JODY BARR: Court clerk claims Marlboro County sheriff’s warrant-shredding order was political paybac
Queen City News
[{'start': '12.145', 'end': '15.881', 'text': ">> WE'RE INSIDE THE MORROW  COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN JULY 2023,  THE DAY APPEAR SLED AGENTS  SHOWED UP. THEY WERE THERE TO  INTERVIEW JOY WILLIAMS, THE  ELECTED CLERK OF COURT  SHOULDN'T NEED SUPPORTER AND  HE IS GOING TO STOP THEM.  WHERE STAFF, I THINK.  >> THE SAFETY AND ON THE PHONE  TO US. HE GETS HE GETS. ITS  TOTAL, OUGHT TO BE.  ON THE HEAD. AND THAT IS SAYING  HE IS. SOME HOME RUNS.  >> DAYS BEFORE WE GOT A TIP  THAT SOMEONE AT THE MORROW  COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD  SHREDDED UP TO 200 BENCH  WARRANTS. THE WARRANTS WERE FOR  PEOPLE CHARGED WITH CRIMES WHO  JUST DIDN'T SHOW UP  FOR COURT.  >> WE JUST TALKED TO MARCUS AND  PERCENT IN 2022. DEPUTIES  CHARGED ANDERSON WITH BEATING  HIS WIFE IN A GAS STATION  PARKING LOT, EVEN WITH AN ORDER  OF PROTECTION HANGING OVER HIM.  INVESTIGATORS SAY A FEW  WEEKS LATER, ANDERSON  CONFRONTED HIS EX-WIFE WHO IS  ALSO THE WITNESS IN THE CASE AT  THIS GROCERY STORE IN TOWN,  THE GRAND JURY INDICTED HIM ON  THAT PROTECTION ORDER  VIOLATION. AND HE WAS SUPPOSED  TO SHOW UP IN COURT TO ANSWER  THE CHARGE. BUT THE MARKETS,  ANDERSON NEVER SHOWED UP.  SO BEACH WANT WITH MY  SIGNATURE. THE JUDGE ORDERED  THE CLERK OF COURT JOYA  WILLIAMS TO ISSUE A BENCH  WARRANT FOR ANDERSON'S ARREST.  >> BUT NO ONE IN THE CLERK'S  OFFICE KNEW THAT WARRANT ENDED  UP IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE  SHREDDER 9 MONTHS PASSED BEFORE  ANYONE  FOUND OUT.  >> OF THE 2 CAN CONTACT OUR  OFFICE. SHE WAS TOLD THAT THERE  WAS AN ACTIVE BIG TO WORK FROM  LAST FALL. BUT THE SHERIFF'S  OFFICE SAYS THE GIRL OUT THERE  KEEP SAYING THAT THERE WAS ONE  MORROW COUNTY SHERIFF'S CHIEF  DEPUTY LARRY TURNER WENT TO  WORK, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT  IS WARRANT CLERKS SAY THE  WILKES DID WITH THAT ANDERSON  BENCH WARRANT. I ACTUALLY  TALKED TO THE END OF IT, HURT  YOURSELF. CYBER WAR SINCE HE  WAS A VAST UNDER THE OLD  ADMINISTRATION THAT YOU WERE  SERIOUS ABOUT A CLEARER.  >> OF COURSE THEY WOULD NOT  SERVE THEM FOR THEM TO STRIP  THEM LITTLE TIME TO COUNT THEM.  TRACY.  SHE HAD THE MOST TAKE THE PHONE  AND AND THAT TELLS US THAT  THAT'S WHERE HE FOUND THE SAME.  AGAINST THE HAMPDEN. SO SHE HAD  TO SERVE ALL OF THEM.  >> AND THEN ON. BUT WHY THE  CLERK DETAILED HER THEORY IN  THE SLED INTERVIEW, SOUTH  CAROLINA LAW GIVES CLERKS THE  POWERS TO ISSUE BENCH WARRANTS.  THE SUPREME COURT'S 4 EVEN  GIVES THE OPTION FOR EITHER  A JUDGE OR AN ELECTED CLERK TO  SIGN ONE WILLIAMS TOLD SLED SHE  EVEN CHECKED WITH BOTH JUDGE  MICHAEL NETTLES AND JUDGE PAUL  BIRCH TO MAKE SURE SHE COULD  SIGN THOSE BENCH WARRANTS.  THE CLERK TOLD AGENTS NOT LONG  AFTER HER ELECTION IN 2020, A  DEPUTY TOLD ARE SHERIFF CHARLES  LIMON WASN'T SERVING BENCH  WARRANTS WITH HER SIGNATURE.  WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THAT  HAPPENS? I HEAR THE BOOM IN  SOME WAY.  >> JUST KEEP AMENDMENT. WHICH  TEAM. A LOT. WE'RE GOING TO  SAY.  AND WHEN YOU DO. DID YOU EVER  TALK TO? I'M SURE FOR HIM AND  ABOUT IT. NEVER COME BACK UP  AGAIN. NOT AS FAR AS I'M NOT  1 MILLION TO DO RESEARCH AND  TO ADD THAT TO WHAT IS THERE  ANY REASON YOU BELIEVE? FOR  THAT? YOU KNOW, SHERIFF, WHEN  DID THIS AS A PERSONAL VENDETTA  THAT HE DIDN'T MILITIAS, LEE  DOESN'T WANT THAT FULL. AND  WHAT WOULD LEAD YOU TO BELIEVE  THAT? THE CAUSE YOU TO HIM?  SAID WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO IT  AND MAY. I WOULD PAY FOR THE  WASN'T. SO WHAT MY FAMILY'S  ORDEAL, WHICH WAS WAS NOT  VOTING FOR WHO.  AND WHERE WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT  COMES AND GOES IN PORTLAND  STATE YEARS. WE CAME OVER, SET  THEM ASIDE. DID YOU ASK HIM AT  THAT TIME WAS WOULD SAY THAT  TOO. THAT'S WHAT HE MEANT THAT  YOU WOULD PAY BECAUSE, OF  COURSE, THAT VOTE FOR HIS  UNTIMELY. AND WHILE HE DIDN'T  INSTEAD, WE'RE SEEING SOME VERY  PAGES.  WELL, I THINK THAT IS A  SELECTION. HE COME FROM.  ALL IT TAKES AND  WE'RE NOT VOTING FOR A U.S.  REASON HE HAD A GRUDGE AGAINST  SHELL'S GUSHED.  SYMBOL, MY EMPLOYEES TO COME  FORWARD TO.  >> ALTHOUGH THE WAR AND  SHREDDING WAS UNCOVERED IN  2023, THE SLED INVESTIGATION  SHOWS IT STARTED AS EARLY AS  2021. BUT THE BEACH WAS BEEN  TRADED HAVING NO FUN. SHERIFF  CHARLES LIMON WAS THE SHERIFF  AT THE TIME. IT'S ANDY WILKES  WAS HIS WARRANT CLERK.  IN DECEMBER 2021, THE MORROW  COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTED  LIMON OVER THIS INMATE HAZING  VIDEO. THE GOVERNOR IMMEDIATELY  SUSPENDED LIMIT FROM OFFICE IN  THE FOLLOWING DAY. BUT THE GUYS  OF ARE YOU, THE GOVERNOR  APPOINTED LARRY MCNEIL IS THE  INTERIM SHERIFF.  >> DESPITE LIMON ON VIDEO OR  DURING HIS DEPUTY TO SHOCK THE  INMATE MULTIPLE TIMES AND HIS  FEDERAL INDICTMENT ON A CIVIL  RIGHTS ABUSE CHARGE. A JURY  ACQUITTED HIM LAST YEAR.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MONTHS  AFTER TAKING OVER MCNEIL AND  HIS CHIEF DEPUTY LARRY TURNER  FOUND OUT WHAT SAY THE WILKES  WAS DOING WITH THOSE BENCH  WARRANTS.  >> GARY BARTA OF MY NATION.  FROM A DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF  US WITH MCNEILL ASKS LED TO  INVESTIGATE SOUTH.  >> DON'T WORRY TOO MUCH.  AND WITH THIS QUESTION BECAUSE  SCHOOL SAM ACCUSATORY, THIS NOT  JUST FUNDING. SO WHEN SHERIFF  MEET NEW INTERIM SHERIFF MCNEIL  TOOK OVER, DID YOU ASK HIM WHAT  YOU SHOULD DO WITH THE BENCH  WOUNDS THAT WERE ONLY SIGNED BY  THE CLERK? WAS THAT?  HE TOLD US TO PROCEED AS WE  HEAD BAND.  >> AND IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE  ANYTHING, HE WOULD COME THROUGH  THE AND THE ONLY THING REALLY  THAT BROUGHT IT, THAT THEIR  TEACHER, THAT ONE PARTICULAR  ONE THAT THEY CAN FOLD.  SO LIVE FOR ALL THIS SO HE  WOULD BE REALLY KNOWING THAT  YOUR FRIEND, CORRECT WILKES NOT  ONLY HANDLED WARRANTS. SHE IS  ALSO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE'S  VICTIM ADVOCATE.  >> SHE ADMITTED TO SLED FORMER  SHERIFF CHARLES LIMB AND  ORDERED HER TO SHRED ANY BENCH  WARRANT CLERK JOYA  WILLIAMS SIGNED.  >> IN THE ROOM AND SAID HE'S  NOT CERTAIN THAT THEY WERE SENT  ABOUT AS I. SO IF IT WAS ONLY  SON BY THE SHIRT CANNOT JUDGE  WHAT A JOB TO DO WITH THAT WAR.  SHE SAID. WAS YOUR TRIP.  WE CAN DO. WE'LL INTRODUCE YOU  TO YES.  SO IS IT MORE TIME GIVE WILKES  TOLD THE AGENTS LIMON HEARD  SOMETHING ABOUT WARRANTS AT A  SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION MEETING  THAT CAUSED THEM TO TARGET THE  CLERK'S BENCH WARRANT.  YOU SAY WHAT WAS WHAT WAS  DISCUSSED AS THE SHERIFF SAYS  THE U.S. THAT WORE SIZE.  THEY HAVEN'T TO BE SIGNED BY  >> HIS WHOLE FOCUS FOR US.  WHAT ARE TAKEN HIS SELF AND  SHERIFF'S OFFICE.  AND THINGS BEING SENT BY 2.  THAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THIS WHOLE  MECHANISM IN PLACE. AND I HAVE  NO IDEA.  WHAT THE CLASS WITH THE AL OR  WHAT THEY SAY. IT CAUSE YOU  AS YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T ANYTHING  PERSONAL BETWEEN EITHER FORMER  SHARES. YEAH, EITHER THAT OR  NOT, I REALLY BELIEVE.  >> WHATEVER WAS SAY IT.  AND THAT CONFERENCE THAT HE  HEARD IS WHAT COULD THAT HE'S  RIGHT, ARE WE? SO WE COME HERE.  BUT THE FACT THE SHERIFFS  ASSOCIATION.  EXPLAIN  TO US, YES, SHE HAS THE  AUTHORITY TO SEND THEM.  BE CAREFUL BECAUSE NOT SIGN OF  A JUDGE.  HAS SENT THAT TO THE SHERIFF  TO SERVE OR NOT SERVE. THE  TRUMP.  AND THAT'S KIND OF MAN,  YOU KNOW, SHERIFF MINA SAYS,  WELL, I'M NOT CERTAIN NIGHT  HE SAID THAT RATHER ERR ON THE  SIDE OF CAUTION. THE SLIT  REPORT SHOWS JARED BREUDER TOLD  AGENTS HE DID NOT RECALL EVER  TALKING TO LIMIT OR WILKES  ABOUT A CLERK'S POWER TO SIGN  A BENCH WARRANT.  >> AND HE NEVER TOLD SHERIFF  LIMON TO SHRED THEM. YOU HAVE  BECAUSE I HEARD HIM AND HE TOLD  I HAD THE PHONE, STUPEFIED AND  >> THERE WAS NO. HESITATION.  BECAUSE ASHFORD DID SAY SO.  ONE GERBA THE INTERN FOR THE  SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION.  I TOLD YOU THAT IT WAS UP.  THE SHERIFF LEMON USES AND  ADDRESS ON WHETHER HE WANTED  TO HONOR THOSE BENCH WARRANTS  CORRECTED. KNOW THIS STATION  ABOUT NOT ON THAT. IF THERE  I MEAN, HIS ATTORNEY FISH.  YEAH. WILKES JOINED THE  SHERIFF'S OFFICE 17 YEARS AGO  UNDER FORMER SHERIFF RED NIGHT.  SHE TOLD SLED NIGHT NEVER TOLD  HER TO SHRED ANY BENCH WARRANT.  >> EVEN IF THEY WERE SIGNED BY  THE CLERK, THE SHREDDING  STARTED, SHE SAYS AFTER THE  2020 ELECTION WERE LIMITED,  WILLIAMS WON REELECTION AS  SHERIFF AND CLERK THEM. TO BE  HONEST, WE DIDN'T THINK  ANYTHING WAS DONE FOR ANYBODY  WITH ANY HARD FEELINGS OF  MALICE. 3. I DON'T THINK THAT  THE SCENE PENSION WILKE SAID IF  WOMEN HAD A GRUDGE AGAINST  JOINT WILLIAMS THAT HER OFFICE,  SHE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT  IT. AT THE END OF HER  INTERVIEW, WILKES S LED FOR  ONE FAVOR. WE'VE GOT A QUESTION  FOR US.  THE RISE IN FUEL IS AT LEAST  ONE QUESTION. I LOVE THE FACT  >> AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GIVE  OUR NOT ABOUT ME.  >> ASKING QUESTIONS IS  SOMETHING THE STATE LAW  ENFORCEMENT DIVISION HAS  ABSOLUTELY NO POWER TO STOP.  CAN I TALK TO YOU FOR YOU HEAD  OUT?  IT WHERE YOU EVER INSTRUCTED BY  SHERIFF LIMON TO SHRED BENCH  WARRANT SIGNED BY THE CLERK.  >> DID YOU THINK THAT WAS THE  RIGHT THING TO DO IS TRADE WAR  INSTEAD OF SERVE THEM?  DID YOU INSTRUCT ANYONE ON YOUR  STAFF TO SHRED BENCH WARRANT  SIGNED BY THE CLERK OF COURT?  CHARLES WOMEN THROUGH HIS  ATTORNEY REFUSED TO SIT FOR AN  INTERVIEW WITH SLED. IS THERE  ANYTHING AT ALL YOU WANT TO SAY  BEFORE? WE'RE THIS REPORT?  WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT LIMITED  TO WAS BEFORE WE TRACKED HIM  DOWN TO QUESTION HIM ABOUT THIS  NEARLY 2 YEARS AGO. YOU THINK  THOSE BENCH WARRANT SIGNED BY  THE CLERK SHOULD HAVE BEEN  SERVICE SAID IT, READ IT.  >> THE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT  DIVISION SPENT 3 MONTHS  INVESTIGATING THIS BEFORE  TURNING THE CASE OVER TO SOUTH  CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL.  >> ALAN WILSON'S OFFICE IN  OCTOBER 2023, IT TOOK THE AG  ONE YEAR AND 2 MONTHS TO MAKE A  DECISION NOT TO FILE CHARGES.  NOW, DESPITE SANDY WILKES  ADMITTING TO SHREDDING MORE  THAN 100 BENCH WARRANTS, THE AG  SENT A LETTER TO SLED WILSON'S  OFFICE SAID IT FOUND  INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO MERIT  CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF SANDY  WILKES AND FORMER SHERIFF  CHARLES LIMON. THE A G'S  DECISION CLOSES THIS CASE.  BUT STILL"}]