Ron Barnett

rbarnett@greenvillenews.com

A lieutenant with the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office who was out on extended leave for personal reasons has been fired after being charged with first degree criminal domestic violence and discharging a firearm in the city of Easley, according to warrants and a Sheriff’s Office spokesman.

Henry Dale Campbell, 53, of 304 South D St., Easley, was arrested following an incident on Tuesday outside his residence, according to warrants and an Easley police report.

Warrants allege that he made “verbal statements about ending his life” and fired a gun in the parking lot outside his home while four juveniles were present.

Chief Deputy Creed Hashe said Campbell had been employed with the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office since 1998. He had been out on extended leave for personal reasons since August 2015 and was still on leave when he was arrested, he said.

“Easley Police Department notified us on the night of the incident that pursuant to an investigation into a domestic dispute that Mr. Campbell had been arrested. The next morning, Mr. Campbell’s employment as a lieutenant with the Sheriff’s Office was terminated,” Hashe said.

He was detained at the Easley Police Department jail and was never brought to the Pickens County Detention Center, he said.

The gun discharged in the incident wasn’t a Sheriff’s Office weapon, Hashe said.