A former Republican candidate for Governor from Kincaid is set for arraignment March 20th after a preliminary hearing on his felony criminal threat charges last week found evidence for the formal charge. Anderson County Attorney Elizbeth Oliver amended George Arlyn Briggs’ previous charges to two felony criminal threat counts and a single misdemeanor count of unlawful request for emergency service assistance.
The charges were filed in June 2022 and stem from a running feud between Briggs and the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department that culminated in recorded messages in which Briggs allegedly threatened officers and dispatch staff, and at one point allegedly made a bogus 911 call trying to lure responding officers to his property.
The issues allegedly stemmed from Brigg’s support of a Colony acquaintance he believed was being unfairly harassed by sheriff’s department investigations.
