Two Florida men wanted in North Carolina fiber-optic cable theft investigation
AT 644, IN TIME FOR NEWS TO GO, WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES, YOUR TRAFFIC AND YOUR WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WE START WITH A GAFFNEY POLICE OFFICER WHO IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE DUE TO A VIDEO CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. GAFFNEY POLICE SAY THEY BECAME AWARE OF THE VIDEO INVOLVING THE OFFICER. RIGHT NOW, HE’S ON LEAVE WHILE AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION IS BEING CONDUCTED. THE DEPARTMENT DOESN’T DESCRIBE WHAT THE VIDEO CONTAINED OR WHAT THE OFFICER WAS DOING. IN A STATEMENT, THE DEPARTMENT WRITES, QUOTE, CHIEF GERALD NIGHT AND THE GAFFNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT REMAIN DEDICATED TO HOLDING EVERY MEMBER OF THIS AGENCY TO THE HIGHEST ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS. ACCOUNTABILITY IS ESSENTIAL TO EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND WE TAKE ANY ALLEGATION OR CONCERN INVOLVING OUR PERSONNEL SERIOUSLY. END QUOTE. THE DEPARTMENT GOES ON TO SAY IT WILL RELEASE MORE INFORMATION AS APPROPRIATE. A MAN WHO DIED IN A FIERY CRASH ON NEW YEAR’S DAY IN PICKENS COUNTY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. DEPUTIES SAY THE CRASH HAPPENED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON JANUARY 1ST. THE CORONER RESPONDED TO WEST QUEEN STREET, WHERE THEY FOUND A VEHICLE ENGULFED IN FLAMES AFTER A CRASH. A VICTIM WAS FOUND DURING FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS. AFTER A DENTAL COMPARISON, THE VICTIM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS WILBUR HAYES, THE FOURTH OF ANDERSON. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS RULED AS ACCIDENTAL. A FIRE, A DEATH AND A STANDOFF. INVESTIGATORS SAY IT’S ALL CONNECTED TO A BURGLARY IN LYMAN. DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO A HOUSE ON WEST STAR DRIVE LAST THURSDAY ABOUT AN ARMED BREAK-IN. THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE CALLED 911 AND BARRICADED THEMSELVES IN A ROOM. THE SUSPECT LEFT BEFORE DEPUTIES ARRIVED. THEN ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED BACK TO THE HOUSE FOR A BARRICADED SUSPECT IN A FIRE. HOURS LATER. THEY SAY THE MAN THEY SUSPECT IN THURSDAY’S BURGLARY WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE HOME. THE INCIDENT AND THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED. ANDERSON COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A PERSON IS IN JAIL FOLLOWING A BREAK-IN AND CHASE DEPUTIES ARE STILL LOOKING FOR OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED. DEPUTIES SAY 30 YEAR OLD BRANDON JOHNSON IS FACING CHARGES THIS MORNING. THEY SAY IT STARTED LAST WEDNESDAY ON PINE CIRCLE IN PELZER, WHEN A HOMEOWNER SAW A GROUP OF PEOPLE RANSACKING HIS SHED. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECTS DROVE OFF IN. THE HOMEOWNER FOLLOWED THEM. DEPUTIES SAY A STOLEN MOTORCYCLE FELL OFF THE SUSPECT’S TRUCK BED BEFORE THEY CRASHED NEAR HIGHWAY 81. JOHNSON WAS ARRESTED, BUT OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED GOT AWAY. THE OWNER OF A BOUTIQUE IS FACING MORE CHARGES. ACCORDING TO THE PICKENS COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, PAMELA BROOKS IS CHARGED WITH OBTAINING PROPERTY UNDER FALSE PRETENSE, AMONG OTHER CHARGES. SHE’S ALSO BEEN ARRESTED IN ABBEVILLE, SPARTANBURG, ANDERSON AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES IN THE CITY OF EASLEY. THOSE ARRESTED ON SIMILAR CHARGES ARE IN CONNECTION WITH HER BOUTIQUE, THOMAS AND TURNER. ACCORDING TO THE DETENTION CENTER WEBSITE, IS ALSO BEING HELD IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. FOUR 40. EXCUSE ME? 647 IS YOUR TIME AND A CONFEDERATE FLAG ALONG I-85 IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN FOR NOW. THE COURT ORDER FROM SPARTANBURG COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS INVOLVES A DISPUTE OVER A FLAG POLE CONSTRUCTED BY THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS. IT SAYS THE 120 FOOT FLAGPOLE WAS CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT PROPER PERMITS. THE COURT RULED THIS MONTH THE GROUP MUST REMOVE THE FLAGPOLE OR LOWER IT TO 30FT, AND USE A FLAG NO LARGER THAN FIVE BY EIGHT. SOUTH CAROLINA HEALTH LEADERS ARE REPORTING 17 NEW MEASLES CASES SINCE TUESDAY, PUSHING THE STATE TOTAL TO 950. AND AS HEALTH LEADERS WORK TO SLOW THE SPREAD, THE OUTBREAK IS NOW SPARKING POLITICAL DEBATE IN THE RACE FOR U.S. SENATE. TANIQUA PENNIX IS JOINING US LIVE OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN GREENVILLE WITH HOW THIS HEALTH ISSUE IS TURNING POLITICAL. TIA POLITICAL. HEY, ERIN. WELL, WITH THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUING TO GO UP AND MEASLES CONTINUING TO SPREAD, PEDIATRICIAN DOCTOR ANDY ANDREWS HAS DECIDED TO RUN AGAINST SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM IN THE RACE. NOW, ANDREWS HAS MADE THE CENTER OF HER CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE MEASLES OUTBREAK. SHE’S URGING FAMILIES TO GET THE VACCINE AND TELLING THEM TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS. BUT POLITICAL ANALYSTS SAY HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA, VACCINE DEBATES OFTEN SHIFT FROM HEALTH TO PERSONAL FREEDOM, WHICH COULD SOLIDIFY EXISTING VOTERS RATHER THAN DRIVE NEW TURNOUT. NOW, SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM’S CAMPAIGN HAS FOCUSED MORE BROADLY ON HEALTH CARE POLICY AND HAS NOT CENTERED THE MEASLES OUTBREAK IN HIS RACE. STILL, IN THE MEANTIME, HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET THE MEASLES VACCINE. FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE IN GREENVILLE, TANIQUA PENNIX, WYFF NEWS FOUR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU TIA. TODAY IS PRESIDENTS DAY IN THE STATES IN OUR REGION ALL HAVE TIES TO THE HIGHEST ELECTED POSITION IN THIS COUNTRY. FIRST, A BIT OF A CONTROVERSY. SEVENTH, PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON WAS BORN NEAR THE STATE LINE OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA AND THE WAXHAW REGION. AND ON THIS MAP, YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW CLOSE THE TOWN OF WAXHAW IS TO THE STATE LINE. IN FACT, SOME HISTORIANS SAY HE CONSIDERED SOUTH CAROLINA HIS BIRTH STATE, AND JOHN C CALHOUN SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT UNDER ANDREW JACKSON AND THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. HE WAS BORN IN ABBEVILLE, AND HIS SON IN LAW WOULD GO ON TO FOUND CLEMSON UNIVERSITY. TWO PRESIDENTS WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA 11TH PRESIDENT JAMES POLK AND 17TH PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON. POLK WAS BORN IN PINEVILLE, WHILE JOHNSON WAS BORN IN RALEIGH AND GEORGIA. SENATE PRESIDENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN 1977 AS WELL. WHEN JIMMY CARTER WAS ELECTED TO OFFICE. NO VICE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN FROM GEORGIA OR FROM NORTH CAROLINA. GRACE. HEY. WELL, GOOD MONDAY MORNING. HERE COMES THE SUNRISE ACROSS OUR PEACE CENTER SKYCAM OVERLOOKING INTO DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE. A GORGEOUS START, ALREADY SEEING SOME FOLKS UP AND ABOUT GETTING THEIR MORNING STARTED CLOSE TO 40 DEGREES THERE IN PARTS OF GREENVILLE. WE’RE LOOKING AT THE MID TO UPPER 40S LOW 30S AND ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS RIGHT NOW THOUGH, GOOD NEWS IS WE’RE STAYING DRY COMPARED TO I KNOW YESTERDAY IT WAS DREARY. IT WAS RAINY ALL DAY, COMPLETE OPPOSITE WITH MID 60S, MUCH WARMER. WE’RE LOOKING AT SUNSHINE, A GORGEOUS DAY TO GET OUT AND ABOUT, SO MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT. ENJOY YOUR EVENING WALK. IT’S GOING TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S THERE AND UP IN THE UPSTATE IN THE MOUNTAINS. WE’RE LOOKING AT THE LOW 60S OUTSIDE 53 DEGREES WITH SUNSHINE TODAY AFTER SUNSET, CLEAR SKIES. AND TODAY IS JUST THE BEGINNING. WE’RE WARMING UP REAL QUICK AS WE GO TOWARDS THURSDAY. CLOSER TO THE MID TO UPPER 70S. ON TOP OF THAT THOUGH, WE DO HAVE SOME RAIN ON THE WAY FOR OUR WEEKEND. OVERALL. ENJOY THIS REALLY NICE AND WARM SPRING LIKE WEEK AHEAD OF US. GOOD MORNING! HEY! THANKS, GRACE. WE’RE TAKING ONE LAST LIVE DRIVE. LOOK, THAT’S I-85 NEAR HIGHWAY 14 OVER IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE STARTING TO HAPPEN HERE. AND LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL, SMOOTH FLOWING TRAFFIC. THAT’S WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE. NORTHBOUND, SOUTHBOUND LANES ALL ACROSS I-85 ARE LOOKING GOOD. THAT’S THE SAME STORY WE ARE SEEING. LET’S TAKE ONE LAST LOOK ALL ACROSS OUR AREA THIS MORNING. HEADING OVER TOWARDS ANDERSON. LOTS OF GREEN. THAT’S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. LITTLE SLOWDOWN AS YOU HIT THOSE MAJOR HIGHWAYS. LITTLE OR MAJOR INTERSTATES, BUT NOTHING TOO SERIOUS. ONE THING TO LOOK OUT FOR I-85. WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT IT. 101. WE’RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF BACKUP AS YOU MERGE ONTO I-85, BUT AGAIN, NOT A STOP. JUST EXPECT TO MAYBE REDUCE YOUR SPEED A LITTLE BIT AS WE GET ON TO 85. TAKING ONE LAST LOOK AT OUR TRAVEL TIMES ALL ACROSS THE BOARD THIS MORNING AND YOU ARE IN THE GREEN. IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT THE DOOR RIGHT NOW, THAT’S THE GOOD NEWS. WE’LL GIVE YOU ONE LAST LOOK OF TRAFFIC COMING UP SOON. ERIN. THANK YOU. MEALS ON WHEELS IN HAYWOOD COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO GET MORE FUNDING, ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING AGENDA. THE COMMISSIONERS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROVE MORE THAN $14,000 FOR THE PROGRAM. THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM THE PROVIDING ELDERS ADDITIONAL SUSTENANCE PROJECT, AND THE FUNDS WILL BE DESIGNATED FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS SERVED BY MEALS ON WHEELS WHO ARE VERY FRAIL. TONIGHT’S MEETING IS SET FOR 530 AT THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE ON NORTH MAIN STREET IN WAYNESVILLE AND IN LAWRENCE COUNTY. THE CITY OF CLINTON IS LAUNCHING ITS NEW WEBSITE TODAY. CITY STAFF SAY THE NEW LOOK WILL HELP BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITH UP TO DATE INFORMATION, WAYS TO PAY ONLINE DETAILS IF YOU’RE MOVING TO THE AREA, AND ALSO SOME RESOURCES FOR BUSINESSES, YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE NEW PAGE AT CITY OF CLINTON.COM. THE GREENVILLE SWAMP RABBITS MASCOT STOMPER TURNED TEN ON SUNDAY, AND THE TEAM CELEBRATED THE BON SECOURS WELLNESS ARENA STOMPER WAS JOINED BY FRIENDS, INCLUDING GREENVILLE DRIVES JAMYA REPEAT THE TIGER FROM CLEMSON UNIVERSITY. CONTENT CREATOR. HANDYMAN. HOW FANS KEPT THE PARTY GOING AFTER THE GAME AT HALL OF FAME SPORTS GRILL ON WADE HAMPTON, WHERE POST-GAME BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION ENDED THE NIGHT. IT’S BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THE GREEN BOOK IS MARKING 90 YEARS. FOR DECADES, THE GREEN BOOK SERVED AS A LIFELINE, GUIDING BLACK FAMILIES TO PLACES WHERE THEY COULD SAFELY EAT, REFUEL, AND SLEEP DURING SEGREGATION. ONE OF THOSE GREEN BOOK LOCATIONS WAS THE MAGNOLIA HOUSE HOTEL IN GREENSBORO. IT NOW GOES BY THE HISTORIC MAGNOLIA HOUSE. THE HOUSE WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1890 AND WOULD WELCOME LEGENDARY GUESTS LIKE GLADYS KNIGHT, JAMES BROWN, AND LENA HORNE. CURRENT OWNER’S FATHER BOUGHT THE HOME IN 1995 AND COMPLETELY RESTORED IT WITH THE HELP OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY SAY THE HOME IS A LIVING
Two Florida men wanted in North Carolina fiber-optic cable theft investigation
Updated: 4:57 PM EST Feb 16, 2026
Authorities in Haywood County, North Carolina, are asking the public for help finding two wanted suspects who are believed to live in Florida.On Feb. 4, deputies with the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office were asked for assistance from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office regarding the theft of fiber optic cable. The suspect’s vehicle was described as a bucket truck with an amber dome light and rolls of fiber optic cable in the bed.Haywood County deputies found a vehicle matching the description traveling eastbound on US-23/74. Deputies attempted to pull the vehicle over; however, the driver refused and continued through a red light at the intersection of Russ Avenue and Frazier Street. Deputies said the vehicle stopped at a second red light at Russ Avenue and Barber Boulevard but pulled away as deputies approached.According to the sheriff’s office, the vehicle eventually stopped and the driver and passenger were detained without incident. At that time, the driver, Conroy Morrison, was charged with failure to heed light/siren and failure to stop for a steady red light. He was issued a $500 unsecured bond and released.Following his release from custody, detectives with the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation and developed additional information that led to multiple felony charges against both individuals in Haywood County.Conroy Morrison, 43, of Port St. Lucie, Florida, and Dwayne Daley, 34, of Riviera Beach, Florida, are both wanted on:5 counts of felony obtaining property by false pretense5 counts of conspiracy to obtain property by false pretenseAnyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Morrison or Daley is asked to contact the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office at 828-452-6666.No other details have been released.Keep up with what’s happening around our area by downloading the WYFF News 4 app on the App Store or Google Play.
HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. —
Authorities in Haywood County, North Carolina, are asking the public for help finding two wanted suspects who are believed to live in Florida.
On Feb. 4, deputies with the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office were asked for assistance from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office regarding the theft of fiber optic cable. The suspect’s vehicle was described as a bucket truck with an amber dome light and rolls of fiber optic cable in the bed.
Haywood County deputies found a vehicle matching the description traveling eastbound on US-23/74. Deputies attempted to pull the vehicle over; however, the driver refused and continued through a red light at the intersection of Russ Avenue and Frazier Street. Deputies said the vehicle stopped at a second red light at Russ Avenue and Barber Boulevard but pulled away as deputies approached.
According to the sheriff’s office, the vehicle eventually stopped and the driver and passenger were detained without incident. At that time, the driver, Conroy Morrison, was charged with failure to heed light/siren and failure to stop for a steady red light. He was issued a $500 unsecured bond and released.
Following his release from custody, detectives with the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation and developed additional information that led to multiple felony charges against both individuals in Haywood County.
Conroy Morrison, 43, of Port St. Lucie, Florida, and Dwayne Daley, 34, of Riviera Beach, Florida, are both wanted on:
5 counts of felony obtaining property by false pretense5 counts of conspiracy to obtain property by false pretense
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Dwayne Daley (Left), Conroy Morrison (Right)
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Morrison or Daley is asked to contact the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office at 828-452-6666.
No other details have been released.
Keep up with what’s happening around our area by downloading the WYFF News 4 app on the App Store or Google Play.