Four McBee current or former town leaders arrested in alleged traffic ticket scam

MCBEE, S.C. – Four current or former leaders of the town of McBee have been arrested as part of an alleged traffic ticket scam. SLED has charged McBee Police Chief Timothy Knight, former Chief Michael Irvin, police Captain Gregory Block and town Mayor Glenn Odom with criminal conspiracy and misconduct in office.

The four are accused of pressuring police officers to meet ticket quotas to raise money for the town. Ticket quotas are illegal in South Carolina.

Warrants reveal texts from the mayor to officers to see how many tickets they had written.