach area woman as being a possible courier for drugs because she was driving an expensive car with tinted windows, according to a lawsuit.
Crystal Langston filed the lawsuit against Horry County and Horry County Police Department after she was pulled over by an officer on Sept. 10, 2024, while driving along Highway 378, the suit said.
Langston is claiming false arrest and imprisonment for the unlawful seizure, restraint, arrest and detention of herself and vehicle. The suit alleges that the Street Crimes Team targets certain high-priced vehicles in the hopes of getting drug seizures, which ultimately brings additional revenue to the county…