Charges Dropped | A judge Thursday dismissed trespassing charges because city ordinances do not apply to Statehouse grounds | Assistant City Attorney Deloris Martin said she advised the judge that the officers had no authority to charge Nicole and Jeff Rank with trespassing under the city's ordinances |for the full story...
Charleston Mayor Danny Jones, a Republican, said the officers who made the arrest acted under the direction of the Secret Service | "The officers are in a bind here," Jones said. A phone call to the Secret Service's Charleston office was not immediately returned |