3 South Carolina deputies arrested after allegedly making hoax phone calls about dead bodies

Three sheriff's deputies in South Carolina have been arrested after they reported a dead body in what investigators said were hoax phone calls in four small towns.

The Chesterfield County deputies were charged Monday with misconduct in office, criminal conspiracy and aggravated breach of the peace, according to the warrants from the State Law Enforcement Division. The agency identified the deputies as Justin Tyler Reichard, 28, Darien Myles Roseau, 25, and Killian Daniel Loflin, 26.

Five phone calls reporting a dead body were made either to a convenience store or to police Feb. 4 in the small towns of Cheraw, Chesterfield, McBee and Pageland, which are all in Chesterfield County, investigators said.