4 Horry police officers resign after investigation into sexual relationships
Four Horry County Police Department officers resigned in light of code of conduct violations uncovered during an Internal Affairs investigation.
The four officers submitted their resignations as of Nov. 6, according to a county spokesman. According to an internal affairs report released late Friday, the violations stemmed from sexual relationships among the officers, some of whom were married.
The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy and county confirmed the four HCPD officers who resigned Thursday were Lieutenant Misty Gore, Detective Don Kobithen, Sergeant Torry Lewis and Investigator Kelsey Manemeit.
When reached by phone, Kobithen declined to comment. The Sun News was unable to immediately reach Gore, Lewis or Manemeit.
County Public Information Director Mikayla Moskov also resigned, according to Thomas Bell, who was named interim director in her absence. Moskov also had a relationship with one of the police officers, according to the internal affairs report.
The investigation began because the alleged relationship between Maneheit and Lewis was causing an “unharmonious working environment,” and the other relationships were uncovered during the investigation, the internal affairs report states.
These resignations come days after the retirement of Randy Webster, the county’s longtime public safety administrator, and are among a string of dubious departures this year for the police department.
Former HCPD Deputy Chief Brandon Strickland resigned in March after being informed he was the subject of an internal investigation for policy violations related to the investigation of the 2023 deadly shooting of North Carolina man Scott Spivey. He’s currently facing a criminal investigation for his conduct as well.
Longtime HCPD patrol officer Damon Vescovi was also terminated in April related to that investigation after body camera footage showed him on scene after the shooting writing a note to North Myrtle Beach businessman Weldon Boyd, a potential suspect in the shooting, to “Act Like a Victim.”
This story was originally published November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM.