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    Clean up on aisle 3 please, Sir...

    A Greenville businessman who has been arrested multiple times and who pleaded guilty to reckless homicide after crashing his Maserati into a home in 2009, killing a man who was sitting on his couch, has been arrested again, according to a Spartanburg police report.

    (Archive video above: Ludwig identified as driver in fatal crash)


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    John Ludwig, whose Maserati slammed through the back wall of Bill Bardsley’s home, killing the 62-year-old man, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of unlawful communication.

    Police said they were called April 3 by attorney William Rhodes, of the Burts, Turner and Rhodes Law Firm. Rhodes said he had drafted a non-compete agreement for a client that was mailed to Ludwig regarding an employee that Ludwig had hired in March.

    Rhodes said he had been corresponding with Ludwig via email for about two weeks about the fact that the employee should not have been hired because of the non-compete agreement. Rhodes said he had a “very professional” phone conversation with Ludwig and he didn’t foresee any problems in dealing with him.

    Rhodes said he emailed Ludwig and told him that employing the person he hired would go against the non-compete agreement and there would be legal ramifications. He said Ludwig responded to the email saying he felt Rhodes was making a threat. Rhodes said he explained to Ludwig that there would be legal liability for going against the agreement, and he said Ludwig responded that he felt Rhodes was calling him a liar.

    Rhodes said Ludwig then called him and “solely to curse him out,” and that during the conversation, Ludwig said he was “going to beat the ____ out of him” and after he did, Rhodes could "go file assault charges."

    Rhodes said he had looked up Ludwig’s background, and because of three prior charges against Ludwig, he believed the threat.

    Police verified that Ludwig had called Rhodes twice.

    Ludwig was arrested April 24 on an unlawful communication charge. The arrest warrant said Ludwig used a phone call to “coerce, intimidate or harass” Rhodes.

    Ludwig was booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center briefly before he was released.

    John Ludwig
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    John Ludwig, April 2019 arrest
    Ludwig is known in the Upstate as a successful and resilient businessman.

    Shortly after he graduated from Furman, Ludwig started working in BSA sales in 1995. BSA provides business development, outsourced sales and other marketing services to technology product vendors. In 2001, BSA was sold to Synnex. That same year, Ludwig started SDI Networks, a technology provider that grew to seven offices in four southeastern states. He sold SDI Networks in 2009. Ludwig currently owns EverConvert, a digital marketing company.

    Ludwig also has a lengthy criminal history in the Upstate.

    Timeline:

    July 2008: John Ludwig Jr., 36, is charged with burglary and resisting arrest.
    August 2008: Ludwig is charged with harassment, but the charge is later dropped.
    Feb. 2009: Ludwig is charged with third-degree criminal domestic violence after his wife, Donovan, accuses him of spitting on her and hitting her. Donovan Ludwig says Ludwig hit her in front of their two children.
    April 25, 2009: Bill Bardsley, 62, is killed sitting on the couch in his living room when a speeding Maserati slams through the back wall and out the front of his home.
    April 28, 2009: Ludwig is named as the driver of the Maserati. Ludwig was out on bond when Bardsley was killed.
    April 29, 2009: Despite public outcry, 13th Circuit Solicitor Bob Ariail says charges are being delayed in order to have a "successful prosecution."
    May 6, 2009: Ludwig is formally charged with murder in the death of Bill Bardsley.
    May 7, 2009: Attorney Jimmy Brehm tell News 4 that he tried to keep Ludwig from being released after prior offenses before the fatal wreck.
    May 18, 09: Weeks after the crash, the Bardsley house is still in shambles.
    May 19, 2009: Ludwig is released on bond on the murder charge.
    May 19: Ludwig's bond is revoked, and he is back in custody.
    May 21, 2009: Former inmate Timothy Herring leaves a note on the door of Ludwig's estranged wife.
    May 2009: Judge holds Ludwig in contempt for sending a convicted felon to the home of his ex-wife, Donovan Ludwig.
    May 22, 2009: Bond for murder charge is reinstated, and Ludwig once again posts $30,000, the required 10 percent of the $300,000 bond.
    June 3, 2009: Ludwig is found in contempt for violating CDV bond by having a letter delivered to his estranged wife by Timothy Herring. He is fined $5,000 and ordered to wear an electronic monitoring device.
    November 2009: Ludwig pleads to reckless homicide in Bill Bardsley’s death. He accepts a plea deal and is sentenced to three years of probation and 500 hours of community service.
    July 2010: Ludwig charged with third-degree assault for spitting on a man in Barley's Taproom. He is later convicted while in prison on other charges.
    In 2010, Ludwig is convicted of CDV, sentenced to 30 days (suspended) and a $1,000 fine.
    May 2012: A judge orders Ludwig to pay a creditor $7 million to settle a lawsuit.
    Feb. 2013: Ludwig pleads guilty to criminal domestic violence against his second wife, Shannon Ludwig, and is sentenced to time served.

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    How hard are non-competes to fight in the state of South Carolina?

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    I think I saw him or many like him in Kiawah this weekend.

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    From LinkedIn


    Owner
    Company NameSDI Networks
    Dates Employed2001 – 2009
    Employment Duration8 yrs
    LocationGreenville, South Carolina Area
    Recognizing only the customer matters I began to assemble the most talented team of individuals one could find and quickly instilled into them a ‘One Hand to Shake One Throat to Choke’ customer service philosophy.

    Yikes.

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    You kill a man with your car in his own house and you get 500 hours of community service?
    "This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you." John 15:12

    "Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord." Hebrews 12:14

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    Quote Originally Posted by MolliesMaster View Post
    You kill a man with your car in his own house and you get 500 hours of community service?
    If it's a Mas. Try that shit in a Kia, and you'll be sharing a cell in super max with your new involuntary life partner.
    Last edited by wskinner; 04-29-2019 at 02:36 PM.

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