Man breaks Asheville curfew, tries to loot store, police say

octubre 9, 2024

Man charged for breaking Asheville curfew, trying to loot store with stolen motorcycle, police say

AND 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. WE START WITH BREAKING NEWS IN ANDERSON COUNTY. ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER THE VEHICLE OVERTURNED MULTIPLE TIMES. THAT’S ACCORDING TO HIGHWAY PATROL. TROOPERS SAY THE CRASH WAS LAST NIGHT AT ABOUT 1140 AT NEW PROSPECT CHURCH ROAD IN SINGLETON ROAD IN ANDERSON. WE’RE TOLD THEIR VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD TO THE RIGHT AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT BEFORE OVERTURNING. WE’RE TOLD THE VICTIM DIED ON SCENE IN NORTH CAROLINA, THE GUILFORD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS A MAN IS UNDER ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF A FORMER CLEMSON FOOTBALL PLAYER. DEPUTIES SAY 26 YEAR OLD DEANDRE OVERTON WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT A HOUSE PARTY IN GREENSBORO BACK ON SEPTEMBER SEVENTH. DEPUTIES SAY 20 YEAR OLD JEREMIAH BLANKS WAS ARRESTED IN DETROIT. HE’S CHARGED WITH FELONY FIRST DEGREE MURDER, AND WE’RE TOLD HE REMAINS IN CUSTODY IN MICHIGAN PENDING EXTRADITION. THE GREENVILLE COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE SAYS A WOMAN DIED MONTHS AFTER A SHOOTING BACK IN AUGUST. OFFICIALS SAY CHARLES SWAIN, THE SECOND, SHOT TWO WOMEN, THEN TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF. IT HAPPENED AT A HOME ON NORTH HARRISON BRIDGE ROAD. THE WOMEN WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT THE CORONER’S OFFICE SAYS MARY ANN KNIGHT DIED AT THE HOSPITAL MONDAY. THE SPARTANBURG MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE ASSAULTED A POWER COMPANY WORKER, ACCORDING TO THE INCIDENT REPORT. WITNESSES TOLD POLICE A MAN APPROACHED POWER COMPANY WORKERS ON MARION AVENUE ON SUNDAY, PULLED OUT A WEAPON AND HIT A WORKER IN THE FOREHEAD WITH IT, THEN WALKED AWAY. POLICE SAY NOBODY WANTED TO PRESS CHARGES, BUT THEY DID ASK OFFICERS TO CHECK THE AREA FOR THE MAN, AND WHEN OFFICERS FOUND THE SUSPECT, THEY SAY HE PULLED OUT A PISTOL PISTOL GRIP TASER INSIDE A HOLSTER AND POINTED IT AT AN OFFICER. POLICE SAY 41 YEAR OLD JONATHAN PARKS FACES A CHARGE OF AGGRAVATED BREACH OF PEACE. WELL, TODAY MARKS DAY FIVE IN THE SEARCH FOR A BROADWAY DANCER FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. 28 YEAR OLD ALEC WILLIAMS WAS PERFORMED OR HAS PERFORMED IN HAMILTON. AN AMERICAN MUSICAL, AND MJ, THE MUSICAL. RICHLAND COUNTY INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAS LAST SEEN LEAVING HIS HOME IN COLUMBIA ON OCTOBER THIRD. HIS CAR WAS FOUND A DAY LATER NEAR THE CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY’RE INVESTIGATING THIS AS A MISSING PERSON THAT COULD INVOLVE A FOUL PLAY. SPARTANBURG DISTRICT FOUR SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED TODAY. THE DISTRICT MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT LAST NIGHT AFTER REPORTS OF MOLD OR MILDEW WAS FOUND AT WOODRUFF HIGH SCHOOL. DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY THE SCHOOLS WERE WITHOUT POWER FOR EIGHT DAYS, WHICH THEY THINK IS WHAT LED TO THAT PROBLEM. THEY SAY THEY DECIDED TO CLOSE ALL DISTRICT SCHOOLS OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. SO AIR QUALITY TESTS CAN BE RUN. WELL, GREENVILLE COUNTY STUDENTS ARE HEADED BACK TO SCHOOL TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HURRICANE HELENE. ISABELLE MARK JOINS US LIVE THIS MORNING WITH A QUESTION ON MANY PARENTS MINDS. WILL THERE BE MAKEUP DAYS? ISABELLE. ERIN. DESTINY. GOOD MORNING. YEAH. ACCORDING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, THERE WILL BE NO MAKEUP DAYS, SO FAR. SUPERINTENDENT BURKE ROYSTER SAYS MAKEUP DAYS ARE USUALLY POORLY ATTENDED, SO INSTEAD, THE DISTRICT WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR A WAIVER ASKING TO FORGIVE THE EIGHT DAYS MISSED IN THE MEANTIME, THERE WILL BE NO FIELD TRIPS THROUGH AT LEAST OCTOBER 13TH. HE SAYS SCHOOLS WILL PRIORITIZE AS MUCH INSTRUCTIONAL TIME IN THE CLASSROOM AS THEY CAN. THE DISTRICT ALSO SAYS THAT SOME OF THE BUS ROUTES HAVE BEEN ALTERED THIS MORNING TO AVOID SOME OF THE PROBLEM AREAS ON THE ROAD. LIVE IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. I’M ISABELLE MARAK FOR WIFE NEWS FOUR. ISABEL. THANK YOU. THE NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD IS INVESTIGATING AFTER REPORTS SAY A HELICOPTER BLEW AWAY HURRICANE RELIEF SUPPLIES IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE. THEY SAY A BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER CREW WAS GROUNDED AFTER AN INCIDENT IN WHICH THEY FLEW LOW OVER A HURRICANE HELENE DONATION AND SUPPLY AREA, BLOWING OVER THREE TENTS AND SCATTERING ITEMS IN THE AIR. THAT RELIEF SITE WAS SET UP BY A GROUP OF LOCALS IN THE AREA. ACCORDING TO GUARD OFFICIALS, THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING A DELIVERY OF GENERATORS, BUT THAT INCIDENT SET OFF CONSPIRACY THEORIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WITH SOME SAYING THEY BELIEVE IT WAS DONE PURPOSELY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 648 WE’VE GOT TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S AND IN THE 50S. VERY CRISP OUT THERE TO DOWNRIGHT COLD AS YOU STEP OUT THE DOOR. YOU’LL PROBABLY WANT SOMETHING WITH SLEEVES, A SWEATER, A JACKET, A COAT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AS WE TAKE A LOOK 12 DEGREES COLDER RIGHT NOW. PICKENS THAN YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME, TEN DEGREES COLDER IN GREENWOOD. DEFINITELY FEELING IT. AS YOU STEP OUTSIDE ALL ACROSS THE REGION WE ARE CLEAR AND DRY. WE’VE GOT SOME CLOUDS FROM MILTON. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THOSE WILL MOVE UPWARD AND WE’LL GET A FEW EXTRA CLOUDS LATER TODAY FOR PARTS OF THE UPSTATE. BUT THAT’S IT. NO RAIN, NO EXTRA WIND. TEMPERATURES TODAY VERY VERY NICE. HOW ABOUT THE MID 70S FOR GREENVILLE AND THE UPSTATE? LOW 70S FOR ASHEVILLE. RUTHERFORDTON AND THE MOUNTAINS. AS WE GO INTO TOMORROW MORNING. EVEN COLDER TOMORROW AFTERNOON, A LITTLE BIT COOLER AS WELL WITH LOTS OF SUNSHINE. A QUICK WARM UP THIS WEEKEND AND THEN A MORE SIGNIFICANT COOLDOWN NEXT WEEK. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR FOUR-DAY PLUS IN ABOUT 6 OR 7 MINUTES FROM RIGHT NOW. FIRST, LET’S GET YOU OUTSIDE. GET A CHECK ON THOSE ROADS. HOW’S IT LOOKING, DESTINY? HEY, LET’S TAKE A LOOK RIGHT NOW AT I-85 NORTHBOUND, YOU CAN SEE THE TRAFFIC IS STARTING TO SLOW UP A BIT. THIS IS AT PELHAM ROAD IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. LIVE LOOK PROVIDED BY SCDOT. HERE. NOTHING TOO UNUSUAL, BUT AGAIN, MORE CARS HEADED OUT ON THE ROAD AS MORE THINGS ARE OPENING BACK UP. I-240 TO ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY SHOULD TAKE YOU 12 MINUTES. AIRPORT ON WOODRUFF ROAD SEVEN MINUTES AND FAIRVIEW TO DOWNTOWN SHOULD TAKE YOU 14. CLEMSON’S LITTLEJOHN COLISEUM WILL HOST A TEAM. SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY DAY FOR PICKENS, OCONEE AND ANDERSON COUNTY RESIDENTS. NOW THIS IS TO HELP WITH HURRICANE HELENE RELIEF. AND THAT’S WHERE WE FIND OUR TANIQUA PENIX, WHO’S JOINING US LIVE. TANIQUA. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, DESTINEE AND ERIN. YES, BOTH THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WILL BE HERE TODAY WITH SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM NONPROFITS FROM ALL OVER OUR STATE. THEY’LL BE HERE AT THE LITTLEJOHN COLISEUM FROM 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M., PROVIDING VALUABLE RESOURCES TO PEOPLE WHO’VE BEEN AFFECTED BY HURRICANE HELENE. MULTIPLE AGENCIES WILL BE ON SITE, INCLUDING FEMA, TO HELP PEOPLE REGISTER FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE RELATED TO HELENE. AND TOMORROW, THIS EVENT WILL BE IN SPARTANBURG AND IT WILL BE IN GREENVILLE ON FRIDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FUTURE TEAM SOUTH CAROLINA DAYS, YOU CAN LOG ON TO OUR WEBSITE AT WYFF4.COM. FOR NOW. REPORTING LIVE IN PICKENS COUNTY, TANIQUA PENNIX WYFF NEWS FOUR. ALL RIGHT. TANIQUA, THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS 651. AT DISNEY WORLD AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS ARE CLOSING EARLY TODAY AS HURRICANE MILTON APPROACHES FLORIDA. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE THEME PARKS HAVE CLOSED SINCE HURRICANE IAN IN 2022. THE PARKS WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLOSED TOMORROW, BUT THEY SAY THEY’LL CONSIDER OPENING DISNEY SPRINGS LATE THAT AFTERNOON WITH LIMITED OFFERINGS. MILTON HAS NOW STRENGTHENED BACK INTO A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE. WYFF4.COM PARTNERED WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR A DAY FOR GIVING HURRICANE RELIEF DRIVE, AND SO FAR YOU’VE HELPED US RAISE MORE THAN $298,000. SO A HUGE THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS DONATED. IF YOU’D STILL LIKE TO. IT’S NOT TOO LATE. YOU CAN GO ONLINE, YOU CAN TEXT OR MAIL A CHECK. THOSE ARE ALL ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. AND OF COURSE WE HAVE A LINK TO ALL THIS INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL. THAT’S WYFF4.COM. ALL RIGHT, SPIRIT HALLOWEEN HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL BE OPENING TEN SPIRIT CHRISTMAS STORES LATER THIS FALL. THOSE WILL BE MOSTLY LOCATED IN THE U.S. NORTHEAST. THE COMPANY SAYS THE STORES WILL BE FILLED WITH CHRISTMAS THEMED DECORATIONS, INFLATABLES AND GIFTS, AND CUSTOMERS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO WANDER THROUGH A LIFE SIZED GINGERBREAD VILLAGE AND TAKE A PHOTO WITH SANTA CLAUS. SPIRIT HALLOWEEN OPENED MORE THAN 1500 STORES ACROSS THE U.S. AND CANADA THIS YEAR. NO WORD ON SPIRIT VALENTINE’S DAY SPIRIT EASTER. OH, COME ON AARON. WE’LL GET THIS. A VERY YOUNG SINGER FROM GEORGIA HAS PERFORMED HIS WAY TO THE VOICE. 13 YEAR OLD JOAQUIN FORTSON OF ELBERTON REGISTERED A THREE CHAIR TURN WITH HIS RENDITION OF ADELE’S EASY ON ME. HE’S THE YOUNGEST SINGER ON THE SHOW THIS SEASON. SNOOP DOGG, MICHAEL BUBLE AND REBA MCENTIRE ALL TURNED, BUT WHEN IT CAME TO CHOOSE HIS COACH, JOAQUIN WENT WITH REBA. AFTER MAKING A TEAM. I FEEL VERY EXCITED AND VERY PUMPED AND READY TO GO. THE THING THAT EXCITES ME ABOUT REBA IS SHE’S FROM A SMALL TOWN AND I AM TOO, SO I FEEL LIKE WE’RE BOTH COUNTRY PEOPLE AND WE CAN KIND OF GET THE FEEL OF EACH OTHER. HIS ACCENT JUST MAKES ME WANT TO VOTE FOR HIM. WHILE BLIND AUDITIONS CONTINUE NEXT MONDAY ON THE VOICE, YOU CAN WATCH RIGHT HERE ON WYFF4.COM. MEANWHILE, THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR RETURNS TO COLUMBIA TODAY THROUGH OCTOBER 20TH. THIS YEAR’S THEME IS 46 REASONS TO CELEBRATE SOUTH CAROLINA HONORING THE STATE’S 46 COUNTIES. THERE’S AN EXHIBIT FOR THIS THAT FAIRGOERS CAN EXPLORE. LIVE ENTERTAINMENT RANGES FROM MUSIC GROUPS TO COMEDY ACTS AND CIRCUS SHOWS. THE FAIR OFFERS A VARIETY OF LIVESTOCK COMPETITIONS AND EXHIBITS, PLENTY OF FRIED FOOD, FAVORITES AND RIDES AND GAMES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. CHILDREN FIVE AND UNDER ARE ADMITT

Man charged for breaking Asheville curfew, trying to loot store with stolen motorcycle, police say

A man was arrested in Asheville, North Carolina after a Helene-imposed curfew, trying to loot a store, then trying to get away on a stolen motorcycle, police said on Wednesday.(Above video is the Wednesday morning headlines for Oct. 9, 2024.)Rick Rice with the Asheville Police Department said Dennis Gates Miller, 33, was also in possession of a stolen vehicle when he was arrested Tuesday night in the city’s River Arts District. Rice said officers found Miller just before 8:30 p.m. near the entrance to a building on Foundy Street while conducting crime prevention in the area.The city imposed a curfew on Friday, Sept. 27, the day Tropical Storm Helene ravaged the region, within the city limits of Asheville from 7:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.Rice identified the building as Marquee Asheville, a retail store.Miller was taken into custody after initially resisting arrest and attempting to get away from police on a motorcycle, Rice said. He said it was later determined that the motorcycle had been reported as stolen. Miller faces the following charges:City curfew violationThree counts of assault on a government officialThree counts of resist, delay, and obstructPossession of drug paraphernaliaFelony possession of burglary toolsFelony possession of a stolen vehicleFelony trespassing during an emergencyMiller was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility with a $20,000 bond, according to Rice.He said theft from the store was prevented and nothing was reported missing.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. —

A man was arrested in Asheville, North Carolina after a Helene-imposed curfew, trying to loot a store, then trying to get away on a stolen motorcycle, police said on Wednesday.

(Above video is the Wednesday morning headlines for Oct. 9, 2024.)

Rick Rice with the Asheville Police Department said Dennis Gates Miller, 33, was also in possession of a stolen vehicle when he was arrested Tuesday night in the city’s River Arts District.

Rice said officers found Miller just before 8:30 p.m. near the entrance to a building on Foundy Street while conducting crime prevention in the area.

The city imposed a curfew on Friday, Sept. 27, the day Tropical Storm Helene ravaged the region, within the city limits of Asheville from 7:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.

Rice identified the building as Marquee Asheville, a retail store.

Miller was taken into custody after initially resisting arrest and attempting to get away from police on a motorcycle, Rice said.

He said it was later determined that the motorcycle had been reported as stolen.

Miller faces the following charges: