Two teens arrested after stealing cars, running from police, deputies say (2024)

THIS IS WYFF NEWS FOUR TODAY. THE SUPREME COURT ISSUING SEVERAL RULINGS, INCLUDING ONE THAT WOULD MAKE IT HARDER TO CHARGE CAPITOL RIOT DEFENDANTS. PLUS REACTIONS TO ANOTHER SUPREME COURT DECISION AFFECTING EVERY CITY IN THE UPSTATE AND THEIR HOMELESS POPULATION. GOOD MORNING. I’M PEYTON FURTADO. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY. WE’RE GOING TO START AS WE ALWAYS DO WITH OUR WEATHER, AND TAKE A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE FROM OUR HILTON GREENVILLE SKYCAM GORGEOUS DAY AHEAD OF US. DEFINITELY CLOUDY SKIES, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT WILL BRING SHOWERS WITH IT. WE DON’T KNOW. IT’S 74 DEGREES OUTSIDE. YOU KNOW WHO WOULD KNOW THOUGH? SYDNEY SULLIVAN. SHE’S IN THE STUDIO WITH US. SYDNEY, ARE WE FINALLY GOING TO GET THAT RAIN WE NEED? WE CERTAINLY NEED THE RAIN OUR ENTIRE AREA IS UNDER DROUGHT CONCERNS AND WE’LL SEE A FEW OPPORTUNITIES THIS WEEKEND. SO THAT’S THE GOOD NEWS HERE. I’LL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT HERE IN JUST A SECOND. BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, OUR TEMPERATURES ARE VERY MUCH ON THE MILD SIDE. IF YOU’VE STEPPED OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. IT IS THAT VERY MUGGY AIR MASS TEMPERATURES SITTING AT 74 IN GREENVILLE AS WELL AS ANDERSON, SPARTANBURG, 73 AND 72, IN ASHEVILLE. SO IF YOU’RE HEADED OUT AND ABOUT TODAY, I WILL SAY YOU MIGHT NEED THE SUNGLASSES AT TIMES. YOU MIGHT ALSO NEED THE UMBRELLA. AND YOU CAN DRESS FOR SUMMERTIME WEATHER BECAUSE THESE ARE GOING TO BE SUMMERTIME TEMPERATURES ALL THROUGHOUT THIS WEEKEND. LOOKING AT OUR LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR, WE’RE DRY FOR THE TIME BEING. NOTICE THIS AREA OF MOISTURE THAT IS MOVING NOW OUT OF PARTS OF ATLANTA AND INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA, GETTING VERY CLOSE TO THAT. IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER, WE COULD BE GRAZED BY SOME SHOWERS AS WE HEAD TOWARDS LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON, BUT DOES LOOK LIKE WE HAVE A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING A LITTLE BIT MORE COVERAGE FOR SOME AFTERNOON AND EVENING SCATTERED SHOWERS. SO OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS, HOUR BY HOUR, HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT PARTLY SUNNY SKIES THROUGH LATE MORNING. ONCE WE GET INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE GOING TO BE POSSIBLE. NOT GOING TO BE AREA WIDE AND NOT ALL DAY LONG, BUT YOU WILL CERTAINLY BE DODGING SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS, ESPECIALLY FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SO COMING UP, I’LL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE HOUR BY HOUR FORECAST. AND WHEN SOME OF THIS RAIN WILL ACTUALLY PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DENT IN OUR DROUGHT CONCERNS. PEYTON, THANK YOU SYDNEY, WE’VE GOT SOME BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. A BAD CAR CRASH BLOCKED OFF ALL LANES ON HIGHWAY 101 IN GREER. OUR CREWS SAY THIS WAS CLOSE TO BERRY SHOALS ROAD. REEDVILLE FIRE AND SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL RESPONDED TO THAT SCENE. AND WE’RE WORKING TO LEARN EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THIS HAPPENED, HOW MANY VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED, AND IF ANYONE WAS HURT OR KILLED. WE KNOW THE SCENE HAS BEEN CLEARED AT THIS POINT, AND ALL LANES HAVE BEEN REOPENED. STAY WITH US ONLINE AND ON AIR AS WE WORK TO LEARN MORE. AND WE’RE SWITCHING GEARS NOW BECAUSE THE SUPREME COURT HAS HANDED DOWN SEVERAL DECISIONS. THE HIGH COURT YESTERDAY SIDING WITH A JANUARY 6TH RIOTER SEEKING TO HAVE HIS OBSTRUCTION CHARGE THROWN OUT. THE JUSTICES VOTED 6 TO 3 IN FAVOR. THE COURT SAYING THE LAW WAS ONLY FOR CIRc*msTANCES INVOLVING TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE. THE SUPREME COURT ALSO WEAKENED FEDERAL AGENCIES POWER TO APPROVE REGULATIONS. THE 6 TO 3 RULING OVERTURNED THE CHEVRON VERSUS NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL PRECEDENT SET IN 1984. THE DECISION COULD HAVE SWEEPING IMPLICATIONS FOR LAWS INVOLVING THE ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE WORKPLACE, AND ANOTHER DECISION THE SUPREME COURT SAYS. CITIES CAN TICKET HOMELESS PEOPLE FOR SLEEPING OUTSIDE THE COURT, SIDING WITH THE TOWN OF GRANTS PASS, OREGON, AND ITS ANTI-CAMPING ORDINANCES. JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH SAYS IN HIS OPINION, IT WAS A 6 TO 3 DECISION, SAYING THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT QUALIFY AS CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR WROTE IN HER DISSENT SLEEPING IS A BIOLOGICAL NEED, AND THE RULING IS PUNISHING PEOPLE FOR BEING HOMELESS, AND THAT DECISION IS BEING FELT HERE IN THE UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. WAS AMONG 20 STATES THAT ASKED THE SUPREME COURT TO HEAR THAT CASE. BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE PUSHING BACK. A REY LLERENA GOT REACTIONS FROM PEOPLE IN GREENVILLE. WILL BELL IS FURIOUS. HOW ABUSIVE IT IS TOWARDS THE HOMELESS PEOPLE TRYING TO GUESS YOU’RE TRYING TO CHASE THEM OFF TO PUBLIC EYE. AFTER THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT OUTDOOR SLEEPING BANS ARE ENFORCEABLE BY CITIES, BELL SAYS HE WAS HOMELESS AROUND A DECADE AGO. WHERE MY DAD HAD TO REVERSE MORTGAGE, LOST A HOUSE. I HAD A JOB, AND MY BACK WENT OUT. SO I LOST MY HOME, MY JOB IN HIS MAJORITY OPINION, JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH WROTE, QUOTE, THE CONSTITUTION’S EIGHTH AMENDMENT SERVES MANY IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS, BUT IT DOES NOT AUTHORIZE FEDERAL JUDGES TO WREST THOSE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND IN THEIR PLACE, DICTATE THIS NATION’S HOMELESSNESS POLICY. SOME CITY LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY BELIEVE THE RULING WILL HELP ADDRESS THEIR HOMELESS SITUATION. WE WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD WITH SERVICES, BUT WE ALSO CAN’T CONTINUE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT ON THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM TO GO. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT SAYS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS NATIONWIDE ROSE BY 12% BETWEEN 2022 AND 2023. THE GREENVILLE HOMELESS ALLIANCE SAYS A SIMILAR TREND EXISTS IN THE UPSTATE. WE JUST GOT THE NUMBERS FROM GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS AND IT JUMPED AGAIN AT THE END OF THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR BY OVER 300 STUDENTS, MCLARDY SAYS TARGETED INVESTMENTS COULD HELP SOME PEOPLE WHO MAY BE IN UNEXPECTED BILL AWAY FROM BEING HOMELESS. WE HOPE IF WE CAN RALLY THE COMMUNITY AROUND THESE TARGETED INVESTMENTS, WE CAN EITHER PREVENT THAT WHICH IS SO MUCH BETTER ON EVERYONE. THAT WAS A REY LLERENA REPORTING RIGHT NOW. IT’S UNCLEAR IF CITIES IN THE UPSTATE WILL PROPOSE SIMILAR LAWS AS THOSE OUT WEST. AND WITH YESTERDAY’S RULINGS, THE COURT STILL HAS FOUR CASES UNDECIDED, INCLUDING WHETHER FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IN HIS FEDERAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE. THAT RULING COULD COME MONDAY. CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS ANNOUNCED. THAT WILL BE THE FINAL DAY OF OPINIONS FOR THE CURRENT TERM, AND IN COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE. NEARLY 48 MILLION PEOPLE TUNED INTO THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND ACCORDING TO NIELSEN, THE 90 MINUTE DEBATE WAS BROADCAST ACROSS 22 NETWORKS HOSTED BY CNN. THERE WERE NOTICEABLY LESS PEOPLE WATCHING LAST NIGHT THAT NIGHT COMPARED TO OTHER YEARS. THE FIRST DEBATE BETWEEN THE 2 IN 2020 DREW IN MORE THAN 73 MILLION VIEWERS ACROSS ALL NETWORKS, AND JUST HOURS OFF THE DEBATE STAGE, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WERE BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. THE PRESIDENT HELD A RALLY IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, WHILE THE FORMER PRESIDENT SPOKE TO VOTERS IN VIRGINIA. AND NOW TURNING TO SOME LOCAL NEWS, A GREENVILLE COUNTY MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER A DEADLY SHOOTING. DEPUTIES SAY THIS WAS 130 YESTERDAY MORNING OUTSIDE A HOME ON AKLAVIK COURT. DEPUTIES SAY A MAN WAS FOUND SHOT IN HIS CAR. THE CORONER IDENTIFIED HIM AS 35 YEAR OLD WILLIAM MADDEN. DEPUTIES SAY 31 YEAR OLD AUSTIN KELLUM HAS ALSO HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR THIS AND IS CHARGED WITH MURDER. AND GREENVILLE COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE INVOLVED IN AN HOURS LONG STANDOFF YESTERDAY. INVESTIGATORS TELL US THEY WERE CALLED TO A DISTURBANCE ON WALLACE STREET AROUND 1030 YESTERDAY MORNING, WHEN THEY GOT THERE, DEPUTIES SAY A MAN BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE OF A HOME. WE’RE TOLD AFTER A FEW HOURS THAT SUSPECT SURRENDERED PEACEFULLY AND A MAN IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY HAS BEEN ARRESTED, ACCUSED OF NOT REGISTERING HIS SEX OFFENDER STATUS. DEPUTIES SAY RUDOLPH LINDSEY IS A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER. THEY SAY HE HASN’T BEEN REGISTERED SINCE LEAVING UNION COUNTY IN 2016. DEPUTIES SAY LINDSEY HAS BEEN LIVING IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY HE TOLD DEPUTIES HE WAS MOVING TO NORTH CAROLINA. DEPUTIES SAY HE’S CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO REGISTER AND AUTHORITIES IN LIVONIA, GEORGIA, SAY A CITY LANDMARK WAS DAMAGED IN A HIT AND RUN CRASH, ACCORDING TO POLICE, THAT CRASH HAPPENED JUST AFTER 4:00 YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE CITY’S EAGLE MONUMENT. INVESTIGATORS SAY A SPEEDING TRUCK DRIVER ENDED UP DAMAGING THE MONUMENT’S BASE, THE FENCE AND THE LIGHTS AROUND IT. AN OFFICER NEARBY HEARD THAT CRASH AND LOCATED THAT TRUCK AND AN OCONEE COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY HE PRETENDED TO BE AN ATTORNEY IN GREENVILLE SLED ARRESTED NATHAN CHAMBERS FOR MISREPRESENTATION OF BEING A LAWYER TO SOLICIT BUSINESS, OBTAIN ANYTHING OF VALUE, OR PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE. CHAMBERS IS ALSO ACCUSED OF FORGING HIS FATHER’S NAME. HIS FATHER IS AN ATTORNEY. CHAMBERS WAS BOOKED INTO THE GREENVILLE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER IN A SECTION OF THE SWAMP RABBIT TRAILL IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED RIGHT NOW FOR REPAIRS. THE CITY OF FOUNTAIN INN SAYS IT’S THE PART OF THE TRAIL THAT STRETCHES FROM HELLAM STREET TO MOUNT ZION DRIVE, NEAR COUNTRY CHASE FITNESS PARK. WE’RE TOLD THE REPAIRS ARE GOING TO ADDRESS WEAR AND TEAR, IMPROVED TRAIL SURFACES AND ENSURE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. THE CITY DID NOT SAY HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE. AND AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE, SOUTHERN CULTURE ON NORTH PLEASANTBURG DRIVE IS CLOSED. THE GREENVILLE RESTAURANT CLOSED DUE TO A BROKEN HOT WATER HEATER EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE OWNER OF THE SOUTHERN CULTURE HOSPITALITY GROUP SAYS THE COST TO REPLACE IT LED HER TO PERMANENTLY CLOSE THE SPACE. THE RESTAURANT GROUP ALSO CLOSED HABITAT ON MILLER ROAD EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND STILL AHEAD, A CAR ACCIDENT LEFT HER PARALYZED. A RODEO CHAMPION IS NOW MOTIVATING OTHERS. HOW SHE’S SHOWING OTHERS THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE WITH YOUR DRIVE FOR THE TIME BEING, BUT WE NEED THE RAIN COMING UP. WE’LL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHO COULD SEE SOME VERY BENEFICIAL RAIN ACROSS TH