200 turkeys found dead by homeowner after ATV was used to terrorize them, deputies say (2024)

RIGHT NOW. HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND WITH THE HEAT HANGING AROUND ON SATURDAY. BUT A MAJOR TEMPERATURE CHANGE COMES OUR WAY. SUNDAY. HOW LOW YOUR TOWN WILL GO CLEAN UP ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AFTER DEBBY BRINGS HEAVY RAIN TO PARTS OF THE UPSTATE, OUR METEOROLOGIST GRIFFIN HARDY IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. THEY GOT A LOT OF RAIN FROM DEBBY YESTERDAY. WE’LL SHOW YOU WHERE ALL THE TROUBLE SPOTS WERE FROM THE STORM. I’M JANE ROBELOT IN THE HEART OF GREENVILLE, WHERE THE CITY IS PURCHASING PRIME ACREAGE TO HELP PRESERVE AN HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD, AN UPSTATE MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING A CAR WITH A CHILD INSIDE AND LEADING AUTHORITIES ON A MULTI-COUNTY CHASE TONIGHT, THAT MAN FACING A JUDGE. TROPICAL STORM DEBBY HAS LEFT, BUT THE HEAT IS BACK. TODAY IS A LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR IMPACT DAY. DUE TO THE HUMIDITY IN THE UPSTATE. A LIVE LOOK FROM GREENVILLE TO ASHEVILLE TONIGHT. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS JUSTUS IS HERE. CHRIS, A WARM WEEKEND AHEAD. YES. ESPECIALLY TOMORROW. THEN THINGS LEVEL OFF ON SUNDAY. LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 91 IN GREENVILLE, 88 IN SPARTANBURG. SPARTANBURG IS A DEGREE BELOW NORMAL. 91 IN GREENVILLE IS ABOUT A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE NORMAL. BUT IT’S THE HUMIDITY THAT IS SUCH THE PROBLEM TODAY. LEFT OVER BEHIND DEBBY, MAKING IT FEEL SO MUCH HOTTER OUT, ESPECIALLY IN PICKENS WHERE IT’S 101 98. IN ANDERSON WE PEAKED AT ABOUT 9899. IN GREENVILLE TODAY. NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT’S HOT OUTSIDE, GIVING US A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR SHOWING A FEW DOWNPOURS ACROSS CAESARS HEAD SPILLING INTO BEREA AND SLATER TOWARD LAURENS COUNTY. WE’VE GOT A FEW OF THOSE SHOWERS AS WELL. THIS COULD GET INTO TR JUST A QUICK DOSE OF SOME RAIN. NOTHING SEVERE AND REALLY NOT TRACKING MUCH LIGHTNING OUT OF IT TO POST TROPICAL DEBBY. WE’VE BEEN WATCHING IT CLOSELY HERE. IT’S UP TOWARD VERMONT AND CONTINUING TO PULL INTO CANADA WHERE IT WILL STILL PRESENT SOME DEGREE OF FLOOD THREATS. THAT’S WHAT THE MAIN THREAT WAS HERE AT HOME AND TOWARD THE EAST. OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS, WE’RE BEGINNING TO GET RID OF THIS HUMIDITY. SLOWLY GOING INTO THE WEEKEND, A PERSISTENT NORTHERLY WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL A LOT BETTER AS WE GO INTO OUR SUNDAY, BUT WE’VE GOT TO DRAW OUR ATTENTION BACK TO THE TROPICS. WE’VE GOT A NEW AREA TO WATCH THAT THE MODELS ARE SHOWING. COULD BE A DEVELOPING TROPICAL SYSTEM IN THE COMING DAYS. WE DID SEE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY FROM DEBBY, AND FOLKS ARE STILL CLEANING UP THE MESS IN SO MANY LOCATIONS. METEOROLOGIST GRIFFIN HARDY IS LIVE AND LOCAL RIGHT NOW WITH MORE. HI GRIFFIN. YES, CHRIS. YEAH, WE’RE IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY RIGHT NOW AND THIS IS WHERE ONE OF THE TROUBLE SPOTS WAS. THEY PICKED UP AROUND 3 TO 4IN YESTERDAY. THIS IS OLD WHITNEY ROAD, WHICH JUST YESTERDAY THIS CREEK WAS ALL THE WAY UP TO MY FEET YESTERDAY. THIS IS ONE OF THE ROADS THAT WAS CLOSED FROM ALL THAT RAINFALL THAT CAME IN A RELATIVELY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. WIND WAS AN ISSUE AS WELL. IN SOME SPOTS OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY, WE HAD CREWS THAT WERE WORKING TO REPAIR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ALONG LAKE FOREST DRIVE IN SPARTANBURG EARLIER TODAY, AND WE ALSO HAD A TREE THAT FELL ON A HOUSE UP TOWARDS MONTGOMERY DRIVE, UP TOWARDS CHESNEE. WINDS GOT UP TO AROUND TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS CLOSE TO 35MPH. AND THAT’S WHAT CAUSED SOME OF THE MINOR ISSUES THAT WE SAW HERE. WE SPOKE WITH SPARTANBURG COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR DOUG BRYSON. MORE ABOUT THIS. HERE’S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. WE DID SEE SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. UH, NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE IN LIKE, SAY, 2015 WITH A HISTORIC FLOODS. BUT THERE WAS FLASH FLOODING THERE WERE A FEW ROADS THAT HAD TO BE CLOSED TEMPORARILY UNTIL THE WATER RECEDED. BUT NOTHING EVEN WE CAN COMPARE TO WHAT THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND EVEN NORTH CAROLINA ARE SEEING NOW. OF COURSE, WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THAT FOUR DAY PLUS FOR YOU COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE IN SPARTANBURG. METEOROLOGIST GRIFFIN HARDY. I’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU. GRIFFIN. THANK YOU. NOW TO FLOODING IN THE LOW COUNTRY AFTER DEBBY MADE LANDFALL AS A TROPICAL STORM THURSDAY, SWIFT MOVING WATER PUSHED THROUGH STREETS AND WATER LEVELS ROSE INTO HOMES. PARTS OF INTERSTATE 26 SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF FLOODING. TODAY, WATER RESCUES WERE ALSO UNDERWAY AS MANY PEOPLE FOUND THEMSELVES STUCK INSIDE THEIR HOMES. OFFICIALS ARE URGING MOTORISTS NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS OR AROUND BARRICADES. OUR PRIORITY IS TO PROTECT LIVES AS WE MANAGE THE IMPACT OF THIS STORM. TORNADOES, STRONG WIND GUSTS AND FLOODING CAUSED POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR ROY COOPER SAYS CREWS CONTINUE TO CLEAN UP IN THE STATE. WE’RE TOLD POWER COMPANIES ARE WORKING TO RESTORE POWER AFTER THOUSANDS WERE LEFT IN THE DARK DURING DEBBY. GOVERNOR COOPER REMINDED PEOPLE THAT THE IMPACTS ARE NOT OVER, EVEN THOUGH THE STORM HAS PASSED. MEANWHILE, TODAY, GEORGIA GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP TOOK A HELICOPTER TOUR TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE FROM DEBBY IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE. RIGHT NOW, A MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER DEPUTIES SAY HE STOLE A CAR WITH A CHILD INSIDE, THEN LED AUTHORITIES ON A CHASE. KITARO LESLIE JUST APPEARED BEFORE A JUDGE IN ANDERSON COUNTY. OUR NATE STANLEY JOINS US LIVE WITH DETAILS. NATE, THAT JUDGE HERE IN ANDERSON COUNTY SET KITARO LESLIE’S BOND TO. $62,440. NOW, ANDERSON COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY LESLIE STOLE A CAR FROM OUTSIDE OF A SPINX GAS STATION IN MALDEN. THAT CAR HAD A CHILD IN IT, WE’RE TOLD DURING HIS GETAWAY, LESLIE DROPPED THE CHILD OFF AT AN INTERSECTION IN PIEDMONT BEFORE CONTINUING ON WITH THAT STOLEN CAR. LESLIE IS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO STOP FOR BLUE LIGHTS, WILLFULLY ABANDONING A CHILD, DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION, HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER, AND RECKLESS DRIVING. HE JOINED THE COURTROOM EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM. HE DID NOT MAKE A STATEMENT DURING HIS PROCEEDINGS. DURING THOSE PROCEEDINGS, THE JUDGE DID SET AN INITIAL TRIAL DATE FOR OCTOBER. THE JUDGE DID DID NOTE THAT IF LESLIE WERE TO POST BOND, HE WOULD THEN BE HANDED OVER TO THE CUSTODY OF MALDEN POLICE FOR ADDITIONAL CHARGES THERE. NOW, I DID BRIEFLY SPEAK WITH THE FATHER OF THAT CHILD. HE ASKED NOT TO BE ON CAMERA, BUT HE DID SAY THAT THE CHILD IS BACK HOME WITH ITS FAMILY AND HE IS SAFE. REPORTING IN ANDERSON COUNTY, NATE STANLEY, WYFF NEWS FOUR. WOW, NATE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AFTER A WEEK ON THE RUN, GREENVILLE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A MAN WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER HAS BEEN ARRESTED. CHESTER HENDERSON IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS OWN FATHER. DEPUTIES SAY A K-9 ASSISTED IN THE ARREST AFTER HENDERSON TRIED TO RUN. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BEFORE BEING BOOKED INTO THE DETENTION CENTER IN LAURENS COUNTY. A FORMER TEACHER IS ACCUSED OF SEX CRIMES INVOLVING A STUDENT. DEPUTIES SAY NORMAN ROBERTSON IS CHARGED WITH SEVERAL COUNTS OF SEXUAL BATTERY. ROBERTSON TAUGHT AT FOUNTAIN IN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. THEY SAY AN INVESTIGATION STARTED AFTER REPORTS OF INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIPS BEGINNING IN 2015. THE CITY OF GREENVILLE IS ABOUT TO MAKE A BIG INVESTMENT. IT’S BUYING SIX ACRES OF PRIME REAL ESTATE NEAR DOWNTOWN. JANE ROBELOT JOINS US LIVE FROM CHURCH STREET. AND JANE, THIS IS A BIG COMMITMENT TO THE SERENE NEIGHBORHOOD. NIGEL. IT SURE IS. AND CITY LEADERS TELL ME THAT THE STONE FAMILY MADE THIS LAND AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE BY THE CITY BACK IN JUNE, AND THEN IT BECAME A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN SO THAT THEY COULD PRESERVE THIS HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD. THE HANEY SERENE NEIGHBORHOOD STRADDLES CHURCH STREET, A MAJOR CORRIDOR INTO DOWNTOWN. IT’S BORDERED BY AUGUSTA STREET AND UNIVERSITY RIDGE. THE CITY’S PURCHASE OF SIX VACANT ACRES IS WELCOME NEWS TO THE RESIDENTS HERE. WE’RE VERY EXCITED TO KNOW THAT, UM, THEY’RE GOING TO BE PARTNERS WITH US IN DETERMINING WHAT GOES ON IN THAT PROPERTY DOWN THERE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN WORKING WITH CITY LEADERS TO UPDATE A 2002 MASTER PLAN FOR THE AREA TO BALANCE NEW GROWTH. THIS WAS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY, REALLY. ONCE IN A GENERATION, LET’S SAY FOR THE CITY TO PURCHASE THIS LAND SO THAT WE CAN CONTROL HOW IT IS DEVELOPED AND PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THIS LAND IS TO PRIORITIZE GREEN SPACE AND PRIORITIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. TWO THINGS THAT ARE THE PILLARS OF OUR 2040 MASTER PLAN. BECKY WORTH AND HER NEIGHBORS SAY THOSE ARE THEIR PRIORITIES, TOO, AND THEY FEEL THE CITY SHARES THEIR PRIDE IN THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT’S THE BIRTHPLACE OF JESSE JACKSON. IT’S HANEY STREET, HAS A LOT OF HISTORY ON IT. $10.7 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY. BUT COUNCILMEMBER DOROTHY DOWE ASSURES THAT’S ALL BEEN PLANNED FOR. THIS IS BEING PARCELED TOGETHER THROUGH SEVERAL REVENUE STREAMS THAT THE CITY HAS NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE NEW ACCOMMODATIONS TAX FUNDING WE CAN USE TOWARDS PURCHASING LAND TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING. COUNCILMAN KEN GIBSON CALLS THIS A TRANSFORMATIONAL PURCHASE FOR THE CITY. WE’RE GOING TO LOOK BACK ON THIS IN 50 YEARS AND SAY, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT WE DID. THIS MAJOR LAND PURCHASE BY THE CITY OF GREENVILLE MEANS THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CAN RETAIN ITS CHARACTER IN SPITE OF ALL OF THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING AROUND IT. JANE, THAT’S QUITE A COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF THE CITY. IS THE PURCHASE FINALIZED? NOT YET. CAROL, THAT NOW THAT LAND IS UNDER CONTRACT. BUT THEN ON MONDAY, CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET AND THEY’LL HAVE A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE. THEN THERE’LL BE AN ORDINANCE TO ACTUALLY APPROPRIATE THE FUNDS. BUT AGAIN, CITY LEADERS CONTINUE TO TELL US THESE FUNDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEDICATED. THERE WILL BE NO NEW TAXES OR NEW FEES INVOLVED I