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Drill instructor charged in death of Marine recruit From staff reports A Parris Island drill instructor has been charged with negligent homicide in the death of Pfc. Dalton Beals, 19, who died of hyperthermia June 4, 2021 while taking part in The Crucible, the physically taxing 54-hour exercise recruits must complete before becoming U.S. Marines. According to Parris Island spokesperson Maj. Philip Kulczewski, on Nov. 10, Brig. Gen. Walker Field, the Commanding General of MCRD Parris Island, referred the following charges against Staff Sergeant Steven Smiley to a General Court-Martial: • Article 92 (Dereliction of Duty resulting in Death) • Article 92 (Dereliction in the Performance of Duties) • Article 92 (Two specifications: Violation of a Lawful General Order) • Article 93 (Cruelty, Oppression, or Maltreatment of Subordinates) • Article 131b (Obstruction of Justice) • Article 134 – Additional Charge (Negligent Homicide) Beals died on a day hot enough that Marine Corps protocols should have stopped training. When a head count during an ex-
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Boy, 2, found dead in pool By Mike McCombs A 2-year-old boy was found dead in the swimming pool Saturday afternoon at a Beaufort hotel. Just before 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 12, an employee of the Country Inn & Suites at 2450 Boundary Street called police to report a potential case of child neglect in regards to a 5-year-old girl wandering the premises unaccompanied. When City of Beaufort Police officers arrived, according to Lt. Charles Raley, they searched the area in an effort to locate the child’s parents. In the process, they found the boy at the bottom of the pool. They pulled the boy from the water but were unable to resuscitate him. Raley said the children were siblings. Eventually, officers located the children’s mother in a hotel room with a man and a third child, an infant. “The mother was in the hotel room,” Raley said. “We’re not certain which child or children belonged to the man in the room as of right now.” Raley said S.C. Department of Social Services (DSS) was contacted, and DSS removed the 5-year-old and the infant from the immediate custody of the parent. No charges have been filed at this time, Raley said, and the case remains under investigation. An autopsy is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Wind and extreme high tides caused this “No Wake” buoy to break free of its mooring and make its way into the marsh near the Sands Beach during Tropical Storm Nicole on Thursday. Tides were extremely high as Nicole made her way north, but there were no reports of any serious effects. Bob Sofaly/The Island News
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Beaufort pool dedicated to swim instructor
By Delayna Earley Swimmers who visit the pool at the Charles Lind Brown Center off of Greene Street in Beaufort will forever remember the name Alvin Settles after a ceremony on Monday, Nov. 14, renaming the pool in his honor. The ceremony, hosted by Beaufort County, was held poolside as mem- Alvin bers of the Settles Settles family and current and former elected officials shared stores about how the former swim instructor changed their lives with his dedication to teaching children how to swim. “I have warm memories of how patient he was and compassionate he was in teaching the skills that you need to really survive around here as a young kid with the water that surrounds us,” Beaufort Mayor Steven
VIDEO For a brief video from the ceremony renaming the pool for Alvin Settles, follow this digital link or visit https://bit.ly/3GhTsIU.
Murray said about his two summers of swimming lessons with Settles. Settles, who died in April 2021, spent more than 30 years teaching swim lessons at the pool. He was recognized in June 2015 when the Beaufort City Council proclaimed June 23 as Alvin Settles Day to honor his years of service to the community. He started teaching lessons when the pool was built in 1981 and spent the summer months, when he wasn’t working as a speech pathologist at the Department of Defense schools in Laurel Bay, teaching members of the
Beaufort community how to swim. “Many of Mr. Settles’ students who never would have had exposure to swimming or the opportunity to learn how to swim have excelled, some of them even becoming lifeguards,” stated the 2015 resolution sponsored by Kenneth Hodges in the SC House of Representatives. In May 2022, Beaufort County Council passed a resolution affirming that the pool, formerly known in the community as the Greene Street Pool, located at the Charles Lind Brown Center shall be named in honor of Settles. Delayna Earley lives in Beaufort with her husband, two children and Jack Russell. She spent six years as a videographer and photographer for The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette before leaving the Lowcountry in 2018. After freelancing in Myrtle Beach and Virginia, she joined The Island News when she moved back to Beaufort in 2022. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com.
Gloria Settles, widow of the late Alvin Settles, speaks during the dedication ceremony of the newly renamed Alvin Settles Pool on Monday, Nov. 14 at the Charles Lind Brown Center in Beaufort. Delayna Earley/The Island News
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