HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) – A new internal investigation has found a policy violation in how the Horry County Police Department handled a 2022 case.
Police Chief Kris Leonhardt said Tuesday that an April 9 internal investigation found that a policy violation occurred in connection with the June 2022 arrest of Thomas Wade Long, the son-in-law of former Horry County Councilman Harold Worley.
The investigation’s cover sheet, which lists Deputy Chief Lance Winburn as the case subject, identifies the specific rules that were broken: the department’s code of conduct and the official procedures for making an arrest…