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    Default Facing 25 years

    New charges for Lexington man in deadly boat crash may mean decades in prison

    BY NOAH FEIT
    NOVEMBER 25, 2020 12:12 PM

    New charges were filed against the Lexington man who was arrested in August after two people were killed in a boat crash.

    In the days following the Aug. 1 collision on the Broad River, Dylan Yancey Steele was charged with two counts of DUI in a water device resulting in death, or BUI, in addition to operating a boat without navigational lights, Newberry County court records show.

    More than three months after the crash, Steele was also charged with two counts of reckless homicide by operation of a boat, 8th Circuit Solicitors Office spokesman Brian King told The State.

    The 8th Circuit Solicitor will prosecute the case against Yancey because the collision happened in Newberry County. The solicitor’s jurisdiction also includes parts of Abbeville, Greenwood, and Laurens counties.

    King said it is not uncommon for reckless homicide charges to be filed after an arrest is made on other crimes.

    “If this were an automobile accident the solicitor’s office would indict this way,” King said. “It’s not as common with a boating accident, but the elements of the charges fit what the state believes the facts are.”

    The two Jon boats collided at about 9 p.m., in a section of the river that’s near Hill Creek, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources previously told The State.

    Steele was driving one of three boats that was part of the same group on the river, according to DNR. While the other vessels in the party in front of Steele stopped to make sure no other boats were coming, he ran over the second boat, going over the top of the other watercraft, DNR said.

    Chapin resident Jamie Lindler, 27, and Irmo’s Andrew Bunnell, 28, were on board that second boat and were killed in the collision, Newberry County Coroner Laura Kneece said.

    No other injuries were reported.

    Lexington County court records show over the past six years, Steele has been arrested multiple times and paid fines for traffic infractions, including driving too fast for conditions and seat belt violations.

    Barring a guilty plea, Steele is not expected to appear in court again on the boat crash charges until 2021, King said.

    If convicted, Steele would face a maximum punishment on the reckless homicide charges of 10 years in prison and a $5,000 fine on each count, according to South Carolina law.

    The maximum penalty on each DUI in a water device resulting in death charge is 25 years in prison and a $20,000 fine, according to South Carolina law.

    https://www.thestate.com/news/local/...pdigest_latest

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    And facing 18 months...

    SCANA culprits ‘being held accountable for this fraud’ SC lawmakers say of plea deal
    BY JOSEPH BUSTOS
    NOVEMBER 25, 2020 04:36 PM

    US Attorney Peter McCoy talks about former SCANA executive Stephen Byrne's plea agreement . BY JOSHUA BOUCHER

    COLUMBIA, S.C.
    Though a former SCANA executive agreed this week to plead guilty to fraud in connection to the failed V.C. Summer nuclear plant project, South Carolina lawmakers say it’s nothing to celebrate.

    On Tuesday, former SCANA CEO Kevin Marsh agreed to a plea deal with federal prosecutors after what was SCANA and the state’s public utility Santee Cooper abandoned the $10 billion V.C. Summer nuclear project in Fairfield County in 2017 because of budget overruns and it was behind schedule. Marsh is expected to go to prison for at least 18 months and pay $5 million.

    State Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, said Marsh’s plea agreement is nothing to celebrate.

    “I think it’s important there is some accountability, and it’s important for the public to see people are being held accountable for this fraud. But there’s really not a whole lot of joy in this, because 700,000 people are still paying for the fraud,” Massey said.

    Last year, Dominion Energy acquired SCANA and its debt, which the utility can pass on to ratepayers. In August, Dominion asked state regulators for permission to increase its monthly rates by 7.7.%, a request that has drawn ire from customers and Gov. Henry McMaster for coming during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Dominion’s acquisition came after Marsh helped hide SCANA’s financial troubles between 2016 and 2018, as well as the financial trouble over the ongoing Fairfield County nuclear project, court records say.

    The cover-up of the problems surrounding the V.C. Summer project allowed Marsh and other top SCANA officials to collect high salaries and bonuses and deceive stockholders, investors and regulators, according to court records

    “Yesterday’s news was confirmation of what many of us have known all along: the people of this state were defrauded by SCANA executives at disastrous cost,” House Speaker Jay Lucas, R-Darlington, said in a statement. “For too long, the truth was kept from state regulators, the General Assembly and the public. This plea is the cost for those lies, and a much delayed yet welcomed step towards justice.”

    The Office of Regulatory Staff, which helped shine a light on the issues surrounding SCANA after the project was abandoned in 2017, declined to comment on the criminal matter.

    Earlier this year, fellow SCANA executive Stephen Byrne pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy fraud charges related to the nuclear project. Court documents and case evidence suggest that cooperation from Byrne and Marsh could help prosecutors with their ongoing investigation into others connected to the failed V.C. Summer project.

    Bob Guild, a lawyer with the environmental organization Sierra Club who argued before the Public Service Commission against rate hikes that allowed the project to move forward and called for refunds, said Tuesday’s plea deal reinforces the need for more oversight.

    Dominion did mail refunds to customers who paid toward the project, though checks were for less than $1.

    “The real telling lesson to me is the reinforcement of the need for aggressive,independent, regulatory oversight of monopoly utilities,” Guild said.


    Guild continued, “These guys knew they could lead the Public Service Commission around by the nose. We as conservation interveners, who challenged the wisdom of the project, couldn’t possibly peel back the onion to see what we now know to be the truth behind the scenes of a rogue utility that was defrauding its ratepayers and lying about the economics of this project.”

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    Surely the next article will be about the prosecution and charges in that “other” boat crash.

    Surely.

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    Not today. The talented Miss Matney is reporting on the I26 shootout down in Charleston...

    Published 13 hours ago on November 25, 2020By Mandy Matney
    The Charleston Police Department is investigating a murder after a man was shot on I-26 Wednesday and later died.

    Police were called around 1:30 p.m. as two vehicles were shooting at each other in the eastbound lanes of I-26 near the Mount Pleasant Street exit, according to the news release.

    Charleston Police found two gunshot victims at the corner of Meeting and Columbus Streets. Both were transported to the Medical University of South Carolina, where one man died from his injuries.

    Police did not release the man’s identity and called the incident a homicide.

    The Charleston Police are investigating the incident to identify the other vehicle and the suspects inside.

    If you have any information on incident, call 843-743-7200.

    Minutes apart from this shooting, another gun battle took place at the Tanger Outlets parking lot in North Charleston around 1:33 p.m., Live 5 News reported.

    North Charleston Police officials are investigating that incident. No one was injured in that shooting.

    https://www.fitsnews.com/2020/11/25/...on-police-say/

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    Miss Mantey is Democrat Will is a Libertarian odd combo. But they will report on corruption in SC.

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    I never heard about those boats crashing. What a damn shame.
    Windows Down!

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    Yeah it gets even worse when you find out they were all good friends.
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    Meanwhile that evil red headed bastard is out enjoying life.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodiewacker82 View Post
    Meanwhile that evil red headed bastard is out enjoying life.
    For now. He will answer someday.
    F**K Cancer

    Just Damn.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LabLuvR View Post
    Yeah it gets even worse when you find out they were all good friends.
    The Chapin kids all went to high school with mine. It's horrible and heartbreaking. No parent should bury their child.
    Listen to your elders. Not because they are always right but because they have more experiences of being wrong.

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    Interesting that young people doing dumb things that lead to accidents are facing such lengthy prison time, while mature adults who set out to do wrong face so little, and will have the vast majority of their ill gotten gains waiting on them when they get out...

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    Quote Originally Posted by JABIII View Post
    Interesting that young people doing dumb things that lead to accidents are facing such lengthy prison time, while mature adults who set out to do wrong face so little, and will have the vast majority of their ill gotten gains waiting on them when they get out...
    Truth.

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    Yep, What JabIII said
    Gettin old is for pussies! AND MY NEW TRUE people say like Capt. Tom >>>>>>>>>/
    "Wow, often imitated but never duplicated. No one can do it like the master. My hat is off to you DRDUCK!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by JABIII View Post
    Interesting that young people doing dumb things that lead to accidents are facing such lengthy prison time, while mature adults who set out to do wrong face so little, and will have the vast majority of their ill gotten gains waiting on them when they get out...
    You solved your own conundrum before you even pressed send. C.R.E.A.M., pure and simple, homie. Shout-out to the Wu...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Black Bart View Post
    You solved your own conundrum before you even pressed send. C.R.E.A.M., pure and simple, homie. Shout-out to the Wu...

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