{"id":1021,"date":"2026-06-06T09:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2026-06-06T09:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:35:49","slug":"man-who-allegedly-menaced-sc-rep-seth-rose-led-double-life-stalker-state-worker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1021","title":{"rendered":"Man who allegedly menaced SC Rep. Seth Rose led double life: stalker, state worker"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Dewayne Simmons had a solid job as a manager with the S.C. Department of Health making $79,791 a year.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1020\">Haven\u2019t picked a hopeful in SC Democratic race for gov? Where they stand on issues<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Simmons, 57, of Blythewood, was sitting in a metal cage in the Alvin S. Glenn county jail bond court charged by the S.C. Law Enforcement Division with threatening the life of a public official \u2014 popular Columbia attorney and Democratic state Rep. Seth Rose.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>If allegations in a SLED arrest warrant are true, Simmons led a double life.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>By day, Simmons worked his job and pulled down nearly $80,000 a year in a state where the average income is about $39,000, according to the U.S. Census.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Outside work, however, he was stalking Rose and his family, learning their routines and writing threatening letters to Rose at his office address, letters that \u201ccontained intimate details about the victim\u2019s everyday life, places of employment, and children\u2019s school,\u201d according to a warrant.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>SLED agents arrested Simmons at his home Thursday evening, searched his house and seized all the weapons he had at the home, an agent said at his bond hearing.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Friday\u2019s hearing<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Friday afternoon, Simmons declined having a court-appointed lawyer, then listened as Richland County Magistrate Latonya Derrick read the charges contained in a narrative of the details of his alleged crime: threatening the life of a public official by using the U.S. mail. He faces a maximum prison term of five years.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>At the hearing, Derrick identified the \u201cvictim\u201d in SLED\u2019s warrant as Rose.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Specifically, one of Simmons\u2019 letters \u201ccontained language that referred to potential vantage points near the victim\u2019s employment and the use of a \u2018silencer\u2019,\u201d Derrick read. Another told Rose his \u201cloved ones were reachable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Simmons stood listening and expressionless to the proceedings. He was confined to a metal cage in a small windowless court room where the walls are cinder blocks painted white.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>According to his jail information, Simmons weighs 230 pounds and stands 6-2. In person, he looks very fit, even athletic. He wore light-colored shorts and a black T-shirt with the words Colorado Buffaloes, the name of the sports teams at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He is bald, wears spectacles and has a short salt-and-pepper beard.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He stood silently as U.S. Postal Inspector Mike Rogers told the magistrate that Simmons and his wife had been cooperative when interviewed Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a very good chance this case can be adopted by federal prosecutors,\u201d said Rogers, who was accompanied by SLED Capt. Haley Nelson. Nelson is captain in a SLED unit that provides psychological profiling and threat assessments.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Rogers also told the judge that investigators are looking into a 2024 case that Simmons may be involved in. There is a possibility of more state charges being brought against him, Rogers said. He gave no details.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1019\">Haven\u2019t picked a hopeful in SC Democratic race for gov? Where they stand on issues<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>If Simmons is to be released, Rogers and Nelson recommended the magistrate set conditions of no weapons, surrendering his passport, wearing an ankle monitor and staying well away from Rose and his family.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is still an ongoing investigation,\u201d Nelson stressed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Simmons blames \u2018misplaced rage\u2019<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Then it was Simmons\u2019 turn to speak.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really apologetic to Seth Rose and his family,\u201d Simmons said. \u201cIt\u2019s just misplaced rage, your honor. I am going to do what my wife said, your honor, and seek counseling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The magistrate set a bond of $75,000.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>As the agents wanted, the magistrate set conditions of no contact with Rose and his family, no firearms or any deadly weapons, surrender his passport and wear a GPS ankle monitor.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Nelson told the magistrate, \u201cWe feel confident we seized all the firearms in the (Simmons\u2019) house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Simmons agreed to turn his passport over U.S. Postal investigators.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Motive a secret<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Investigators have not divulged a possible motive for Simmons\u2019 alleged actions. They did not even hint at a motive during Friday\u2019s hearing.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Simmons\u2019 life won\u2019t be normal for a while.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The S.C. Department of Public Health, where Simmons worked, issued this statement: \u201cDPH does not comment on personnel matters; however, at present the employee is on unpaid administrative leave pending the results of an internal investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Life will be different for Rose as well.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>On Friday afternoon, he walked outside, for the first time in months without wondering if a person was somewhere out there bent on harm.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis really crossed the line when someone was threatening my children,\u201d Rose said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Again, he thanked law enforcement \u2014 SLED, the U.S. Postal Service and the Columbia police department \u2014 for watching over him and his family in a caring and professional way while the investigation continued.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m kind of at a loss for words. I can\u2019t say enough about the job law enforcement did and the people they are,\u201d Rose said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1018\">Xavier Becerra will advance to general election in California governor\u2019s race<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dewayne Simmons, the man who allegedly threatened the life of SC Rep. Seth Rose, worked for the state health agency. 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