North Carolina man, woman face charges after 3-year-old dies from blunt force trauma, officers say
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NIGEL ARE UP NEXT. WYFF NEWS FOUR AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. HE IS A VOODOO ECONOMIST AND UPSTATE LEADERS PUSHING BACK AGAINST COMMENTS FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ABOUT ONE OF THE AREA’S LARGEST EMPLOYERS. AS MORE GLOBAL TARIFFS ARE SET TO GO LIVE, TO SHOW ME HOW TO WORK IN A REAL BUSINESS. OR FIND REAL FIND A JOB TO WORK AT AND HELP OTHER PEOPLE. AN AREA PROGRAM TEACHING REAL WORLD SKILLS, HELPING STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY. FROM CLEAR SKIES TO FROST POSSIBLE TONIGHT. COMING UP, I’LL SHOW YOU HOW LOW YOUR TOWN GOES AND HOW LONG THIS LASTS. MORE GLOBAL TARIFFS ARE SET TO GO INTO EFFECT TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT. BUT SPARTANBURG COUNTY LEADERS ARE PUSHING BACK AGAINST WHAT TOP WHITE HOUSE TRADE ADVISER PETER NAVARRO HAS SAID ABOUT BMW. ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN THE UPSTATE, REY LLERENA JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE ON THIS REA. NIGEL CARROLL, SPARTANBURG COUNTY VICE CHAIRMAN DAVID BRITT HAS SAID THAT CANADA, MEXICO, CHINA, JAPAN AND GERMANY ARE SOME OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY’S TOP TRADING PARTNERS. HE CALLED PETER NAVARRO’S COMMENTS OUT OF TOUCH. AGAIN. LUNACY. THIS IS JUST ABSOLUTE. YOU KNOW, HE’S HE’S DIVORCED FROM REALITY. SPARTANBURG COUNTY COUNCIL VICE CHAIR DAVID BRITT SLAMMING TOP TRADE ADVISER PETER NAVARRO. AND HE HAS A TWISTED VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES. HE LIVES IN THE 70S FOR THIS COMMENT ON CNBC ON MONDAY REGARDING BMW. THIS BUSINESS MODEL WHERE BMW AND MERCEDES COME IN TO SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA AND HAVE US ASSEMBLE GERMAN ENGINES AND AUSTRIAN TRANSMISSIONS, THAT DOESN’T WORK FOR AMERICA. IT’S BAD FOR OUR ECONOMICS. IT’S BAD FOR OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. BRITT WAS ON THE TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO HELPED RECRUIT THE COMPANY TO THE UPSTATE IN THE EARLY 90S. THAT COMMENT THAT HE MADE IS INSULTING. IT’S INSULTING TO THE EMPLOYEES AND THE CITIZENS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE A HAVE A PART OF THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. AND AND I DON’T TAKE IT LIGHTLY. BMW SAYS IT HAS INVESTED MORE THAN $14.8 BILLION INTO PLANT SPARTANBURG AND SUPPORTS NEARLY 43,000 JOBS. MY BLOOD BOILS WHEN THIS SORT OF THING HAPPENS, NOT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT GOOD AND THIS IS DIFFICULT. YOU KNOW, IT’S BECAUSE YOU’RE AFFECTING PEOPLE’S LIVES. BRITT. OFFERING THE WHITE HOUSE TO SEE THE OPERATION FOR THEMSELVES. YEAH, IT’S A VERY SERIOUS MATTER. AND THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO COME TO SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, SPEND SOME TIME WITH ME. I’VE SAID IT BEFORE. I’VE OFFERED. I’VE WRITTEN HIM LETTERS. YOU’RE WELCOME TO COME HERE. LET ME GET IN YOUR EAR. LET ME SHOW YOU HOW IT’S DONE. AND, RAY, HAVE ANY OTHER OFFICIALS GOTTEN BACK TO YOU REGARDING PETER NAVARRO’S COMMENTS ON BMW? NOT YET. NIGEL, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER’S OFFICE, AS WELL AS PETER NAVARRO. BOTH OF THEM HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO OUR REQUESTS FOR COMMENT. REPORTING LIVE IN GREENVILLE, REY LLERENA WYFF NEWS FOUR. RAY. THANK YOU. LET’S TURN TO WEATHER. A LIVE LOOK NOW FROM OUR LAKE HARTWELL SKYCAM. TOMORROW IS A LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR IMPACT DAY. IT WAS A LITTLE COOLER TODAY, BUT IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY. JUST LOOK AT THAT SKY. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS JUSTUS IS HERE WITH THE AREA’S MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. CHRIS FROST AND A FREEZE POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING. YEAH, IT’S GOING TO BE REALLY COLD, BUT THE ONE THING I’M NOTICING THAT’S AT LEAST A BENEFIT FOR AREA APPLE GROWERS, PEACH FARMERS, STRAWBERRY GROWERS, IT DOESN’T LOOK TO BE AS COLD. THE WINDS ARE STAYING UP JUST A LITTLE BIT WHICH HELPS. EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS THIS TIME OF YEAR. LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR. COMPLETELY DRY FOR US. AFTER SEEING SOME RAIN YESTERDAY. CLEAR SKIES OUTSIDE. I MEAN IT IS PICTURE PERFECT OUT. 66 IN ANDERSON AND 63 IN SPARTANBURG. THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE ABOUT 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW WHERE WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. IT’S CURRENTLY 56, IN HENDERSONVILLE AND 53 IN ASHEVILLE. OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS, LOOK FOR THOSE TEMPERATURES TO DIP ON DOWN TO THE UPPER 30S TO AROUND 40 DEGREES. BUT JUST IN A MATTER OF 24 HOURS AFTER THAT COOL WEATHER, SOME STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. COMING UP ON. MAP OUT THE TIMING FOR YOUR TOWN AND WHAT TEMPERATURES DO BEHIND THAT FRONT. CHRIS. THANK YOU. THE SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY COMMISSION SAYS THE TABLE ROCK COMPLEX FIRE IS NOW FULLY CONTAINED. THE TABLE ROCK AND PERSIMMON RIDGE FIRES BURNED MORE THAN 15,000 ACRES. OFFICIALS SAY THE DECISION TO DECLARE THE FIRE 100% CONTAINED, FOLLOWED ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY. WE’RE TOLD RESOURCES REMAINING ON THE FIRES WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON SUPPRESSION REPAIR. IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. INTERSTATE 85 IS BACK OPEN TONIGHT AFTER A DEADLY CRASH. LEFT LANES BLOCKED FOR MORE THAN FIVE HOURS. OFFICIALS SAY THE CRASH HAPPENED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON I-85 NORTHBOUND NEAR MILE MARKER 59. TROOPERS SAY A MOPED WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE INTERSTATE AND WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER OF THE MOPED DIED. THE OTHER DRIVER INVOLVED WAS NOT INJURED. ALL THE NORTHBOUND LANES REOPENED JUST BEFORE 6:00 THIS MORNING. IN SPARTANBURG, POLICE SAY A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH AN ARSON INVESTIGATION. POLICE SAY MARCUS MILLER IS FACING CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH AN ARSON ON FARLEY STREET AND A BURGLARY AT PIERPOINT AVENUE. THEY SAY THEY ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING FOUR OTHER ARSON CASES THAT HAPPENED WITHIN A SIX HOUR TIME FRAME. POLICE SAY IT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED THAT MILLER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE ARSON INCIDENTS, NOR HAS IT BEEN CONFIRMED THAT THE OTHER INCIDENTS ARE CONNECTED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL POLICE OR FIRE OFFICIALS. TO OCONEE COUNTY, WHERE DEPUTIES SAY A 54 YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER THEY SAY SHE ASSAULTED ANOTHER WOMAN OVER THE WEEKEND. DEPUTIES SAY THEY ARRESTED ANGELA STEVENS ON SUNDAY. WE ARE TOLD SHE BROKE INTO A CAMPER ON AMBER DRIVE IN WESTMINSTER AND CAUSED PHYSICAL HARM TO A WOMAN INSIDE. STEVENS IS IN THE OCONEE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. SHE WAS GRANTED BOND. APRIL IS AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH, AND THIS YEAR IT FALLS AT A TIME WHEN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS WARNED SCHOOLS TO DISCONTINUE D-I PROGRAMS, WHICH CAN INCLUDE PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. WYFF NEWS FOUR’S PEYTON FURTADO IS SPOTLIGHTING ONE ANDERSON DISTRICT FIVE PROGRAM POURING INTO STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY. HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON, NIGEL AND CAROL. YEAH, I’VE GOT TO SHOW YOU THIS. THEY’VE BEEN LEARNING TO MAKE EVERYTHING FROM T-SHIRTS TO COFFEE HERE AT THIS PROGRAM AT T.L. HANNA HIGH SCHOOL. THEY MEET EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY. AND ON THOSE DAYS, KIDS WHO HAVE DISABILITIES AND ARE IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, THEY WORK AT A COFFEE CART AND CAFE. STUDENTS OFTEN SWARM IT BETWEEN CLASSES FOR A QUICK PICK ME UP. NOW, THE SCHOOL HAS SEVERAL OTHER STUDENT RUN BUSINESSES LIKE THIS, INCLUDING A BATH BOMB BUSINESS AND A PRINT SHOP. EMERY SMITH WITH THE BEST BUDDIES PROGRAM HERE SAYS NOT ONLY IS THIS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR JOB SEARCHING AFTER SCHOOL, IT’S FORMED FRIENDSHIPS ALONG THE WAY. SO I THINK HANNAH IS SUCH A UNIQUE SCHOOL IN THAT THERE’S ALREADY SUCH A CULTURE OF INCLUSION HERE, AND YOU CAN REALLY SEE THAT WITH ALL THE INVOLVEMENT WITH THINGS LIKE ADAPTIVE PE AND THE COFFEE CART. BUT I THINK THERE’S REALLY A PUSH IN SO MANY INDIVIDUALS AT HANNAH THAT WANT TO GET INVOLVED ON A DEEPER LEVEL AND REALLY CREATE MORE FRIENDSHIPS. AND AS KIDS POURED COFFEE, PRESS T SHIRTS AND ORGANIZE BATH BOMBS, WE SPOKE WITH THE PRINCIPAL ABOUT WHETHER HE WORRIES A PROGRAM LIKE THIS COULD BE CUT OR DEFUNDED. WITH CURRENT BUDGET CUTS AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S FOCUS ON REMOVING D-I PROGRAMS. NOW, THE PRINCIPAL TOLD US, WHILE THEY DO RECEIVE SOME FEDERAL MONEY FOR THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, LIKE MOST SCHOOLS ACROSS THE UPSTATE, THIS HAS IT RAN OFF OF A GRANT AT FIRST. IT’S NOW SELF-SUSTAINING. THE KIDS WORK SO HARD THAT THE MONEY THEY EARN GOES RIGHT BACK INTO THE BUSINESSES THEY’RE RUNNING. THEY EVEN MAKE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PAY THE KIDS LIKE A NORMAL BUSINESS WOULD. HE THINKS THAT THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE FOR YEARS TO COME. LIVE IN ANDERSON COUNTY. I’M PEYTON FURTADO FOR WYFF NEWS FOUR. PEYTON. THANK YOU. GOLF’S FIRST MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP IS JUST DAYS AWAY AT THE MASTERS. SPORTS DIRECTOR MARC WHITEMAN TAKING IN THE SIGHTS AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL. THE GREATEST GOLFERS IN THE WORLD GATHERING AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL FOR THE 89TH PLAYING OF THE MASTERS. AMONG THE MANY PATRONS WE SPOKE WITH ALONG THE ROPES AND ON THE PATHWAYS WERE SEVERAL FROM THE UPSTATE, INCLUDING A FORMER CLEMSON FOOTBALL PLAYER. STACY DRIVER WAS A RUNNING BACK FOR DANNY FORD IN THE EARLY 80S. HE RAN FOR MORE THAN 2000 YARDS IN HIS COLLEGE CAREER, AND SINCE A FRIEND BROUGHT HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME TO AUGUSTA NATIONAL MORE THAN A DECADE AGO. DRIVER HAS ENTERED THE LOTTERY EACH YEAR FOR TICKETS. FINALLY, THIS YEAR, HE WON. YOU ALWAYS THINK YOU’RE GOING TO WIN. THAT’S YOU PLAY. YOU ALWAYS THINK YOU’RE GOING TO WIN. WHEN I FOUND OUT, I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT, YOU KNOW? SO I HAD TO CALL MY WIFE AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE’RE GOING TO AUGUSTA. LIKE GOING IN YOUR FAVORITE DREAM AND OPEN THE DOOR. AND THERE IT IS. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN’T BELIEVE IT. I’M ACTUALLY HERE. AND IT’S LIKE I HAVE TO PINCH YOURSELF SOMETIMES. DRIVER. NOT THE ONLY PATRON WE SPOKE WITH THAT COULD NOT BELIEVE THEIR LUCK. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN PUTTING IN FOR THE LOTTERY? IT AT LEAST 30. DUDE, I WAS ECSTATIC. I WAS JUST LIKE, WHAT? HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? SO I GOT. I JUST GOT FORTUNATE. SO I’M REAL HAPPY ABOUT IT. IT’S BECOME A FAMILY TRADITION BECAUSE MY BROTHER INVITED ME WHEN HE WON THE LOTTERY, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE GOT TO GO WITH MY DAD AS WELL, HE GOT TO JOIN. SO I KNEW WHEN I WON, IT WAS THE FIRST PERSON THAT I CALLED. SO YOUR FAMILY HAS NOW WON THE LOTTERY MULTIPLE TIMES? YEAH. NEXT UP, I HAVE NOT WON IT YET, BUT MY OLDER BROTHER DID. YEAH. SO HOPEFULLY I’LL WIN SOMETIME. ANOTHER UPSTATE NATIVE, LUCAS GLOVER, MAKING HIS 11TH START AT THE MASTERS THIS WEEK. THE 45 YEAR OLD IS HAVING A TERRIFIC SEASON THREE TOP TEN FINISHES IN HIS LAST SEVEN STARTS, INCLUDING A THIRD PLACE FINISH AT LAST MONTH’S PLA
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North Carolina man, woman face charges after 3-year-old dies from blunt force trauma, officers say
A man and woman in North Carolina are facing charges after a toddler died from blunt force trauma.Just before 9 a.m. on May 23, 2023, officers with the Siler City Police Department responded to the North Glenn Apartments in Siler City in reference to a child not breathing.More News: Investigation underway after couple found dead inside their homeUpon arrival, officers found the 3-year-old victim in an unoccupied apartment. EMS personnel attempted to perform life-saving measures while transporting the child to UNC Health Chatham Hospital, but the child ultimately died upon arrival.During the investigation, the cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma.Detectives identified the persons of interest as 27-year-old Da'quan Antonio Harris and the mother as 31-year-old Shaquenta Ciara Pinkard, both of Asheboro.More News: Upstate leaders fire back after White House advisor's criticism on BMWOn April 3, 2025, Harris and Pinkard were arrested by the Asheboro Police Department. Both Harris and Pinkard were charged with first-degree murder and felony child abuse.
SILER CITY, N.C. —
A man and woman in North Carolina are facing charges after a toddler died from blunt force trauma.
Just before 9 a.m. on May 23, 2023, officers with the Siler City Police Department responded to the North Glenn Apartments in Siler City in reference to a child not breathing.
Upon arrival, officers found the 3-year-old victim in an unoccupied apartment. EMS personnel attempted to perform life-saving measures while transporting the child to UNC Health Chatham Hospital, but the child ultimately died upon arrival.
During the investigation, the cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma.
Detectives identified the persons of interest as 27-year-old Da'quan Antonio Harris and the mother as 31-year-old Shaquenta Ciara Pinkard, both of Asheboro.
On April 3, 2025, Harris and Pinkard were arrested by the Asheboro Police Department. Both Harris and Pinkard were charged with first-degree murder and felony child abuse.