SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - The mayor of the town of Lyman has been indicted on charges of wiretapping and misconduct in office.
A statement from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division sent to local media outlets says Mayor Rodney Turner was indicted Friday by a Spartanburg County grand jury.
The 58-year-old Turner was charged earlier in August. According to the indictment, Turner used electronic devices to intentionally intercept the communications of employees working in and around Lyman Town Hall.
Authorities also said 65-year-old Gary Christopher Martin of Inman is charged with wiretapping and third-degree computer crime act. SLED said Martin is accused of hacking into the town’s computers on 10 occasions in 2014 and joining with Turner in trying to wiretap conversations between workers around Town Hall.
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