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A Greenville County deputy has been fired after internal-affairs investigators determined he handled a man's arrest inappropriately.
Deputy James Pregel, who was on the Greenville County Sheriff's Office's directed patrol unit, was terminated from employment on Sept. 11, spokesman Lt. Ryan Flood confirmed to The Greenville News Wednesday.
Flood said Pregel was terminated for "conduct unbecoming" in connection to the arrest of Zebbie Hudgens, of Taylors, on Aug. 1.
A review of Pregel's file from the state Criminal Justice Academy states that he was "willfully making false, misleading, incomplete, deceitful or incorrect statements" as it related to the arrest.
Hudgens' attorney, Jake Erwin, said Hudgens was unaware of who was approaching him in a parking lot when deputies slammed him to the ground on Aug. 1. Erwin began representing Hudgens as of Tuesday.
The News has submitted Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain Pregel's personnel file and documents from the internal affairs investigation. Posted by Abdul