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Violent offender arrested after stealing loaded firearm, deputies say

November 2, 2024

THIS IS WYFF NEWS FOUR TODAY. COMING UP ON WYFF NEWS FOUR. ANOTHER SOUTH CAROLINA INMATE PUT TO DEATH. RICHARD MOORE’S FINAL WORDS AND BATTLEGROUND BLITZ CANDIDATES AND THEIR FINAL PUSH TO SWING STATE VOTERS. THE COUNTDOWN TO ELECTION DAY. GOOD MORNING. I’M PEYTON FURTADO. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE ON YOUR SATURDAY MORNING, 701. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER. THIS IS FROM OUR HILTON GREENVILLE SKYCAM. RIGHT NOW. OR YOU CAN JUST BARELY TELL. THE SUN IS BARELY TRYING TO MOVE UP. TRYING TO COME OUT RIGHT NOW. 61 DEGREES. JUST A HANDFUL OF CARS ON THE ROAD. LOOKS LIKE A GOOD START TO YOUR MORNING. WE’VE GOT SYDNEY SULLIVAN IN THE STUDIO WITH A SYDNEY. A LOT OF FOLKS ASK, WHEN’S THE BEST TIME OF THE DAY GOING TO BE? WHEN’S THE BEST TIME TO BE OUTSIDE? DO WE KNOW YET FOR TODAY? WELL, IT DEPENDS WHAT TYPE OF WEATHER YOU WANT BECAUSE AS WE’VE PROBABLY NOTICED THE LAST WEEK OR SO, WE HAVE THOSE COOL MORNINGS AND THEN MILD AFTERNOONS. SO IF YOU’RE A FAN OF THE COOL WEATHER EARLIER IN THE DAY OR NEAR SUNSET, THAT’S WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO SEE THE COOLEST TEMPERATURES. AS FAR AS TODAY GOES, THOUGH, IT’S GOING TO BE DRY ALL DAY LONG. SO THAT’S THE GOOD NEWS. IT IS COMING WITH SOME IMPROVEMENTS AS FAR AS OUR FOG AND VISIBILITY GOES. STILL SEEING IT STRETCHING FROM CULLOWHEE ALL THE WAY DOWN TOWARDS HARTWELL AND ANDERSON. LAURENS UNION. BUT THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT. SO STILL TAKE IT SLOW OUT ON THE ROADS, BUT AT LEAST WE’RE NOT SEEING ANY MAJOR IMPACTS FOR THE TIME BEING. TEMPERATURES SITTING AT 62 IN GREENVILLE, 59 IN ANDERSON, AS WELL AS SPARTANBURG, 58 IN ASHEVILLE. SO TYPICALLY SPEAKING, THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE SHOULD BE SITTING IN THE 40S FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS. IT’S A MILD START, BUT YOU STILL MIGHT NEED A FEW EXTRA LAYERS HEADING OUT THE DOOR, AT LEAST TO START OUT BEFORE WE START TO SEE THAT WARMER AIR FILTER BACK IN. SO WE LOOK AT OUR LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR NICE AND DRY. BUT THIS CLOUD COVER IS HANGING STEADY ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA, SO YOU’LL NOTICE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOUD COVER TODAY THAN SUNSHINE. BUT IT’S STILL GOING TO BE A NICE DAY TO GET OUT AND ABOUT. AS FAR AS WHERE TEMPERATURES GO, WE’LL TOP OUT RIGHT NEAR 70 DEGREES. SO A FEW EXTRA CLOUDS WILL KEEP OUR TEMPERATURES FROM RISING TOO MUCH. THIS AFTERNOON, BUT IT’S STILL GOING TO BE SITTING A FEW DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. CAN’T COMPLETELY RULE OUT SMALL CHANCE FOR A SPOTTY SPRINKLE OR TWO. MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS, AT LEAST FOR TODAY. BUT COMING UP, WE’LL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT OUR NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN. PEYTON. THANK YOU SYDNEY. NOW TO SOME BREAKING NEWS OUT OF GREENVILLE COUNTY. OR AT LEAST ONE PERSON HAS DIED. TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED AT A SHOOTING AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. DEPUTIES SAY THIS HAPPENED THIS MORNING JUST BEFORE 430 AT SIGNATURE POINTE APARTMENTS IN PIEDMONT. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY SAY THEY FOUND THREE PEOPLE, EACH WITH AT LEAST ONE GUNSHOT WOUND. ONE PERSON DIED FROM THEIR INJURIES. THEY BELIEVE ALL THREE VICTIMS WERE ADULTS AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING HAS BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR. THEY ALSO SAY THEY’RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY OTHER SUSPECTS AND SHOULD RELEASE MORE INFORMATION SOON. AND NEW THIS MORNING, EX OFFICER BRETT HANKINSON WAS FOUND GUILTY FRIDAY FOR VIOLATING BREONNA TAYLOR’S CIVIL RIGHTS. NOW, TAYLOR’S DEATH WAS RULED ACCIDENTAL IN A BOTCHED 2020 RAID, POLICE SHOWED UP AT HER APARTMENT LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE IN A NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION TARGETING TAYLOR’S EX-BOYFRIEND, WHO LIVED SOMEWHERE ELSE. PROSECUTORS ACCUSED HANKINSON OF SHOOTING BLINDLY INTO TAYLOR’S APARTMENT. HE WAS NOT CHARGED WITH FATALLY SHOOTING HER AND A SECOND SOUTH CAROLINA INMATE HAS BEEN PUT TO DEATH. THE STATE STARTED BACK UP ON EXECUTIONS AFTER 13 YEARS, NOT DOING SO. RICHARD MOORE DIED YESTERDAY AT 624 IN THE AFTERNOON. BY LETHAL INJECTION. AND THIS WAS FOR THE 1999 MURDER OF A SPARTANBURG CONVENIENCE STORE CLERK, JAMES MAHONEY. OUR NATE STANLEY REPORTS FROM COLUMBIA. I AM DEEPLY SORRY. WERE THE FINAL WORDS FROM RICHARD MOORE BEFORE BEING EXECUTED HERE BEHIND ME VIA LETHAL INJECTION, ACCORDING TO MEDIA WITNESSES, HE SEEMED PEACEFUL IN HIS FINAL MOMENTS. AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL EXECUTION ITSELF, THERE WEREN’T THERE WAS NO OUTWARD PAIN. THERE WAS NO YOU COULDN’T SEE WHETHER ANYBODY WAS A DISCOMFORT OR PAIN. THERE WAS NO OUTWARD SIGNS OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT WAS A VERY I ALWAYS HATE TO USE THE WORD PEACEFUL ON THESE THINGS, BUT THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF DISCOMFORT. MOORE’S EXECUTION WAS STEEPED IN CONTROVERSY. IN 1999, HE ENTERED A SPARTANBURG CONVENIENCE STORE, UNARMED, TO ROB IT. HE GOT IN A FIGHT WITH THE CLERK, JAMES MAHONEY. THE TWO SHOT AT EACH OTHER WITH GUNS FROM BEHIND THE COUNTER, LEAVING MAHONEY DEAD. DURING HIS TRIAL, PROSECUTORS STRUCK DOWN TWO BLACK JURORS, MAKING THE JURY ENTIRELY WHITE. RICHARD ESSENTIALLY IS ON DEATH ROW FOR A CRIME THAT IF IT WERE TRIED TODAY, WOULD EFFECTIVELY NEVER HAVE BEEN SOUGHT FOR THE DEATH PENALTY. HE WALKED INTO A CONVENIENCE STORE, UNARMED, IN THE 20 PLUS YEARS FOLLOWING HIS CONVICTION. RICHARD’S LAWYERS SAY HE BECAME A CHANGED MAN AND WORKED AS A MENTOR TO YOUNGER INMATES. IN A PRESS RELEASE TODAY, HIS LAWYER SAID IN PART, THIS EXECUTION UNDERSCORES THE FLAWS IN SOUTH CAROLINA’S DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM. WHO WAS EXECUTED VERSUS WHO WAS ALLOWED TO LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES IN PRISON APPEARS TO BE BASED ON NO MORE THAN CHANCE, RACE OR STATUS. AND IN RECENT YEARS, TWO JURORS AND THE ORIGINAL JUDGE THAT SENTENCED RICHARD MOORE CAME OUT IN FAVOR OF CLEMENCY. HOWEVER, THOSE CALLS WERE ULTIMATELY DENIED. REPORTING IN COLUMBIA, NATE STANLEY, WYFF NEWS FOUR GREENVILLE WARNER, SAYS REPAIRS ARE FINISHED AFTER A WATER MAIN BREAK ON WOODRUFF ROAD. NOW, OFFICIALS TELL US A 16 INCH PIPE BROKE NEAR ROCKY SLOPE ROAD AND THAT SECTION IS GOING TO REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL LATER THIS MORNING WHEN PAVING BEGINS. WE’RE TOLD THOSE REPAIRS SHOULD FINISH UP THIS AFTERNOON. AND IN PICKENS COUNTY, DEPUTIES SAY A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED FOR ASSAULTING A DOLLAR GENERAL EMPLOYEE AT THE WALHALLA HIGHWAY STORE. THIS WAS JUST BEFORE 11:00 YESTERDAY MORNING. DETECTIVES SAY 39 YEAR OLD DARRELL FINDLAY WAS ARRESTED AROUND 7:00 LAST NIGHT. HE WAS BOOKED AT THE PICKENS COUNTY DETENTION CENTER AND A SIMPSONVILLE MAN WAS SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR TAKING AND KEEPING NAKED PICTURES OF CHILDREN. THE SOUTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS ANDREW WALKER PLED GUILTY THURSDAY, JANUARY AND 2021. POLICE SAY THEY FOUND PICTURES AND VIDEOS IN WALKER’S PHONE WHILE INVESTIGATING. THOSE PICTURES AND VIDEOS WERE OF WALKER’S SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A CHILD. WALKER MUST REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER AFTER SERVING HIS 25 YEAR SENTENCE. AND GREENVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A BANK ROBBERY. WE’RE TOLD THIS HAPPENED AT THE UNITED COMMUNITY BANK ON HAYWOOD ROAD. POLICE SAY A MAN WALKED INTO THE BANK WEARING A WHITE JUMPSUIT AND GAVE THE TELLER A NOTE DEMANDING CASH. THE MAN LEFT WITH A LOT OF MONEY AND NO WEAPONS WERE USED. AND THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARRESTED FOUR PEOPLE CONNECTED TO SHOOTING AND KILLING A TEENAGER IN ELBERT COUNTY. DUSTIN MATHIS AND ANDREAS PARKS JEREMIAH HUGHES AND DESMOND LATIMER WERE ALL CHARGED WITH MURDER. JO’QUAVIOUS SCOTT HAD ALREADY BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER BEFORE THIS. THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED LAST MONTH AT A HOMECOMING AFTERPARTY. BRYCE SHAWN JORDAN WAS KILLED. SEVERAL OTHERS WERE HURT IN THAT SHOOTING AND IN COMMITMENT 2024. WE’RE INCHING CLOSER TO ELECTION DAY. MORE THAN 60 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY VOTED. CANDIDATES ARE CONTINUING THEIR FINAL PUSH ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL ON FRIDAY. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP VISITED WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN. JD VANCE WAS IN MICHIGAN AND NORTH CAROLINA. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS FOCUSED HER EFFORTS IN WISCONSIN. TIM WALZ WAS OVER IN MICHIGAN, AND GREENVILLE COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY MORE THAN 100,000 VOTERS HAVE CAST THEIR BALLOTS SO FAR. A 30% TURNOUT. DIRECTOR CONWAY BELANGIA SAYS THE COUNTY HAS CHANGED ITS SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE MORE ENCRYPTION TO PROTECT VOTES. HE SAYS ALL VOTES ARE COUNTED ON AN ENCRYPTED THUMB DRIVE AND A PAPER COPY BACKUP. WE DON’T UNSEAL ANYTHING UNTIL IT’S IN OUR OFFICE, AND THEN WE SECURE EVERYTHING IN A SECURE ROOM. AND ALL OF THAT IS IS WELL PROTECTED. TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY CAN OPEN UP A BALLOT BOX IN IN TRANSIT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. REPORTER HE ALSO SAYS TO WATCH OUT FOR MISINFORMATION BEING SPREAD ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND HEADING OVER TO ANDERSON COUNTY. SOME VOTERS THERE ARE HAVING TROUBLE CASTING THEIR BALLOT BECAUSE OF LIMITED PARKING. ONLY THREE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPOTS ARE AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY’S MAIN POLLING LOCATION. THERE’S CONTINUOUS TRAFFIC ALONG NORTH MAIN STREET, AND THE AVERAGE WAIT TIME FOR CURBSIDE VOTERS IS ABOUT AN HOUR. I’VE BEEN COMING BY THE LAST THREE DAYS TRYING TO GET ONE OF THESE PARKING PLACES. IT’S JUST DIFFICULT TO GET. SO LUCKILY, THE FIRST TIME BY A DAY I GOT ONE. SOME VOTERS SAY YEARS AGO, CURBSIDE VOTERS USED TO LINE UP GOING TO THE BACK PARKING LOT OF THE BUILDING. NO WORD ON WHY THAT’S NOT THE CASE THIS YEAR. AND EARLY VOTING IN GEORGIA ENDED YESTERDAY. MORE THAN 3.5 MILLION BALLOTS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED. THERE AND SOUTH CAROLINA. MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE CAST THEIR BALLOTS. EARLY VOTING CONTINUES TODAY. UNTIL 6:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. IT’S GOING TO START BACK UP IN A FEW MINUTES. ACTUALLY, IN NORTH CAROLINA, WE’RE TOLD MORE THAN 3.8 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE VOTED IN THE STATE. EARLY VOTING THERE RUNS UNTIL 3:00 TODAY. AND SOME COMPANIES ARE OFFERING DISCOUNTS ON ELECTION DAY. BOTH UBER AND LYFT GIVING RIDERS 50% OFF TRIPS TO THEIR POLLING PLACE. FOR THOSE ORDERING FOOD, UBER EATS IS OFFERING 25% OFF CERTAIN ORDERS TUESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND AS PART OF ITS DRIVE THE VOTE DEAL, CAR RENTAL COMPANY HERTZ IS GIVING ONE FREE DAY WHEN CUSTOMERS RENT TWO OR MORE DAYS THROUGH NOVEMBER FIFTH. KRISPY KREME IS GIVING AWAY A FREE ORIGINAL GLAZED DONUT TO HONOR QUOTE, DEMOCRACY. NO PURCHASE OR PROOF OF VOTE IS NECESSARY. AND FOR MORE COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE, YOU’LL WANT TO JOIN AARON BAKER AND CAROL CLARKE MONDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 FOR COMMITMENT 2024 ELECTION EVE. THEY SPEAK WITH CANDIDATES ELECTION OFFICIALS AND VOTERS JUST AHE

Violent offender arrested after stealing loaded firearm, deputies say

The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office said a violent offender was arrested on Friday after stealing several items, including a firearm.(Video above: WYFF News 4 Morning Headlines)Deputies responded to the area of Price Cemetery Road in Rutherford County, North Carolina after a call came in regarding larceny.According to the caller, the suspect stole multiple items, including a loaded firearm.While deputies were closing in, the suspect tossed the gun in the woods.Law enforcement found the suspect who was attempting to flee the area on Duncans Creek Road on foot. Deputies arrested the suspect who was identified as 32-year-old Charles Matthew Kelly of Cleveland County.Kelly was wearing a holster and had a loaded magazine in his pocket that he had just stolen from the victim. Kelly was also in possession of roughly 20 grams of methamphetamine, two dosage units of Lorazepam, nine dosage units of Tramadol, four pipes, and multiple syringes.Kelly led deputies to the area of the woods where he threw the weapon while he was attempting to flee.Officials said Kelly also had two outstanding warrants for his arrest out of Rutherford County including: failure to appear in court for possession of a stolen motor vehicle and failure to appear in court for resisting a public officer.Deputies charged Kelly with the following:Larceny of a firearmPossession of a firearm by a felon Possession with the intent to manufacture, sell or deliver methamphetamineSimple possession Schedule IV controlled substance — LorazepamSimple possession Schedule IV controlled substance — TramadolPossession of drug paraphernaliaMisdemeanor larcenyAuthorities said Kelly, who has a history of violent crime and firearm possession charges was issued an $80,000 bond.

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. —

The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office said a violent offender was arrested on Friday after stealing several items, including a firearm.

(Video above: WYFF News 4 Morning Headlines)

Deputies responded to the area of Price Cemetery Road in Rutherford County, North Carolina after a call came in regarding larceny.

According to the caller, the suspect stole multiple items, including a loaded firearm.

While deputies were closing in, the suspect tossed the gun in the woods.

Law enforcement found the suspect who was attempting to flee the area on Duncans Creek Road on foot.

Deputies arrested the suspect who was identified as 32-year-old Charles Matthew Kelly of Cleveland County.

Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office

Kelly was wearing a holster and had a loaded magazine in his pocket that he had just stolen from the victim. Kelly was also in possession of roughly 20 grams of methamphetamine, two dosage units of Lorazepam, nine dosage units of Tramadol, four pipes, and multiple syringes.

Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office

Kelly led deputies to the area of the woods where he threw the weapon while he was attempting to flee.

Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office

Officials said Kelly also had two outstanding warrants for his arrest out of Rutherford County including: failure to appear in court for possession of a stolen motor vehicle and failure to appear in court for resisting a public officer.

Deputies charged Kelly with the following: