The parents of two South Carolina teens have filed a civil lawsuit against an Anderson County fire chief and his son after the two men chased down their children and falsely imprisoned the minors during the late summer of 2022.
According to the claim, the civil servant unlawfully detained the teens at gunpoint, intentionally inflicted emotional distress, assaulted them and thus violated their civil rights, according to WHNS.
The fire chief and his son deny any wrongdoing but once admitted to chasing the teens for about 15 minutes and yelling at them. The fire chief admitted to pointing his pistol at them and making them lie down on the ground until authorities arrived. The chief and his son have since flipped-flopped on their confession.
The mothers noted in the complaint that no charges were ever filed after the confrontation. Their lawsuit comes eight months after the incident.
Last August, according to the newly filed complaint, the boys were scouting out a couple of goose-hunting locations along Lake Hartwell. While driving around, the pair got lost and needed to find a marker to help them get their bearings.
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One of the markers where the two decided to make a turnaround was the driveway of Townville fire chief Billy McAdams.
McAdams and his son swiftly hopped in their respective trucks and started chasing down the boys. They chased the teens from Anderson County to Oconee County. Once in Oconee County, the boys called 911, explaining they were being chased.
“We just made a quick turnaround. As we went by we kind of just waved and it looked like someone jumped up pretty quickly and then all of a sudden both of ‘em were on our tails in no time, trying to cut us off,” one of the youths said to the dispatcher.
McAdams also called in the chase on his radio. He said he didn’t use his cellphone because he did not have it on him. The Anderson operator that answered the call remarked how unusual it was for the fire…
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