COLUMBIA, SC (WBTW) – A South Carolina Highway Patrolman based in the Grand Strand area was fired this week.
According to a release from the SCHP, L/Cpl. J.D. McGaha, who was a trooper in Troop 5, Post D was terminated March 18 for Improper Conduct/Conduct Unbecoming a State Employee.
The SCDPS Office of Professional Responsibility began its investigation on March 17 after SCDPS was informed that McGaha was the subject of an ongoing investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
McGaha was stopped by another trooper in 2009 for speeding 131 MPH in a 70 MPH zone. He was suspended for 3-days.
McGaha was at the rank of lance corporal and was with the department since 2005, the release stated.
