The federal court trial of a suspended sheriff accused of ordering an assault on an inmate has been delayed again.
Suspended Marlboro County Sheriff Charles Lemon was set to begin his criminal trial in Florence on Monday, but now that won’t happen until at least Aug. 13.
That’s because U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Dawson found that the court had not notified potential jurors in a timely enough manner.
Jury selection is now set to begin July 15.
This is the third time Lemon’s trial has been delayed, and the first time since his trial was moved from state to federal court in March.
Lemon stands accused of ordering a deputy to repeatedly shock a county inmate in 2020. The state Attorney General’s Office indicted Lemon in December, 2021.
