COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- The deputy director of health services for the state's prisons has been suspended after corrections officials learned he had been indicted last year.
The State newspaper reported Friday that Russell H. Campbell Jr. was charged Nov. 14, 2007, with defrauding an insurance company for a life insurance policy on his father.
Corrections Department spokesman Josh Gelinas said the agency learned about the indictment Tuesday from the attorney general's office and suspended Campbell on Wednesday.
Attorney general spokesman Mark Plowden says he didn't know if the Corrections Department had been notified about the indictment last year. Plowden says Campbell was released on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond in January and was never in custody.
His attorney, Bill Toal, would not talk about the charges.
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