Stories by Greg Suskin
Powerball players line up for tickets at ‘lucky’ store
The jackpot for the Powerball lottery stands at a staggering $600 million. It's already a record, but it could climb even higher as more tickets are sold ahead of Saturday night's drawing. Powerball players in Rock Hill could hardly fathom what to do with so much money if they end ...
3 arrested in meth bust, 2-year-old found in home
A meth lab found Wednesday in York County is the eighth that drug agents have uncovered there this year. Acting on a tip, drug agents raided a secluded home on Naturewoods Road near McConnells. Dressed in protective Hazmat suits, they found the remains of a meth lab inside one of ...
SC lawmaker arrested, charged with 2nd DUI
A South Carolina state lawmaker has been arrested on a drunken driving charge for the second time in a year. Public safety officials said an officer saw Rep. Ted Vick staggering across the grounds of the state House in Columbia late Tuesday night. The officer said Vick was having trouble ...
Police, officials investigate threatening letter to Rock Hill teacher
School officials said this was a new one on them: a threatening letter left on a teacher's car. "I've never heard of anything like this before," said Elaine Baker, spokeswoman for the Rock Hill School District. Rock Hill police said a handwritten note was found on a teacher's windshield as ...
York Co. sheriff launches new crime-fighting tool
Jeff Garnett and his wife woke up Saturday to the sound of his brother-in-law knocking on their motel door in Rock Hill. "He said 'somebody took your car,' Garnett said. They walked outside the room at the Budget Motel on South Anderson Road to find an empty parking space where ...
Man to spend 8 years in prison for girlfriend's death in drunken crash
James Kyle Rose, 20, will spend the next eight years of his life in prison. He's charged with killing his girlfriend, and seriously injuring two other teenagers in a violent crash last July in York County. Rose and his girlfriend, 18-year-old Clarissa Disbrow, had just moved in together that day, ...
Trial begins for woman accused of stealing money from elderly York sisters
A Waxhaw woman is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from two elderly sisters who lived in York. Last summer, Eyewitness News brought you the story of the arrest of 54-year-old Shirley Patton. She's charged with breach of trust over $10,000 and exploitation of a vulnerable adult. On ...
9 Investigates: New drug derived from marijuana raises concern among police
A simmering stew of chemicals is the latest fad in street drugs. "A little tiny dab will get you pretty high," said a man who asked not to be identified. The man and his roommate were arrested in March when drug agents raided his house in Rock Hill. They were ...
Police: Man charged with killing cab driver had license revoked
A Charlotte cab driver died in an early morning crash. Police said the man who hit him was drunk, and speeding. At the east Charlotte office for Speedy Cab Co. on Eaton Road, calls of sympathy were coming in as fast as calls for service on Friday. Even though police ...
New employment numbers show promise but at slow pace
Janiqua Swanigan comes to the employment office in east Charlotte every week. She once worked for the Transportation Security Administration in Michigan, but she moved to Charlotte and hasn't been able to find steady work. She doesn't see the economy as a rosy picture. "Things are still at a standstill, ...
Trial starts for driver accused of hitting, killing 2 boys
Jeremy Brewton Sr. told a jury Wednesday he screamed and punched the side of the delivery truck as it was running over his two children. "I yelled at the driver, 'My kids!'" he said. It was Feb. 22, 2012, and Brewton was walking his children to day care in west ...
A child's accidental 911 call leads to her mother's arrest on neglect charges
Katy Brantley invited a Channel 9 news crew inside her Rock Hill home on Monday. "There's nothing wrong with my house," she said as she walked our cameraman through the two bedroom brick house on McKinnon Drive. The house was mostly empty, with almost no furniture inside. "I'm trying to ...
Eyewitnesses shocked as crash victims run from flipped car
Two people were hurt and another is wanted by police following a rollover crash Friday afternoon in east Charlotte. It happened at the corner of the Plaza and 34th Street. Joey Christmas saw it all from his tire shop a few feet away. "We look up, and as we look ...
Solicitor: Teen first spoke 2 years ago about killing grandparents
Almost three months ago, Mack Paul lost his wife to a gunshot wound to the heart. Chester County Sheriff's deputies said 59-year-old Jimmi Paul was killed as part of a murder-for-hire plot involving her own grandson, Eli Watts. Wednesday in court, Mack Paul urged a judge to keep Watts and ...
63-year-old troubled after being robbed at gunpoint
Johnny Edwards, 63, was outside painting his home on Tuesday, but he's never at ease anymore. "Even doing this I'm looking behind me, looking to see who's coming down the street," he said. He was never frightened at his Aiken Street home until he was robbed at gunpoint about three ...
Rock Hill neighbors demand audit of nonprofit agency
For years, the Blackmon Road community on the edge of Rock Hill was considered one of the poorest in the state of South Carolina. Now some residents are demanding an audit of the nonprofit agency that's been there to help them since 2001. Twelve years ago, volunteers joined together to ...
Pilot says he didn't suffer scratch after plane crash into tree
Jerry Wiese walked away from a plane crash Thursday without a scratch on him. The 79-year-old pilot told Channel 9 he didn't even take a pain reliever Thursday night and slept fine. "It was just a lucky break," Wiese said. "I think everybody's had a scrape or two. It's not ...
Pilot helps find plane downed in trees
Rescuers combed the woods near a small landing strip off 3044 Shiloh Unity Road near Old Farm Road in Lancaster County on Thursday afternoon. They were looking for a plane that had crashed into a tree. "I heard a loud noise, and it sounded like a crash," Les Kanna, who ...
Man pleads guilty to attempted robbery, attempted murder
Rodrick Caskey, 20, will spend 30 years in prison for a botched armed robbery and shooting of a sheriff's deputy a year and a half ago. On Wednesday, Channel 9 was there as he pleaded guilty to armed robbery, attempted murder and weapons charges. Deputy Brandon Rollins said he still ...
Local Boston Marathon participants grateful to be home after blasts
Gary and Kim Chesson walked off the plane from Boston Tuesday, emotional about being home in Charlotte. Gary was running in his first Boston Marathon, and his wife, Kim, was there to cheer him on. The ending of the race suddenly changed everything. "It's a day to celebrate, to celebrate ...
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