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Tuesday, December 04, 2012  Authorities say a South Carolina trooper has been fired after he was arrested for disorderly conduct for giving the middle finger to a Columbia police officer in a parking lot after a concert.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012  A man has been charged with disorderly conduct after authorities say he bit off part of an Anderson County sheriff's deputy's finger during a fight.

Thursday, May 26, 2011  Self-proclaimed 'presidential candidate' Robert Haines, 64, was released from jail Thursday morning a day after he was arrested several blocks from the State House while wearing a purple bathrobe-style dress and cowboy hat. Haines told a bond court judge he has campaigned for 47-consecutive days and is staying with members of a fraternity at USC. The local alumni president says that claim is untrue.

Sunday, May 17, 2009  The arrest happened less than 12 hours after Carolina swept Georgia to wrap up the 2009 regular season.