Fair Bluff officer suspended
without pay in peeping case
FAIR BLUFF - A Fair Bluff
police officer has been suspended without pay as he awaits arrest on a charge
of secret peeping, consulting Town Manager Al Leonard said Friday.
Brian Beauchaine is charged
with 10 counts of the felony in a warrant obtained by the Lake Waccamaw Police
Chief Scott Hyatt said Friday. Hyatt said to explain why the warrant has not
been served would violate the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act, a federal law that restricts access to health information.
Beauchaine was reported missing
during the evening of June 4, soon after a camera was found in the victim's
Lake Waccamaw home, Hyatt said. Police believed then that Beauchaine could be a
danger to himself, Hyatt said.
Police located Beauchaine later
in Leland.
Hyatt said the victim was not
aware of the hidden camera and was photographed between April 1 and June4.
Details about the victim will
not be released for now, Hyatt said.
Leonard said Hyatt's employment
status will be reviewed by the
