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“I pay my taxes to keep them behind bars, and that’s where they should stay,” said Will Cote, a resident of Blacksburg.īell broke off his wedding with the jail employee he had intended to marry, and she was fired for having an illegal relationship with a prisoner. Spencer said Bell was a model employee and that it was the lenient treatment in jail that aided with his successful rehabilitation.Ĭounty residents, however, were not pleased to learn about the liberties that Bell was afforded while serving time. Since his release, Bell has been working at a body shop owned by Gaffney County councilman Tim Spencer. Bell and two other state prisoners were removed from the Cherokee County Detention Center during the DOC investigation he later completed his sentence at a state facility. of Corrections (DOC) verified the unprecedented privileges that Bell received at the jail. It was overlooked,” said jail employee Robin Murphy.Ī subsequent report issued by the South Carolina Dept. “Everyone at the jail knew of Kevin’s relationship and other activities. Several people admitted they were aware that Bell and his jailer fiancé were having sex. The guest list for the couple’s wedding included deputies, police officers and other law enforcement officials. He planned to marry her the day after his release. At one point he had earned over $20,000.īell also needed some freedom so he could pay his cell phone bill and prepare for his upcoming wedding to an unidentified jail employee, whom he was having sex with. His two businesses – washing cars for the county and selling goods for deputies and jailers on eBay – netted him too much money to keep in his jail commissary account. In fairness, Bell had legitimate reasons to go to the bank. He did his own shopping at Wal-Mart, and at times was even allowed to go unescorted to the bank. Occasionally Bell would enjoy dinner at his parents’ home in the next county. Cheese restaurant in 2006, along with the guard who drove him there and the guard’s wife and two children. The two celebrated her third birthday at a Chuck E. At one point he left the jail long enough to have sex and father a daughter. What is uncommon is the amount of privileges that Bell received once he arrived at the county jail, where he worked as a trustee.īell was able to basically leave the detention center at will. The transfer of prisoners from state prisons to county facilities is common in South Carolina, as it relieves the burden on the prison system and places prisoners closer to their families. Six years later he was sent to the Cherokee County Detention Center, at the request of county officials, to serve the remainder of his sentence. In 1996, Bell began serving a 13-year prison term for cocaine trafficking. South Carolina state prisoner Kevin Bell, 42, breezed through the last six years of his sentence with the help of local law enforcement officials. Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on G+ Share with email
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