One of S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster’s top lieutenants has abruptly resigned from his post after allegations of a cemetery sex tryst with a prostitute surfaced Monday.
Assistant Deputy Attorney General Roland S. Corning resigned from McMaster’s agency Monday evening, sources tell FITS.
In addition to serving on McMaster’s staff, Corning – who is married – previously served as a state lawmaker from Richland County and a Workers’ Compensation Commissioner.
According to our sources, a City of Columbia police officer apprehended Corning, 65, in a city cemetery Monday afternoon with an unidentified woman who was later discovered to be a prostitute. At that point, Corning allegedly identified himself as an Assistant Attorney General and as a result was not arrested or charged with solicitation.
The City of Columbia Police Department declined to comment on the allegation – saying through a spokesman only that it does not have an incident report on file with Corning’s name. The city also refused to make the officer who allegedly discovered Corning available for comment.
It wouldn’t be the first time we’ve heard of City of Columbia police officers letting powerful politicos off the hook for alleged violations of the law, however, with the name of longtime McMaster antagonist Jean Toal coming to mind.
Neither Corning nor McMaster spokesman Mark Plowden were immediately available for comment, although our sources say that McMaster’s staff is working feverishly behind the scenes to keep the incident under wraps.
This isn’t at all surprising considering the high profile that McMaster has sought for himself when it comes to cracking down on online prostitution – an effort that has met with little success.
Developing …
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LOL, Halloween is close!
FITS:
By now, you should know that it’s well known in SC you can have sex with someone other than your spouse in a graveyard. Why, it’s perfectly legal: I’m sure there’s an Attorney General opinion to that effect somewhere. Or there will be one soon.
How sad for the family. Roland was a very fair Comp commissioner, too.
I don’t understand why people who have so much are willing to sacrifice their reputations, families, jobs, etc. over such foolishness. Power corrupts & all that, I suppose.
Dang, no allegations of necrophilia?
At least Jean Toal’s employee, Chuck Pearman, the lawyer in her Office of Disciplinary Counsel who was caught with the prostitute in Sept, 2006 – had the decency to rent the prostitute a room, for Lord’s sake. Poor Chuck was arrested by SLED, paraded around all over the MSM, had his law license suspended and subjected to all the tortures Jean’s star chamber disciplinary system could throw at him. Chuck did impersonate a SLED officer, however. Roland is a great guy. Let him go.
Did Craigslist open a Cemetary??…
I wish we had freedom in this country so that adults could do what they want without state harrasment and control.
How much more morbid and bizarre can my gypsy trip to this state get???
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Here’s a bit of [only temporary] sanity:
*FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC*
When: Nov 9th 7-9 p.m.
Where: Carolina Coliseum
Who: Ron Paul
What: Rep. Ron Paul of Texas will deliver a lecture at the University of South Carolina on the future of individual liberty and the importance of the U.S. Constitution on Monday, November 9 at 7:00 PM in the Carolina Coliseum.
Was she alive or dead is the missing question
Was she hot?
Get your facts in order before reporting, while your B.S. makes for a great story, and congratulations on your attempt at bashing local and state government. The true story will be reported soon by a real news source, and your six or seven readers will probably stop reading your fiction.
At least she was a woman.
Silence,
Does you mean when Team McMaster figures out a way to spin this? Besides, I heard The State was snooping around, asking some off the record questions and getting confirmations.
Was this trick — or treat?
FITS,
Let’s assume that Maria Chapur is visiting fake and baked Sinfraud this
week,this may give them a tip for the next spooktacular sexscapade LOL…
At least, the location will be free.
What are the Quinn’s doing to keep this thing quiet?
By Stimulus on October 27th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
“LOL, Halloween is close!”
-Not as close as Roland S. Corning and the prostitute!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grbSQ6O6kbs
Gives whole new meaning to “give me head until I’m dead”
glad the city cleaned up that parking lot …
Silence, read The State this morning!!!
Mus be stoopid, too many prostitutes in the state house as it is…
Fits,
If you really want to see proof of the cronyism that is happening at the AG’s office all you need to do is take a cursory look at the payscale.
What are the prosecutors paid(aka the folks who actually put bad guys away) versus what McMaster’s henchmen (aka political operatives with no law degree) make.
You will find a shocking disparity. He pays he non-legal, political operatives far, far more of the tax-payers money than he does his prosecutors.
OFFICER WINE SHOULD BE FIRED IF U WHITE IT OK BUT IF U BLACK HE TREAT U UNFAIR LIKE WHEN HE CAME I MY MOTHER HOUSE AN D BEAT MY NIECE WITH HIS CLUB AND SHE KNOW SHE WAS A MENTAL PATIENT SHE HAD A KNIFE TO HARM HER SELF AND HE STILL BEAT SO BAD THAT SHE WAS TAKING TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A BROKEN NOSE AN HEAD TRAUMA , U TELL ME HE NEE TO BE ON THE FORCE I THINK NOT.
NOW WHAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND IS THAT YOU CAN GET STOPED, HAVE SEX IN Cemetery , YOUR DRIVER CAN DRIVE OVER 115 MILES PER HOUR ON HIGHWAY 20 , OUR LEADER CAN GO ACROSS THE WORLD ON OUR TAX DOLLARS TO SEE HIS SOUL MATE. STATE TROOPERS CAN HIT BLACK MEN WITH THERE CARS AND NOT BE FOUND GUILTY, BEAT THEM HALF TO DEATH AND NOT BE FOUND GUILTY. SHERIFFS DEPT CAN PUT A MAN IN JAIL FOR SOMETHING HE DIDNT DO AND THEN SAY SORRY!!! AND OFFICER WINES CALLS HIS WIFE TO ASK IF Roland S. Corning IS THIS MANS REAL NAME AND HE’S HAVING SEX IN THE CEMETERY , WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AREESTED. WHEN OUR LT GOV CAN GET DRUNK AND GO DOWN THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT ANY OF THESE THINGS WHEN IT SHOULD. ARE THEY SPECIAL PEOPLE OR WHAT. THEN THE MAN THAT HANDLES OUR STATE MONEY CAN BUY COCAINE AND GIVE HIS HOUSE GUEST COCAINE , BUT HE BOUGHT IT FROM A SMALL DEALER THAT RECEIVED THE MOST TIME FOR THIS. BUT U CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR STATE MONEY HA HA !!! AND OUR CHIEF OF JUSTISE CAN HIT SOMEONE’S CAR LEAVE THE SCENE AND ACT LIKE IT DIDNT HAPPEN AND NO CHARGES PRESSED. BUT THESE ARE OUR LEADERS? !!!! RIGHT. TO TOP IT OFF ONE OF OUR OWN REP JOE WILSON HAD THE NERVE TO CALL OUR PRESIDENT A LIAR!!!! AND ALL YALL FOOLS RAISED MORE THEN 4 MILLOIN DOLLARS FOR WHAT PURPOSE TO SUPPORT HIM HA HA!!!! AGAIN I SAY THESE ARE OUR LEADERS? BUT A BLACK MAN GETS THE MOST TIME FOR THE COCAINE THAT HE SOLD TO THE MAN THAT HANDLES THE STATES MONEY “WHAT A JOKE”.BUT OUR LEADERS RIGHT?!!! AND WALK OFF WITH A SLAP ON THE HAND, FAIR?! BUT IF A BLACK MEN /WOMEN OR YOUNG BLACK BOY/ GIRL JUST LOOK WRONG, OR IS WEARING “THE WRONG THING”, OR NOT LOOKING CLEAN CUT OR DRIVING SOMETHING WITH 24″ ON IT, OR EVEN WORSE PLEASE !!!! DONT BE ON BROAD RIVER ROAD AND BE BLACK U MIGHT GET THE “DEATH SENTENCE”. SO TELL ME, DO YOU HAVE TO BE WHITE AND IN POLITICS OR HAVE OLD MONEY OR JUST ALOT OF MONEY, OR KNOW THE RIGHT PEOPLE SO WE AS A SOCIETY CAN BE TREATED FAIR IN COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA OR DO ALL BLACK PEOPLE NEED HAVE THESE THING SO WE CAN BE TREATED FAIR YOU TELL ME? I NEED TO KNOW ? I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING IN LIFE , JUST DONT TREAT ALL BLACKS THE SAME. NOW IF ANY THING LIKE THIS HAPPEN TO THE COMMON BLACK MEN , WOMEN, BOY, GIRL YOU WANT TO GIVE US THE GAS RIGHT. SO WHATS GOOD FOR ONE IS GOOD FOR ALL!!!! COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA U NEED O CHECK YOUR SELF AND TREAT EVERYONE FAIR!!!!
Poor guy, now the whole world knows his little pee pee doesn’t work.
Talk about digging your own political grave….
Darth and Designated Driver has me ROTFLOL! My dang side hurts! Love it!
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