A former Upstate Sheriff's Deputy has been arrested after a SLED investigation. SLED has announced that former Pickens County Deputy James William Trotter has been arrested for 2nd degree Assault and Battery and Misconduct In Office.
SLED was asked by the Pickens County Sheriff's Office to investigate a use of force incident, in late August of last year. Trotter was booked in the Picken County Detention Center on Tuesday.
