David Lance Dukes (©Orangeburg-Calhoun Regional Detention Center)

David Lance Dukes is a white man from South Carolina, United States. Here are eight more things about him:

1. He lives in Orangeburg, South Carolina. (a)
2. Aside from Orangeburg, he has lived in other parts of South Carolina including Cordova. (a)
3. He worked as a public safety officer in Orangeburg. (b)
4. He worked for the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office in St. Matthews, South Carolina. In October 2020, he was fired for insubordination. (c)
5. On July 26, 2021, while on duty an Orangeburg public safety officer, he allegedly stomped on the head and neck of an African-American man named Clarence Gailyard, then 58, who was accused of holding a gun on Colleton Street in Orangeburg. (b) (c) (d)
6. On July 28, 2021, the State Law Enforcement Division of South Carolina announced that he had been fired as an Orangeburg public safety officer. (b)
7. On July 31, 2021, he was arrested, charged with first-degree assault and battery and booked into the Orangeburg County Detention Center. Represented by Jack Furse, he appeared before Judge Bob Lake, who set his bail at $10,000. He posted bond and was released. (b) (d)
8. He was 38 years old when he was arrested on July 31, 2021. (b)

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SOURCES:

• a. Spokeo
• b. The Post and Courier
• c. The Washington Post
• d. The Times and Democrat