Evidence of stolen drug seizure cash found in locked desk drawer after sheriff’s death in South Carolina

did not receive the funds, I could not give the funds out if we got an order.”

SLED: “So you addressed with him there hadn’t been any type of—”

ESTES: “Deposit.”

SLED: “Deposits made. What did Sheriff Pernell say to you?”

ESTES: “He was handling it.”

Estes told SLED she didn’t stop with Pernell. Over the next two and a half years—right up to Pernell’s death—the continue reading …