Man tried to rent inmates to homicide witness, detective in youngster intercourse crime investigation, DA says
Up to date: 11:10 AM EDT Might 29, 2024
646. IT’S TIME FOR NEWS TO GO. WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES, TRAFFIC AND WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. FIRST WE START IN GREENVILLE COUNTY, WHERE DEPUTIES SAY TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO A MURDER INVESTIGATION THAT HAPPENED TUESDAY INSIDE A GATED COMMUNITY. AND TRAVELERS REST R JAMYA JAMYA IS JOINING US LIVE NOW FROM THE DETENTION CENTER WITH THE LATEST JAMYA. AARON DESTINY. ONE OF THE SUSPECTS IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN BOND COURT THIS MORNING AT 930, WHILE THE OTHER WAS DENIED BOND LAST NIGHT. MICHAEL CLARKSON IS SCHEDULED TO GO BEFORE A JUDGE THIS MORNING. HE’S BEING CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF COLLEEN DYER. HER BODY WAS FOUND JUST BEFORE 8 A.M. YESTERDAY AT A HOME ON VALOR WAY IN TRAVELERS REST. THE CORONER HAS NOT YET RELEASED THE CAUSE OF DEATH, BUT DEPUTIES SAY CLARKSON AND ZIRCONIA HAD A RELATIONSHIP. MEANWHILE, SHERIFF CROWN WAS DENIED BOND LAST NIGHT FOR HER ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN THE MURDER. SHE’S BEEN CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT FOR MURDER. NOW THIS MURDER INVESTIGATION SPANNED TWO COUNTIES. DEPUTIES SAY THE INVESTIGATION LED TO A SEARCH WARRANT BEING DONE AT A BUSINESS OWNED BY CLARKSON IN ANDERSON COUNTY. SKY4 SHOWS THE BUSINESS ON NEW EASLEY BRIDGE ROAD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. FORENSICS WAS SEEN GOING IN AND OUT OF THE TRAILER BELONGING TO SOUTH CAROLINA FINANCE ADJUSTERS. OFFICIALS SAY MORE CHARGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE FILED AGAINST CLARKSON. IN THIS CASE, BOTH CLARKSON AND CROWN REMAIN BEHIND BARS THIS MORNING AT THE GREENVILLE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. AND OUR NEXT HALF HOUR. FIND OUT WHY THE JUDGE DENIED CROWN’S BOND. LIVE IN GREENVILLE, JAMYA. JAMYA WYFF NEWS FOUR JAMYA. THANK YOU. THIS MORNING WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A FATAL MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN ANDERSON COUNTY. TROOPERS SAY THAT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 9 P.M. LAST NIGHT NEAR BELTON, NEAR MURPHY ROAD AND KNM COURT TROOPERS SAY THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON MURPHY ROAD WHEN THEY WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE. WE’RE TOLD THEY HIT A CULVERT AND THEN A TREE. THE CORONER’S OFFICE SAYS THE MOTORCYCLIST DIED AT THE SCENE AND THE CORONER HAS NOT RELEASED THEIR NAME. MEANWHILE, GREENVILLE COUNTY’S CAPITAL SALES TAX COMMISSION HAS APPROVED ITS BALLOT QUESTION AND FINAL PROJECT LIST FOR A PROPOSED PENNY SALES TAX. LAST MINUTE CHANGES INCLUDED REMOVING PROJECTS THAT DID NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC LOCATION FROM THE FINAL LIST, AND ADDING A FIFTH TIER OF ROAD PROJECTS AND ADDING A PROPOSED OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT COULD KEEP TRACK OF HOW THAT MONEY IS BEING SPENT. IF YOU’VE GOT $1 BILLION, THESE FUNDS CANNOT BE CO-MINGLED WITH THE COUNTY BUDGET. THEY ARE ONLY FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES, AND WE WANT TO ENSURE TO THE CITIZENS THAT TRANSPARENCY THAT THESE FUNDS WILL ONLY GO TOWARDS THE PROJECT THAT IS ON THE LIST. OFFICIALS SAY MORE THAN 1400 SEPARATE PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL LIST, WHICH TOTALS TO MORE THAN $1 BILLION. THE RESOLUTION AND BALLOT QUESTION NOW ARE IN THE HANDS OF COUNTY COUNCIL, AND THEY HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 15TH FOR THE PROPOSED TAX TO BE INCLUDED ON NOVEMBER’S GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT. WELL, JURY DELIBERATIONS ARE SCHEDULED TO BEGIN TODAY IN FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY TRIAL. HIS DEFENSE TEAM BEGAN CLOSING ARGUMENTS YESTERDAY, ATTACKING THE CREDIBILITY OF KEY WITNESSES. MICHAEL COHEN, THE PROSECUTORS THEN HAVE THEIR TURN SAYING COHEN DID TRUMP’S BIDDING FOR YEARS. PROSECUTORS DID NOT USE THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S NAME, CALLING HIM THE DEFENDANT IN FRONT OF THE JURORS IN COMMITMENT. 2024 FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS LEADING PRESIDENT BIDEN ACROSS MULTIPLE SWING STATES. RECENT POLLS BY EMERSON COLLEGE SHOW PRESIDENT BIDEN BEHIND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN ARIZONA, GEORGIA, MICHIGAN, NEVADA, NORTH CAROLINA, PENNSYLVANIA AND WISCONSIN. THE DIFFERENCE IN POLLING IN EACH STATE IS WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR. BUT IT DOES COME AS SEVERAL POLLS FROM VARIOUS OUTLETS SHOW PRESIDENT BIDEN TRAILING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. AN UPSTATE POLITICAL SCIENCE EXPERT SAYS CURRENT POLLING IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT WILL BECOME MORE RELEVANT AFTER BIG MOMENTS LIKE THE DEBATES AND THE PARTY’S CONVENTIONS. IF I WERE, YOU KNOW, A BIDEN SUPPORTER, I WOULDN’T GET OVERLY DISCOURAGED BY THE POLLS. I WOULD BE A LITTLE CONCERNED AND IF I WERE A TRUMP SUPPORTER, I CERTAINLY WOULDN’T BE, YOU KNOW, MEASURING FOR CURTAINS IN THE WHITE HOUSE BECAUSE IT’S NOT A DONE DEAL YET. IN A CNN POLL CONDUCTED IN APRIL, 55% OF AMERICANS SAID THEY CONSIDERED FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TIME IN OFFICE AS A SUCCESS. THAT’S COMPARED TO 41% WHO FELT THE SAME WAY WHEN HE LEFT OFFICE IN JANUARY OF 2021. MEANWHILE, ACCORDING TO EMERSON RESEARCH, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS A 38% JOB APPROVAL, WHILE 52% DISAPPROVE OF HIS JOB AS PRESIDENT. WELL, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. HAPPY WEDNESDAY 650 TAKE A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE HENDERSONVILLE. YOU ARE LOOKING GREAT. I’M TELLING YOU, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. LOTS OF SUNSHINE AWAITS US AND IT FEELS PRETTY GOOD TOO. 56 DEGREES IN HENDERSONVILLE, 54 IN PICKENS. WE’VE GOT 59 IN SPARTANBURG AND GOOD MORNING, ANDERSON. 59 DEGREES FOR YOU. EVERYONE IS COOLER RIGHT NOW THAN WE WERE YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME. TEN DEGREES COOLER IN ABBEVILLE, 12 DEGREES COOLER IN ELBERTON. SO NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO BE A COUPLE DEGREES COOLER THIS AFTERNOON, BUT THOSE LOWER LEVELS OF HUMIDITY, THEY AREN’T GOING ANYWHERE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SO IF YOU’D LIKE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, LUNCH OUTDOORS, DINNER OUTDOORS, MAYBE TAKE A WALK AFTER WORK, IT’S GOING TO BE THAT KIND OF A DAY. YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO ENJOY THIS AS LONG AS YOU CAN, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT’S NOT GOING TO LAST TOO LONG, BUT IT IS IN PLACE FOR TODAY, TOMORROW, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AT LEAST. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOW 80S FOR GREENVILLE IN THE UPSTATE MID 70S. A LITTLE BREEZY AT TIMES IN ASHEVILLE AND THE MOUNTAINS, BUT I’LL TELL YOU IT’S GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IN YOUR WEEKEND. TWO WITH YOUR FOUR DAY PLUS. I’LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU COMING UP IN 6 OR 7 MINUTES FROM RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW. LET’S GET YOU OUTSIDE, GET A CHECK ON THOSE ROADS, SEE HOW IT’S LOOKING. HEY, PARELLA, WE ARE TAKING A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW. THIS IS I-85 NEAR PELHAM ROAD IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. A LOT OF CARS ON THE ROADS MOVING JUST A LITTLE BIT SLOWER THAN NORMAL, BUT NO ACCIDENTS OR ANYTHING TO REPORT IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN. HERE ARE THE TRAVEL TIMES. YOU CAN SEE THAT AIRPORT TO WOODRUFF ROAD IS MOVING A LITTLE BIT SLOWER. THIS IS THE SOUTHBOUND LANES ABOUT TEN MINUTES FOR YOUR COMMUTE AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS GREEN AND GOOD TO GO. MAY IS NATIONAL WATER SAFETY MONTH IS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE PREPARE FOR A SUMMER THAT WILL INCLUDE LOTS OF SWIMMING, AND ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, DROWNING IS THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF UNINTENTIONAL INJURY OR DEATH AROUND THE WORLD. THE W.H.O. REPORTS THERE ARE AROUND 236,000 DROWNINGS A YEAR. THE NATIONAL DROWNING PREVENTION ALLIANCE IS WEARING A LIFE JACKET CAN GIVE YOU THE VITAL SECONDS YOU NEED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. THE LIFE JACKETS ARE GREAT BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE THAT BUOYANCY THAT IF YOU ARE NOT A STRONG SWIMMER, IF YOU’RE CAUGHT IN A CURRENT OR SOME UNFAMILIAR BODY OF WATER AND ARE GETTING TIRED, IT PROVIDES YOU THAT BUOYANCY UNTIL SOMEONE CAN FIND YOU, OR UNTIL YOU CAN GET TO A SIDE OR GET OUT OF THAT SITUATION. SOME OTHER LAYERS OF PROTECTION THAT CAN HELP ARE BARRIERS OR ALARMS, PROPER SUPERVISION,
Man tried to rent inmates to homicide witness, detective in youngster intercourse crime investigation, DA says
Up to date: 11:10 AM EDT Might 29, 2024
A person from Buncombe County, North Carolina, tried to rent different inmates to homicide a witness and a detective after he was caught within the closet of a minor he was having a sexual relationship with, in keeping with the Buncombe County District Legal professional. (Video above: Morning headlines from WYFF Information 4) Austin Dakota Haynie, 23, pleaded responsible Tuesday to 2 counts of felony solicit to commit first-degree homicide and one depend of felony indecent liberties with a minor. Consequently, Haynie was sentenced to serve three lively consecutive sentences for a complete jail time period of 162-229 months to be served within the custody of the North Carolina Division of Grownup Corrections. In response to the district legal professional, on Feb. 7, 2023, a member of the family of the 14-year-old minor sufferer discovered Haynie, who had no relation to the sufferer’s household, hiding within the minor sufferer’s closet. The minor sufferer’s household instantly contacted regulation enforcement. In North Carolina, individuals beneath the age of 16 can’t legally consent to sexual exercise and an grownup who engages in intercourse with somebody beneath the age of consent will be charged with a intercourse crime.Interviews performed by the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Workplace and the minor sufferer led to the disclosure of an ongoing sexual relationship between Haynie and the minor sufferer. Investigators mentioned they discovered textual content messages corroborating the connection, and Haynie later confessed to the sexual relationship.Whereas held inside the Buncombe County Detention Facility, the district legal professional mentioned Haynie tried to rent inmates to homicide the member of the family who first witnessed him hiding within the minor sufferer’s closet and to additionally homicide the lead detective assigned to analyze the intercourse crime. Haynie gave the inmates particular particulars about each the member of the family and the investigating officer to help in facilitating the requested murders. Haynie supplied a reward to be paid upon the completion, in keeping with the district legal professional. Haynie’s plot was found when one other inmate revealed particulars of Haynie’s plans to regulation enforcement. The choose additionally ordered Haynie to register as a intercourse offender for a interval of 30 years and to haven’t any contact with the minor sufferer for the rest of Haynie’s pure life.
A person from Buncombe County, North Carolina, tried to rent different inmates to homicide a witness and a detective after he was caught within the closet of a minor he was having a sexual relationship with, in keeping with the Buncombe County District Legal professional.
(Video above: Morning headlines from WYFF Information 4)
Austin Dakota Haynie, 23, pleaded responsible Tuesday to 2 counts of felony solicit to commit first-degree homicide and one depend of felony indecent liberties with a minor.
Consequently, Haynie was sentenced to serve three lively consecutive sentences for a complete jail time period of 162-229 months to be served within the custody of the North Carolina Division of Grownup Corrections.
In response to the district legal professional, on Feb. 7, 2023, a member of the family of the 14-year-old minor sufferer discovered Haynie, who had no relation to the sufferer’s household, hiding within the minor sufferer’s closet.
The minor sufferer’s household instantly contacted regulation enforcement.
In North Carolina, individuals beneath the age of 16 can’t legally consent to sexual exercise and an grownup who engages in intercourse with somebody beneath the age of consent will be charged with a intercourse crime.
Interviews performed by the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Workplace and the minor sufferer led to the disclosure of an ongoing sexual relationship between Haynie and the minor sufferer. Investigators mentioned they discovered textual content messages corroborating the connection, and Haynie later confessed to the sexual relationship.
Whereas held inside the Buncombe County Detention Facility, the district legal professional mentioned Haynie tried to rent inmates to homicide the member of the family who first witnessed him hiding within the minor sufferer’s closet and to additionally homicide the lead detective assigned to analyze the intercourse crime.
Haynie gave the inmates particular particulars about each the member of the family and the investigating officer to help in facilitating the requested murders. Haynie supplied a reward to be paid upon the completion, in keeping with the district legal professional.
Haynie’s plot was found when one other inmate revealed particulars of Haynie’s plans to regulation enforcement.
The choose additionally ordered Haynie to register as a intercourse offender for a interval of 30 years and to haven’t any contact with the minor sufferer for the rest of Haynie’s pure life.
