Andrew Dys

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Northbound lanes blocked. Please excuse the typo.

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Fatal crash this morning near entrance to @yorktech in @RockHillSCCity said @rockhillpd 4 vehicles involved. Anderson Road - US 21 near Dave Lyle Boulevard. Northbound Agnes blocked. Follow @RHHerald for updates.

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Yet again @Bretjust1T @RHHerald @RHHerald_Preps tells more than pins and points in story of champion wrestler is search of so much more than wins. Heroic young guy in a heroic story from the best sportswriter in America. https://t.co/TJPd2UDNYl

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Only sports writer in America @Bretjust1T gets that sports is about joy and hope and daring to be great. Incredible story @rhherald on @henrykalungi from @winthropu helping kids in his home country. Awesome https://t.co/UUnSaWNi2t

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Robert Outen, 19, pleading guilty to manslaughter in @YorkCountySCGov court for April killing of Lancaster man Mardarius Bailey. Had faced murder. Negotiated sentence 18 years, prosecutors said. Waiting for judge to OK deal. Follow @RHHerald and https://t.co/0ZaU1QjFNJ

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Incredible act of kindness in court from victim’ mom as judge contemplates sentence. Debbie Harrison, Karson Whitesell’s mother, comforting the sobbing mother of Christoper Mendez who killed her daughter. Sentencing to come momentarily. @RHHerald https://t.co/0ZaU1Q24Wb

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Mendez said to cops he should have felt more tormented, that victim “looked beautiful’ and he “felt relieved” after doing shooting even though “she didn’t deserve it” @RHHerald https://t.co/0ZaU1Q24Wb

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Mendez said in police interview he told victim “That’s what happens when you don’t look at people with kind eyes”

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Mendez lied on ATF gun form buying gun where he marked no that he had never been hospitalized for mental treatment, prosecutors said. @RHHerald https://t.co/0ZaU1Q24Wb

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Mendez bought the gun before the crime after shooting practice days before. Prosecutors showing surveillance photos in court. @RHHerald https://t.co/0ZaU1Q24Wb

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Judge: Are you guilty? Mendez “yes” @RHHerald https://t.co/0ZaU1Q24Wb

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Prosecutor Brackett said Mendez had “perceived slight” and shot Whitesell 5 times at Peach Stand. Mendez said he was guilty. Follow @RHHerald and https://t.co/0ZaU1Q24Wb

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Mendez agrees to plead guilty. “I did it,” he said in court.

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Mendez pleading guilty faces up to life in prison. Competent to plead mentally, says Kevin Brackett prosecutor.

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Packed court murder case of Christopher Mendez accused of killing Karson Whitesell at Peach Stand in Fort Mill Jan. 23. Mendez faces up to life in prison if he pleads guilty and would avoid potential death penalty trial. Follow @RHHerald and https://t.co/0ZaU1Q24Wb

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Knox apologizing in court

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Knox was sentenced by Judge Brian Gibbons to 16 years in prison for killing 3 people while drunk driving in Chester in October 2016.

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Defense lawyer Tom Hall says blown tire could have caused crash. Admits his client Joseph Knox was drunk and praised victims’ families for their grace but tire an issue, Hall said.

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Knox had previous DUI convictions and was drunk when he crossed the center line and hit the other vehicle head on, prosecutor Candice Lively said. @RHHerald

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Brother of victim said in court he had forgiven Knox. “We have no hate in our hearts and don’t want him to go to jail for the rest of his life” @RHHerald