Singleton and Related Genealogy Pages
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| Name | Aimee ALSBROOK [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] | |
| Gender | Female | |
| HIST | of Manning, South Carolina Mother drops lawsuit against Clarendon Sheriff's Department The mother of a 17-year-old girl injured last year by a 47-year-old alleged drunken driver has dropped a lawsuit she brought shortly after the wreck against the Clarendon County Sheriff's Department, the sheriff and one of its deputies. BY ROBERT J. BAKER bbaker@theitem.com The mother of a 17-year-old girl injured last year by a 47-year-old alleged drunken driver has dropped a lawsuit she brought shortly after the wreck against the Clarendon County Sheriff's Department, the sheriff and one of its deputies. Aimee McWhite of Manning filed suit against the department, Sheriff Randy Garrett and Capt. Merke Baker on behalf of her daughter, Brittani Steen. The girl was driving a 1999 Toyota 4-Runner down S.C. 260 toward Lake Marion about 8:18 p.m. Jan. 26, 2012, when 47-year-old Clarence Vaughn drove his 2006 Ford pickup truck head-on into her vehicle after crossing the center line of the two-lane highway, according to reports. Baker had stopped Vaughn about 9:10 a.m. that morning near the intersection of Boundary and Boyce streets after Vaughn nearly hit his patrol car. Video given to The Item shows Baker speaking briefly with a nervous Vaughn during the stop. The man says little to Baker during the 15-minute video, only repeating several times that he doesn't have the paperwork for the 2006 Ford pickup truck he was driving, the same truck in which Vaughn would hit Steen later. Whether Vaughn was intoxicated during the morning stop, and if the man admitted such to Baker, was at the core of McWhite's lawsuit. In her initial complaint, McWhite said Steen would not have had the head-on collision that left her with two broken legs and severe internal injuries had Vaughn been arrested 11 hours earlier. Sheriff's officials contend the video of the morning stop showed the suspect was not intoxicated at the time, nor admitted to being so. In paperwork filed in federal court Friday, McWhite's attorney, J. Edward Bell III, noted the plaintiff is dismissing the case with prejudice, a legal term meaning she may not bring the issue against the defendants again. The paperwork gives no reason for the dismissal. McWhite could not be reached for comment. "I knew from the beginning (that) the Clarendon Sheriff's Office, myself and the other officers in the agency had nothing to do with this," Garrett told The Item on Friday. "And we have been cleared in this incident. This brings me some relief, but it won't bring any relief to the victim." A severely injured Steen said last year that she had to completely modify her life, and her outlook, because of the wreck. A dancer since she could walk, she said she most wanted to get back to the dance floor. She also wanted to see the man who caused her wreck be kept off the road. "It makes me angry," she said in an Item file story. "But I don't want him in jail because I'm angry at him. I want him in jail because I don't want him to hurt anyone else." Vaughn had been charged in December 2011 with DUI and possession of crack cocaine, just a month before he collided with Steen. He was given 90 days in jail for those charges in August 2012. His charges in the Steen incident - felony driving under the influence, driving under suspension, open container and operating an uninsured vehicle - remain pending in Clarendon County general sessions court. "The true victim in this case is the young lady, the Steen girl who was injured in this accident and nearly killed," Garrett said Friday. "She has been the victim the whole time." Reach Robert J. Baker at (803) 774-1211. Posted in Local news, News on Saturday, May 18, 2013 [1, 5] | |
| HIST | of Manning, South Carolina Mother drops lawsuit against Clarendon Sheriff's Department The mother of a 17-year-old girl injured last year by a 47-year-old alleged drunken driver has dropped a lawsuit she brought shortly after the wreck against the Clarendon County Sheriff's Department, the sheriff and one of its deputies. BY ROBERT J. BAKER bbaker@theitem.com The mother of a 17-year-old girl injured last year by a 47-year-old alleged drunken driver has dropped a lawsuit she brought shortly after the wreck against the Clarendon County Sheriff's Department, the sheriff and one of its deputies. Aimee McWhite of Manning filed suit against the department, Sheriff Randy Garrett and Capt. Merke Baker on behalf of her daughter, Brittani Steen. The girl was driving a 1999 Toyota 4-Runner down S.C. 260 toward Lake Marion about 8:18 p.m. Jan. 26, 2012, when 47-year-old Clarence Vaughn drove his 2006 Ford pickup truck head-on into her vehicle after crossing the center line of the two-lane highway, according to reports. Baker had stopped Vaughn about 9:10 a.m. that morning near the intersection of Boundary and Boyce streets after Vaughn nearly hit his patrol car. Video given to The Item shows Baker speaking briefly with a nervous Vaughn during the stop. The man says little to Baker during the 15-minute video, only repeating several times that he doesn't have the paperwork for the 2006 Ford pickup truck he was driving, the same truck in which Vaughn would hit Steen later. Whether Vaughn was intoxicated during the morning stop, and if the man admitted such to Baker, was at the core of McWhite's lawsuit. In her initial complaint, McWhite said Steen would not have had the head-on collision that left her with two broken legs and severe internal injuries had Vaughn been arrested 11 hours earlier. Sheriff's officials contend the video of the morning stop showed the suspect was not intoxicated at the time, nor admitted to being so. In paperwork filed in federal court Friday, McWhite's attorney, J. Edward Bell III, noted the plaintiff is dismissing the case with prejudice, a legal term meaning she may not bring the issue against the defendants again. The paperwork gives no reason for the dismissal. McWhite could not be reached for comment. "I knew from the beginning (that) the Clarendon Sheriff's Office, myself and the other officers in the agency had nothing to do with this," Garrett told The Item on Friday. "And we have been cleared in this incident. This brings me some relief, but it won't bring any relief to the victim." A severely injured Steen said last year that she had to completely modify her life, and her outlook, because of the wreck. A dancer since she could walk, she said she most wanted to get back to the dance floor. She also wanted to see the man who caused her wreck be kept off the road. "It makes me angry," she said in an Item file story. "But I don't want him in jail because I'm angry at him. I want him in jail because I don't want him to hurt anyone else." Vaughn had been charged in December 2011 with DUI and possession of crack cocaine, just a month before he collided with Steen. He was given 90 days in jail for those charges in August 2012. His charges in the Steen incident - felony driving under the influence, driving under suspension, open container and operating an uninsured vehicle - remain pending in Clarendon County general sessions court. "The true victim in this case is the young lady, the Steen girl who was injured in this accident and nearly killed," Garrett said Friday. "She has been the victim the whole time." Reach Robert J. Baker at (803) 774-1211. Posted in Local news, News on Saturday, May 18, 2013 | |
| _UID | 25755A69AE10438C963D951250AB50E594C7 | |
| _UID | 25755A69AE10438C963D951250AB50E594C7 | |
| Person ID | I252541 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 26 May 2013 | |
| Father | Raymond Alton ALSBROOK, b. 27 May 1946, Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina  d. 14 Feb 2010, Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina (Age 63 years) | |
| Mother | Barbara Ann MITCHUM, b. 1 Sep 1947, Manning, South Carolina d. 29 Oct 2012, Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina (Age 65 years) | |
| Marriage | 24 Aug 1969 | Pinewood, Clarendon County, South Carolina [6] |
| _UID | 99037DC8B45849C88C30D30839477D9F31F1 | |
| _UID | 99037DC8B45849C88C30D30839477D9F31F1 | |
| Family ID | F94906 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 | David “Buck” STEEN | |||
| _UID | 8688218BE17442269A7AB0A5385AAD294897 | |||
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| Family ID | F170399 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |||
| Family 2 | Cory McWHITE | |||
| _UID | 528D69AC67CC454B9E9E93A504B8728FE862 | |||
| _UID | 528D69AC67CC454B9E9E93A504B8728FE862 | |||
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| Family ID | F187941 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||
| Last Modified | 4 Nov 2012 | |||
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