Bonneau chief is detained over cash

Officers detained the Bonneau police chief Wednesday at Berkeley County Family Court until he paid money that he owed.

Franco F. Fuda, chief of the small Berkeley County town's three-person police department, was never actually arrested or taken to jail, said Dan Moon, public information officer for the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office.

Moon said he knew few details about the case, but he said either Berkeley County sheriff's deputies or Bonneau police officers detained Fuda and held him at Family Court until about 3:30 p.m.

"He was never technically in our jail at all; he came up with the money he needed," Moon said.

The Berkeley County Detention Center has no record of Fuda being held there, and Berkeley County Family Court was unable to deny or confirm over the phone Fuda's having been in court.

Moon said he did not know what specific type or amounts of payments were due.