Fugitive on the run arrested, extradited for indecent liberties with minor, deputies say (2024)

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. HERE’S CAROLYN, NIGEL, WYFF NEWS FOUR AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. GOODBYE TO THE 90S. HELLO TO THE 80S. COMING UP, I’LL SHOW YOU THE RAIN THAT BRINGS DOWN TEMPERATURES AND HOW LONG IT LASTS. A MAN DIES AFTER BEING ELECTROCUTED. I’M REY LLERENA IN ANDERSON COUNTY, WHERE THE COWORKERS OF A YOUNG MAN ARE GRIEVING AFTER HE WAS KILLED ON THE JOB. AREA CODE CHANGES. JUST HOURS AWAY. YOU MAY HAVE A LANDLINE. YOU MAY HAVE OTHER PHONE NUMBERS. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS FOR EVERY PHONE NUMBER YOU HAVE. YOU WILL SOON BE REQUIRED TO DIAL TEN DIGITS INSTEAD OF SEVEN. WE HAVE ALL THE CHANGES YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE EXCITEMENT, HONESTLY, IS HE HAS APPEARED EVERY SINGLE NIGHT, WHICH IS UNUSUAL FOR THE CANDIDATE. THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. UPSTATE LEADERS IN MILWAUKEE LOOK BACK ON THE IMPACT OF THIS WEEK. FIRST, THE FORECAST. IT’S A LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR ALERT DAY WITH RAIN AND STORMS MOVING THROUGH. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE AT OUR HILTON GREENVILLE SKYCAM DOWNTOWN ALIVE HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO THE WEATHER. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS JUSTUS IS HERE AND CHRIS, ARE ANY OF THE WARNINGS EXTENDING PAST 6:00? I THINK THIS ONE OVER ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD COUNTY IS GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WE’LL SEE THAT HAPPEN ANY SECOND NOW. WE SHOULD SEE THIS WARNING BOX DROP HERE MOMENTARILY. AND AS THAT STRIKES 6:00 HERE AND THERE IT GOES. YEAH. JUST ON A CUE, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. I DON’T WANT YOU TO LET YOUR GUARD DOWN, THOUGH. THIS IS STILL A VERY STRONG STORM OVER UPTOWN GREENWOOD. AND ABBEVILLE. IT’S GOT A LOT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITH IT. IT’S JUST NOT PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60MPH. SO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING DID EXPIRE AT SIX. BUT LOOK AT THIS. WE’VE GOT THIS CROPPING UP RIGHT THERE OVER GREENWOOD. THIS MAY TURN INTO ANOTHER WARNING. WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME AT ALL. LOOK AT THIS COVERAGE FROM MOUNT CARMEL OVER THROUGH GREENWOOD, KIRKSEY TO LAWRENCEVILLE, AND THIS IS PUSHING OFF TOWARD THE EAST, PUTTING A NEW TRACK ON THIS INITIAL LINE OF IT. NOT TO SAY IT’S THE WORST PART OF IT, BUT CERTAINLY AREAS THAT ARE NOT SITTING IN CORONACA PARTS OF 96 CROSS HILL OR CHAPELS YOU’RE GOING TO WITHIN THE NEXT 15 TO 20 MINUTES, STRETCHING UP INTO GREENVILLE COUNTY, ANDERSON COUNTY, WE’VE GOT A SWATH OF HEAVY RAIN OVER LAKE HARTWELL. IT IS JUST POURING RIGHT NOW, BUT GOOD, STEADY RAIN, NOTHING SEVERE OUT OF THAT. AND THEN IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WE GOT POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAIN, BUT THANKFULLY NOTHING IS STANDING OUT AS SEVERE TO ME. IT’S 79 RIGHT NOW IN SPARTANBURG, 73 IN GREENVILLE, AND ASHEVILLE. RIGHT NOW IT FEELS LIKE CLOSER TO 90, THOUGH WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THAT HUMIDITY. DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE ARE SITTING PARTLY CLOUDY. THERE’S SOME RAIN OFF IN THE DISTANCE, AND I CAN’T RULE OUT SOME OF THAT RAIN MOVING INTO OUR AREA. BUT A MUCH BETTER CHANCE TOMORROW. AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY. I’LL MAP OUT WEEKEND IMPACTS FOR YOU STRAIGHT AHEAD. CHRIS. THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW, THE ANDERSON COUNTY CORONER HAS IDENTIFIED THE MAN WHO WAS ELECTROCUTED WHILE ON THE JOB EARLIER TODAY, 23 YEAR OLD TRISTAN STONE OF ANDERSON, DIED WHILE WORKING ON AN AC UNIT. REY LLERENA JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE REA. THAT ACCIDENT HAPPENED JUST RIGHT BEHIND ME. HIS COWORKERS DESCRIBED HIM AS A VERY HARD WORKING MAN WHO WAS BOTH RESPECTED AND BELOVED. INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 10:00 THIS MORNING ALONG VANGUARD ROAD. THE ANDERSON JOINT REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM SAYS THE FACILITY IS A BOOSTER PUMP STATION THAT DISTRIBUTES WATER ACROSS THE COUNTY. THEY SAY STONE WAS WORKING ON AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT THAT HAD GONE OUT. THE CORONER BELIEVES THE 23 YEAR-OLD ACCIDENTALLY CUT THROUGH A LIVE WIRE, CAUSING HIS DEATH. HIS BOSS SAYS HE WAS ON THE JOB FOR THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. WE, UM, CONTINUE TO KEEP HIS FAMILY IN OUR PRAYERS AND WE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR COWORKERS WHO WERE, UM, VERY CLOSE TO HIM AND AND WORKED WITH HIM ON A DAILY BASIS, CALDWELL SAYS. THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SUPPORT THEIR COWORKERS AS THEY GRIEVE. THE CORONER’S OFFICE SAYS THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THIS AS A WORKPLACE ACCIDENT AND HAVE NOTIFIED OSHA. OSHA CONFIRMED THEY ARE INVESTIGATING INVESTIGATING, BUT THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS. LIVE IN ANDERSON COUNTY, REY LLERENA. WYFF NEWS FOUR. RAY, THANK YOU. IN GREENVILLE, A WOMAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER DEPUTIES SAY SHE STABBED A MIRACLE HILL EMPLOYEE WITH A SWORD AT A WOMAN’S SHELTER. DEPUTIES SAY IT HAPPENED ON REGENCY HILL DRIVE THIS MORNING ABOUT 11:00. THEY SAY MICHELE PEREZ WAS UPSET ABOUT BEING EVICTED FROM THE SHELTER WHEN THE STABBING HAPPENED. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SURGERY AS WE ARE CARING FOR PEOPLE, WE HAVE ALL TYPES OF ISSUES THAT ARISE AND WE ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES MAKING SURE THAT WE CARE FOR THE PERSON AS WELL AS ALL THE REST OF THE GUESTS IN THE BUILDING. ON. ON ANY GIVEN DAY, MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES IS A MINISTRY THAT HELPS PEOPLE FACE HOMELESSNESS IN THE AREA. IN GREENVILLE, POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A MASSAGE PARLOR THIS AFTERNOON. THEY SAY A SEARCH WARRANT WAS CONDUCTED AT AMAZING MASSAGE ON NORTH PLEASANTBURG DRIVE IN GREENVILLE. REGARDING PROSTITUTION, WE’RE TOLD NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE LEARN MORE. STARTING TOMORROW, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO DIAL AN AREA CODE BEFORE MAKING CALLS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, NEXT MONTH A NEW AREA CODE WILL LAUNCH IN THE UPSTATE. THAT NUMBER IS 821 RASHAD WILLIAMS CAUGHT UP WITH A TECH EXPERT WHO DEMONSTRATES WHAT ACTIONS TO TAKE. SO RIGHT NOW I’M JOINED BY MR. BILL VICKERY, THE OWNER OF. JUST CALL BILL, YOU HELP SENIORS AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY INDIVIDUALS YOU’RE GOING TO BE HELPING A LOT OF US TODAY WITH TECHNOLOGY. SO GIVE ME YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW NEW AREA CODE, AS WELL AS NOW HAVING TO DIAL TEN DIGITS VERSUS SEVEN. WELL, IT’S A BIG CHANGE. YOU HAVE TO DIAL THE AREA CODE AND THE NUMBER YOU NEVER HAVE TO DIAL ONE UNLESS YOU’RE DIALING INTERNATIONAL. AND SO THAT COULD BE A BIG CHANGE FOR SOME PEOPLE. SO I JUST HAVE FIVE, FIVE, 51212. THAT’S A BOGUS NUMBER. BUT I NEED TO NOW ADD 864. AND THEN JUST TYPE IN 864. SO NOW WE HAVE 8645551 22. THEN WE WANT TO TOUCH DONE. THAT WILL SAVE THE CONTACT. SO YES YOU WILL HAVE TO MANUALLY UPDATE ALL OF YOUR SEVEN DIGIT CONTACTS. ONE BY ONE TO REFLECT TEN DIGITS WITH THE LOCAL AREA CODE. THE NEW AREA CODE EIGHT TWO 1ST MAY BE ASSIGNED TO YOU IF YOU GET A NEW NUMBER ON OR AFTER AUGUST 19TH. IF YOU’RE CURRENTLY HAVE AN 8664 NUMBER, IT WON’T CHANGE. AND FOR A BREAKDOWN ON THE AREA CODE CHANGE IN THE UPSTATE, YOU CAN VISIT WYFF 4.COM AND THE Y FOR MOBILE APP TWO COMMITMENT 2024 NEWS NOW. AS DAY FOUR OF THE RNC STARTS TONIGHT, REPUBLICAN LEADERS FROM THE UPSTATE SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE CONVENTION SO FAR. ARE MAYA PAYTON SPOKE WITH THEM TODAY AND GIVES US THEIR INSIDE PERSPECTIVE. MAYA. YEAH. NIGEL CARROLL FROM THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD TODAY, REPUBLICAN LEADERS FROM THE UPSTATE ARE MAKING THEIR PRESENCE FELT AND SHARING WITH ME EMOTIONAL MOMENTS AND ANTICIPATED ANNOUNCEMENTS. HERE’S A RECAP OF THE RNC SO FAR FROM THE EYES OF UPSTATE LEADERS BACK SO I THINK WHAT TRUMP IS TELLING US IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I SHOULD I’M SORRY, I SHOULDN’T TEAR UP HERE. BUT YOU KNOW, HOLDING BACK TEARS. I STRUGGLE FOR GREENVILLE GOP CHAIRWOMAN YVONNE JULIAN TO EXPLAIN HER EMOTIONS OF SEEING DONALD TRUMP AND ALSO SITTING WITH HIS FAMILY. IT JUST SENT CHILLS DOWN YOUR YOU KNOW, SPINE TO SEE HIM WITH THE BANDAGE ON HIS EAR. YOU KNOW, COMING OFF OF THIS WEEKEND, WAS THERE ANY POINT DURING THIS CONVENTION THAT YOU’VE STOPPED AND THOUGHT THIS COULD ALL BE GOING VERY DIFFERENTLY NOW? THE FACT THAT HE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN HERE, IT’S ALMOST LIKE YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE, NOT JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, WITH SUCH A GIFT THAT HE WAS NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, SO MILDLY HURT. I OFFICIALLY ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION TO BE. AND WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RUNNING MATE, OHIO SENATOR JD VANCE, IT’S, UH, CLEMSON ALABAMA FOOTBALL GAME TIMES TEN. BECKY MCLAUGHLIN, A DELEGATE FROM SPARTANBURG, SPOKE OF BALANCE. WE’VE GOT TRUMP. TRUMP TOWER, MANHATTAN, NEW YORKER, WEALTHY MAN. HIS WHOLE LIFE, A PATRIOT. NO DOUBT WAS WILLING TO GIVE EVEN HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HE LOVES. BALANCE THAT WITH JD VANCE, WHO’S 39 YEARS OLD, I DIDN’T REALIZE HE WAS THAT YOUNG AND GREW UP WITHOUT ANYTHING AND RAISED BY HIS GRANDMOTHER BECAUSE HIS MOM WAS DRUG ADDICTED. BOTH OF THESE LADIES SAY THEY HAVE THEIR EYES FIXED FOR TRUMP TO TAKE THE STAGE TODAY TO ELECT DONALD TRUMP. MAYA DID THESE WOMEN SAY WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR TO HEAR FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT TONIGHT? WELL, BECKY ACTUALLY GAVE A PREDICTION. NOW SHE SUSPECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT HE’LL TALK ABOUT HIS LOVE FOR THE COUNTRY AND THEN URGE EVERYONE THERE AT THE CONVENTION TO GET BACK TO THEIR STATES. AND THEN WORK FOR VOTES. BUT WE’LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. MY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TONIGHT’S COVERAGE OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION CONTINUES ON. WIFE FOUR. YOU CAN WATCH THE FORMER PRESIDENT ACCEPT HIS NOMINATION FOR THE THIRD TIME. JOIN LESTER HOLT, SAVANNAH GUTHRIE AND THE NB