SC man gets 8 years in prison for assault on SC trooper

A 38-year old Saluda man pled guilty to assaulting a state trooper who pulled him over on I-20 for suspected DUI in 2015. Chance Noah Etheredge was sentenced to 8 years in prison and 5 years probation on Tuesday, 11th Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard said in a news release.

The February 14, 2015, traffic stop ended when state trooper, Lance Cpl. Jason Snider, shot Etheredge after Etheredge pulled a handgun on him, saying “not tonight.” Etheredge, at that point, had failed several field sobriety tests, started resisting arrest, and tried to flee the scene, Hubbard said.

A 2015 SLED investigation determined that the officer-involved shooting was lawful and justified.

This story was originally published August 22, 2017 at 10:21 PM with the headline "SC man gets 8 years in prison for assault on SC trooper."