you
you live
you live in a flood prone area. First alert weather day for now
through Friday for periods of
heavy rainfall. The rainy TWO
UPSTATE TEENS SAY THEY WERE
FOLLOWED AND TOLD TO GET OUT OF
THEIR TRUCK AT GUNPOINT
THAT
THEIR TRUCK AT GUNPOINT THAT'S BECAUSE THEY TURNED
AROUND IN SOMEONE
THAT'S BECAUSE THEY TURNED AROUND IN SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY.
IN A LAWSUIT -THE PARENT
AROUND IN SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY. IN A LAWSUIT -THE PARENT'S OF
THE TEENS SAY THE PEOPLE
FOLLOWING THEM ARE AN ANDERSON
COUNTY FIRE CHIEF AND HIS SONb&
THE SUIT STATES THE CHIEF
ASSAULTED THE TEENS, CHASING
THEM AT HIGH SPEEDS.
THEN FALSELY IMPRISONED THEM AT
GUNPOINT. THE CHIEF AND HIS
SON DENYING THESE CHARGESb&.
A VIEWER ASKED US WHY NO CHARGES
WERE FILED AFTER THE INCIDENT
LAST SUMMER. SO WE ARE GOING IN
DEPTH TONIGHT.
DEPTH TONIGHT. FOX CAROLINA
DEPTH TONIGHT. FOX CAROLINA'S GRACE RUNKEL
JOINS US LIVE TO BREAK DOWN THE
CIVIL LAWSUIT AND WHAT MAY BE
NEXTb&.
NEXTb&.
NEXTb&. WE FILED A FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION ACT REQUEST TO GET
ALL THE DOCUMENTS WE COULD ABOUT
THE INCIDENT
THE INCIDENT AND THE OCONEE COUNTY SHERIFF
THE INCIDENT AND THE OCONEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE - WHERE THE INCIDENT
ENDED- SAYS AFTER LEARNING ABOUT
NEW INFORMATION --- THE CASE IS
BACK OPEN.
BACK OPEN. WE GOT AHOLD OF NEVER BEFORE
RELEASED 9-1-1 CALLS AND RADIO
CALLS TO THE COUNTY WHERE THE
FIRE CHIEF SAYS HE HAD SEVERAL
THEFTS FROM HIS PROPERTY.
TAKE A LISTEN TO HOW IT ALL
PLAYED OUT.
PLAYED OUT. they
PLAYED OUT. they're yelling at us and they
have guns.
have guns. They have guns pointed at you
now?
now?
now? One
now? One has a gun.
OK, OK, listen to me. Stay in
the car and lock the doors.
Okay, don
the car and lock the doors. Okay, don't get out. Don
the car and lock the doors. Okay, don't get out. Don't yell
at them. Okay?
Yes, we can
at them. Okay? Yes, we can't. They
at them. Okay? Yes, we can't. They're making us
get out of the car with guns.
AUGUST 29-TH 20-22.
TWO TEENS GO FOR A DRIVE AROUND
LAKE HARTWELL, SCOPING OUT
HUNTING SPOTS FOR THE UPCOMING
GEESE SEASONb&.
GEESE SEASONb&. AFTER GETTING LOST -- THEY LOOK
FOR A DRIVEWAY TO TURN AROUND IN
AND according to the complaint
PICK TOWNVILLE FIRE CHIEF BILL
MCADAMS
PICK TOWNVILLE FIRE CHIEF BILL MCADAMS' HOUSE.
MCADAMS' HOUSE. "We just made a quick turnaround
as we went by we kind of just
waved and it looks like someone
jumped up pretty quickly. And
then all of a sudden both of
them were on our tail in no time
trying to like cut us off and
stuff like that."
AS THE TEENS DRIVE INTO OCONEE
COUNTY THEY CALL 9-1-1 b
MEANWHILE CHIEF MCADAMS RADIOS
ANDERSON COUNTY DISPATCH FROM
HIS TRUCK. b&SAYING HE DIDN
ANDERSON COUNTY DISPATCH FROM HIS TRUCK. b&SAYING HE DIDN'T
HAVE CELL PHONEb&.
"He
HAVE CELL PHONEb&. "He's giving us updates, like
he
"He's giving us updates, like he's trying to be an officer,
I
he's trying to be an officer, I'm not really -- I
he's trying to be an officer, I'm not really -- I'm not really
following what
I'm not really -- I'm not really following what's happening. "
MCADAMS SAYS HE THINKS HE
following what's happening. " MCADAMS SAYS HE THINKS HE'S
FOLLOWING ROBBERS.
FOLLOWING ROBBERS. AND SAYS IN LATER 9-1-1 AUDIO
HE
AND SAYS IN LATER 9-1-1 AUDIO HE'D HAD SEVERAL RECENT THEFTS
FROM HIS PROPERTY.
WHILE ANDERSON COUNTY DISPATCH
TRIES TO MAKE SENSE OF THE CALL
-- OCONEE COUNTY FINDS OUT THE
SITUATION IS ESCALATING.
Tell him to put his gun up.
Does he have a gun out?
Yes he
Does he have a gun out? Yes he's getting our people on
the ground.
the ground. Tell him to put his gun away,
Jacob.
Jacob.
Jacob. THE LAWSUIT SAYS THE MCADAMS --
WITH HIS SON IN A SECOND TRUCK
-- BLOCKED THE TEENS IN.
WITH PISTOL IN HAND -- HE ORDERS
THEM TO THE GROUND.
They
THEM TO THE GROUND. They're making us get on the
ground, ma
They're making us get on the ground, ma'am. I
They're making us get on the ground, ma'am. I'm sorry. We
They're making us get on the ground, ma'am. I'm sorry. We're
getting on the ground.
No, no, you
getting on the ground. No, no, you're getting on the
ground?
ground?
ground? MCADAMS SAYS ONCE HE REALIZED
HOW YOUNG THE TEENS WERE -- HE
PUT AWAY HIS PISTOL.
"Put him on the phone. Put him
on the phone.
I
on the phone. I'm here.
I'm here.
I'm here. Billy, can you get in your
vehicle and just not talk to
them and separate yourself from
them? We
them and separate yourself from them? We've got people headed
that way.
that way.
that way. That
that way. That's fine.
That's fine. But I don
That's fine. But I don't want you b&
No I
But I don't want you b& No I'm good ma
But I don't want you b& No I'm good ma'am. I
But I don't want you b& No I'm good ma'am. I'm good
ma
No I'm good ma'am. I'm good ma'am."
ma'am."
ma'am." DEPUTIES FROM OCONEE COUNTY
ARRIVE AND INTERVIEW EVERYONE
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED. THE INCIDENT REPORT SAYS A JUDGE
THOUGHT THERE WAS ENOUGH
PROBABLE CAUSE TO ISSUE A
WARRANT FOR MCADAMS.
BUT THAT A WARRANT WOULD HAVE TO
BE ISSUED FOR THE TEENS TOO ÃWE
ARE WORKING TO FIND OUT WHY.
INVESTIGATORS WRITE AFTER
STRUGGLING TO GET IN CONTACT
WITH THE PARTIES INVOLVED THE
CASE IS CLOSED in .
ALMOST EIGHT MONTHS LATER -- THE
MOTHERS OF THE TEENS FILE A
LAWSUIT -- SUING MCADAMS AND HIS
SON.
SON.
SON. THE
SON. THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES MCADAMS
FALSELY IMPRISONED THE TEENS,
ASSAULTED THEM AND INTENTIONALLY
INFLICTED EMOTIONAL DISTRESS.
MCADAMS DENIES THOSE CLAIMS IN
THE LAWSUIT.
THE LAWSUIT. BUT ADMITS TO PURSUING THE TEENS
FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, RAISING
HIS VOICE AT THEM AND EVEN
POINTING HIS GUN AT THEM AND
ORDERING THE TEENS TO THE
GROUND.
GROUND.
GROUND. WE
GROUND. WE'VE REACHED OUT TO HIS
ATTORNEY THIS MORNING FOR
COMMENT, BUT HAVE NOT HEARD
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