By Delayna Earley
The Island News
Beaufort County Magistrate Thomas Holloway was arrested for driving under the influence on Wednesday, Oct. 29.
Holloway was arrested on one count of DUI, less than .10, first offense by a S.C. Highway Patrol trooper according to public records.
According to Highway Patrol Cpl. Nick Pye, Holloway was driving a 2023 GMC pickup truck south on Sea Island Parkway on St. Helena Island when he collided with a 2014 Hyundai that failed to yield right-of-way while trying to turn left onto the major thoroughfare from Seaside Road at around 8 p.m.
The driver of the Hyundai, an 83-year-old woman, was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.
Holloway apparently did not contribute to the collision, but he refused a breathalyzer at the scene, according to Pye.
According to jail records, he was booked into the Beaufort County Detention Center at 3:06 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30, and bonded out at 8:54 a.m. on a $1,017 personal recognizance bond.
Most recently, Holloway presided over the bond hearing of William “Billy” Squires, the former Beaufort County Sheriff’s deputy who has been charged for pointing a gun at a group of Hilton Head teenagers who were walking through his neighborhood while he was off-duty and drinking alcohol.
Delayna Earley, who joined The Island News in 2022, formerly worked as a photojournalist for The Island Packet/The Beaufort Gazette, as well as newspapers in Indiana and Virginia. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com.
