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SC police add charge of involuntary manslaughter in South Windsor sergeant’s death

HARTFORD — Police in South Carolina have charged a man with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of an off duty South Windsor Police offi...
South Windsor Sgt. Matt Mainieri

HARTFORD — Police in South Carolina have charged a man with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of an off duty South Windsor Police officer.

After an extensive investigation, Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office deputies have charged Kelton Jess Todd, 21, of Aynor, S.C., with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Matthew Mainieri, 41.

Mainieri died at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center Sunday, of head injuries sustained at Uncle Tito’s, 4124 U.S. Business 17, Murrells Inlet, S.C., when he tried to stop a fight.

Todd was charged with assault of a high and aggravated nature for allegedly striking Mainieri with his fist. He was released from the Georgetown County Detention Center on $35,000 bond after a hearing Sept. 3. The assault charge will remain in place, according to the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office, with involuntary manslaughter as an additional charge. Todd is being held at the Georgetown County Detention Center awaiting a bond hearing on the involuntary manslaughter charge.

The Georgetown County Coroner’s Office in Georgetown, South Carolina, has release the cause and manner of death f South Windsor Police Department Sergeant Matthew Mainieri earlier Thursday.

They said the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head and that the manner of death is classified as a homicide.

A memorial service for Mainieri  is planned for the First Cathedral in Bloomfield on Friday morning.

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