HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. — A Habersham County deputy has been fired after the sheriff’s office arrested him on a DUI charge Sunday morning.
The Habersham County Sheriff’s Office said Scott Lilly was arrested around 1:30 a.m.
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Lilly is accused of driving home from a party the next county over in Banks County. The sheriff’s office said he was pulled over on New Liberty Road by another deputy who thought he was driving impaired.
The sheriff’s office said the car Lilly was driving was his personal car and not a county vehicle.
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Lilly faces one count of DUI, one count of reckless driving and one count of failure to maintain a lane.
He bonded out of the Habersham County Jail Sunday afternoon.
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