By Continuous News Desk
Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 12:16 a.m.
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Several charges have been dropped against suspended Atlantic Beach Mayor Retha Pierce.
But, Pierce will continue to be suspended as the dropped charges are unrelated to the suspension.
Atlantic Beach Town Manager William Booker tells us when Pierce went to court to face trespassing and disorderly conduct from an incident at town hall earlier this year the arresting officers did not appear in court.
Atlantic Beach Police Chief Randy Rizzo was one of those arresting officers and he has since been suspended from the job and Officer Jamie Turner was the other and he has since quit. So, the judge dismissed the charges.
But Pierce's suspension by Governor Mark Sanford stems from a hit and run charge. She was indicted by a grand jury several weeks ago on that charge and the governor responded with a suspension.
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