Ex-GOP Official Accused Of Threatening Wife Arrested For Domestic Violence

The former South Carolina Republican Party official accused last month of refusing to let his wife out of his car was arrested on suspicion of criminal domestic violence on Monday, according to WIS-TV.

Todd Kincannon, an attorney who served as the executive director of the South Carolina Republican Party in 2010, allegedly got into an argument with his wife after a work function on March 26, after which he allegedly would not allow his wife to leave his car, according to a police report.

Ashely Suzanne Griffith, Kincannon’s wife, told police that when her husband grabbed her to keep her from leaving the car, she hit him in the arm multiple times. Griffith told police that Kincannon also threatened to kill himself if she left the car. Kincannon denied that he grabbed his wife or that he threatened to kill himself, according to police.

Kincannon was not charged at the time, and later told the Charleston City Paper that he had taken the wrong dosage of Benzonatate, a cough medicine.

“Basically, I went completely crazy after taking it,” he said. “I don’t even remember all of it. My wife called 911 because she was worried about me and my behavior was way out of character and erratic, and she was afraid for her safety and mine.”

According to WIS-TV, the arrest warrant for Kincannon shows that he was arrested for the March 26 altercation with his wife in his car.

Kincannon has a history of making controversial comments on social media. In 2011, he called Senate Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) a “crabby cunt.” He also suggested on Twitter last year that anyone who tests positive for Ebola be executed.