Fugitive from justice arrested in SC after stealing 74 bottles of perfume, police say (2024)

IT’S TIME FOR NEWS TO GO. WE’VE GOT A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES, TRAFFIC AND WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WELL, WE START WITH HUNTER BIDEN’S FEDERAL CRIMINAL TRIAL, WHERE WITNESS TESTIMONY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE PRESIDENT’S SON IS FACING THREE FELONY GUN CHARGES. HE HAS PLED NOT GUILTY. HE’S ACCUSED OF ILLEGALLY PURCHASING AND POSSESSING A GUN WHILE USING DRUGS, A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW. FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN WAS IN THE COURTROOM AGAIN TUESDAY TO SUPPORT FOR HER SON. IF CONVICTED. THE PRESIDENT’S SOLE SURVIVING SON COULD FACE PRISON TIME. AN UPSTATE TEEN REMAINS HOSPITALIZED THIS MORNING AFTER HE WAS STRUCK BY A TRUCK WHILE ON THE JOB IN PARLIER WORKS AT THE INGLES ON HIGHWAY 178, IN PICKENS. POLICE SAY HE WAS HIT MONDAY AFTERNOON WHILE TRYING TO GRAB A SHOPPING CART IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD NEAR WENDY’S. HIS MOTHER POSTED ON FACEBOOK. AIDEN IS NOW BREATHING ON HIS OWN, BUT HE DOES HAVE A LIGAMENT STRAIN IN HIS NECK THAT WILL CAUSE HIM TO WEAR A NECK BRACE FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 MONTHS. PICKENS POLICE CHIEF SAYS WHAT HAPPENED IS UNFORTUNATE, BUT NO ONE IS AT FAULT. HE SAID NO CHARGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE FILED AT THIS TIME. AT 645 RIGHT NOW, A BOIL WATER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF ANDERSON. CREWS ARE WORKING TO FIX A WATER MAIN BREAK ON VISTA TRAIL IN HOMELAND PARK. THE BOIL WATER ADVISORY IMPACTS VISTA, DEERWOOD AND WOOD CONE TRAILS, AS WELL AS CORNING STREET HOMELAND PARK WATER AND SEWER IS ASKING CUSTOMERS THERE TO BOIL THEIR WATER FOR FIVE MINUTES BEFORE USING IT. SO FAR, THERE’S NO TIMELINE FOR HOW LONG THE ADVISORY MAY LAST AT A GREENVILLE MAN WILL SPEND DECADES BEHIND BARS AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF MURDER. THE SOLICITOR’S OFFICE SAYS 26 YEAR OLD TYRESE ROBINSON WAS FOUND GUILTY ON MAY 31ST. HE WAS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH A DEADLY SHOOTING BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020. IT HAPPENED AT HIGHLAND SQUARE APARTMENTS. ROBINSON WAS SENTENCED TO 45 YEARS ON THE MURDER CHARGE AND FIVE MORE YEARS ON A FIREARMS CHARGE. 14 DEFENDANTS IN THE LAST INTERVIEW INVESTIGATION HAVE PLEADED GUILTY. THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALAN WILSON. IT’S IN CONNECTION WITH A DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION THAT WAS RUN BY INMATES IN THE UPSTATE, AS WELL AS BY WOMEN WHO FLED TO MEXICO. THEY SAY SOME OF THE WOMEN WERE RENTING AIRBNBS THROUGHOUT GREENVILLE, FROM WHICH THEY DEALT METHAMPHETAMINE. OFFICIALS SAY BETWEEN FEBRUARY 1ST, 2021 AND SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2023, LAW ENFORCEMENT SEIZED MORE THAN 27KG OF METH AND 39 GUNS IN THE INVESTIGATION FOR A LIST OF DEFENDANTS HIT TO WYFF 4.COM, AN UPSTATE WOMAN REMAINS HOSPITALIZED THIS MORNING AFTER BEING GORED BY A BISON IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. THE 83 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM GREENVILLE WAS ATTACKED NEAR THE STORM POINT TRAIL AT YELLOWSTONE LAKE ON SATURDAY. PARK OFFICIALS SAY THE BISON LIFTED HER ABOUT A FOOT OFF THE GROUND WITH ITS HORN. THEY SAY SHE WAS FLOWN TO A HOSPITAL IN IDAHO. PARK OFFICIALS SAID THE BISON WAS JUST DEFENDING ITS SPACE. THE ATTACK IS BEING INVESTIGATED. THE YELLOWSTONE REQUIRES PEOPLE TO KEEP AT LEAST 25 YARDS AWAY FROM ALL LARGE ANIMALS. AS BUSINESSES CONTINUE TO FLOCK TO THE UPSTATE AREA, A NEW TREND SEEMS TO BE EMERGING. IT’S MARRYING THE OLD WITH THE NEW. THE UPSTATE IS RICH WITH HISTORIC MILLS AND TEXTILE COMMUNITIES. A NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN IS PRESERVING THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY’S OLD SAW MILL, WHILE OFFERING A NEW HUB FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE JUST SAW A LOT OF POTENTIAL HERE IN FOUNTAIN INN AND WE WERE PROVEN RIGHT. I MEAN, THE CITY HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY AND, YOU KNOW, IT HAS SUCH A GREAT RICH HISTORY HERE. IF NOT FOR THE HISTORY OF THESE COMMUNITIES, WE’D BE JUST ANOTHER STOP ON THE INTERSTATE. SO IT’S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR IDENTITY HERE IN FOUNTAIN INN TO PRESERVE PROPERTIES LIKE THIS. THE REDEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION OF MILLS CAN BE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE UPSTATE, INCLUDING DRAYTON MILL AND SPARTANBURG AND NEWRY MILL NEAR SENECA. WELL, GREENVILLE COUNTY TEACHERS WILL SOON BE SEEING A $2,700 PAY RAISE ON THEIR YEARLY PAYCHECK. WELL, IT COMES AFTER THE SCHOOL BOARD PASSED A $922 MILLION BUDGET MONDAY NIGHT. OUR JAMYA JAMYA IS JOINING US LIVE FROM AJ WITTENBERG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH THE DETAILS THIS MORNING, JAMYA. DESTINY. MARK. THE DISTRICT SAYS THEY WANTED TO KEEP PAY COMPETITIVE FOR TEACHERS WITH THIS BUDGET. THE LOWEST SALARY FOR TEACHERS IN THE COUNTY IS MORE THAN $50,000. NOW, THE BUDGET DOES INCLUDE A TAX INCREASE OF ABOUT $9 PER YEAR PER $100,000 IN VALUE. IT ONLY APPLIES TO BOATS, CARS, RENTAL AND SECOND PROPERTIES, BUT NOT A PERSON’S PRIMARY HOME. ONE UPSTATE TEACHER SAYS THEY HOPE THE DISTRICT CAN CONTINUE THIS FORWARD. MOMENTUM. I AM HAPPY BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 2019, WE WERE THE FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DO $40,000 AND LAST NIGHT $50,000. I MEAN, THAT SAYS A LOT. GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THE STATE TRYING TO RAISE PAY. CHARLESTON COUNTY’S PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES A $7,500 PAY INCREASE TO ALL TEACHERS. THAT COMES WITH A TAX HIKE OF ABOUT $23 PER $100,000 IN VALUE. NOW, GREENVILLE COUNTY IS 1.5 MILLION. DOLLAR TAX HIKE GOES INTO EFFECT ON JULY 1ST. LIVE IN GREENVILLE JAMIE REED, WYFF NEWS FOUR. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, JAMIE. HEY GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. HAPPY WEDNESDAY 649 IT’S WARM OUT THERE 71 DEGREES IN CLEMSON AND IN ANDERSON. WE’VE GOT 70 DEGREES IN GREENVILLE AS WE MOVE UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS MID TO UPPER 60 RUTHERFORD FOR TEN CULLOWHEE GOOD MORNING TO YOU. AND 65 IN FRANKLIN. AS WE TAKE A LOOK LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR RADAR. WE’VE GOT A LOT OF CLOUDS OUT THERE. SOME OF US HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS OUT THERE THIS MORNING, BUT BETTER CHANCES OF SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS RIGHT AROUND AND SHORTLY AFTER LUNCHTIME TODAY, SO EXPECT SOME MORE LIGHTNING AND THUNDER AND SOME OF THOSE DOWNPOURS. GREAT FOR THE GARDENS AND LAWNS, BUT NOT GREAT IF YOU NEED TO WORK OUTSIDE. I KNOW TEMPERATURES LOOK AT THAT IN THE MOUNTAINS IN THE UPPER 70S TO RIGHT AROUND 80 DEGREES, WITH SOME OF THOSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THOSE WILL LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT, THOUGH IT WILL BECOME MORE ISOLATED AFTER 6 OR 7:00 THIS EVENING. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR FOUR DAY. PLUS. I’LL HAVE THE LATEST ON THAT AT ABOUT 7 OR 8 MINUTES FROM RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW, LET’S GET YOU OUTSIDE. GET A CHECK ON THOSE ROADS. HOW’S IT LOOKING, DUSTY? OH, PARELLA. HERE’S A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW AT I-85 NEAR PELHAM ROAD IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. SMOOTH SAILING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE INTERSTATE. BUT LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR TRAVEL TIMES TO LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN. EVERYTHING IS GREEN AND GOOD TO GO. NO ISSUES TO REPORT. PARENTS HAVE A NEW PARK TO BRING THEIR KIDS TO IN GREENWOOD COUNTY, CITY AND COUNTY LEADERS HELD A GRAND OPENING AND RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY TUESDAY FOR FOUNDRY PARK THAT FEATURES A PLAYGROUND AND A PAVILION WITH RESTROOMS AND SCENIC WALKING PATHS. LEADERS SAY FUNDING FOR THE NEW 13 ACRE PARK IS FROM THE CAPITAL PROJECT SALES TAX, HIGHLIGHTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. UM, YOU COULD RENT THIS PLACE OUT FOR FAMILY REUNIONS, FAMILY GATHERINGS, FRIENDS AND FAMILIES THAT COME HERE AND CELEBRATE MILESTONES, UH, AND WHOLESOME ACTIVITY. IT CAN REALLY BE TRANSFORMATIVE TO AN AREA. WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROSPECT FOUNDRY PARK IS LOCATED