Joel Hendon

Quick Arrests Made By U.S. Marshals In S.C. Bank Robbery And Murder Case


Posted: Saturday, September 24, 2011

by Joel Hendon
http://hebronics.org/index.html

On September 17, 2011, Sean Timothy Dinneen was found murdered in the parking lot of Crosswell Baptist Church, located on South Fishtrap Road between Easley and Greenville, South Carolina. The Pickens County Sheriff’s Department went to work immediately and also contacted the U.S. Marshal’s Operation Intercept (OPIN) fugitive apprehension task force, and the Greenville City Police.

They were soon able to determine that Tavish Yeargin, Kayla Williams and Nyia Utsey were involved in the shooting. On September 20, it was believed the trio had fled the Greenville area. Then on the morning of September 21, it was learned that Yeargin had robbed a bank in Spartanburg, South Carolina and they also received information that the trio had headed north towards Asheville, North Carolina.

The U.S. Marshals’ OPIN traveled to Ashville on Wednesday evening and joined forces with the Appalachian Fugitive Investigative Strike Team (AFIST) and soon picked up a tip that the suspects had stopped at a hotel on Old Haywood Road. After the Marshals identified their automobile in the parking lot they learned that Yeargin and an unknown woman had rented one room and that Williams and Utsey were in another room. The Strike Team then arrested the three fugitives without incident.

The suspects were then transported to the Buncombe County Detention Center where they are awaiting bond and extradition hearings to be taken back to South Carolina .

“Fleeing may have seemed reasonable to these fugitives. However, law enforcement partnerships have proven fruitful again in the location and apprehension of Yeargin, Williams, and Utsey. These three significant and rapid arrests have brought justice to the Dinneen family. Let this be an invitation to other law enforcement agencies to contact OPIN when assistance is needed.” stated Kelvin Washington, US Marshal for the District of South Carolina. (USMS Press Release: The Search is Over, 3 Wanted Murder Suspects & Bank Robber Caught-September 22, 2011)

The USMS reminds everyone that these suspects are only that and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Established in 1789, the United States Marshals Service is the nation’s oldest federal law enforcement agency. In fiscal 2010, the Marshals arrested more than 36,100 federal fugitives, clearing 39,400 felony warrants and arrested 11,072 sex offenders. Marshal’s Service-led task forces like South Carolina’s Operation Intercept arrested 81,900 state and local fugitives, clearing 108,200 felony warrants. Locally, Operation Intercept arrested over 2,500 South Carolina fugitives during that same period. (Ibid) 
Author Biography: Joel Hendon was born near Gadsden Alabama. He attended public schools in Cherokee County, Alabama and after serving a tour of duty in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, attended Jacksonville State University, majoring in Business Administration. He became a Christian in 1948, and although he followed secular work as a career and retired from Allied Signal Aerospace, he is an avid student of the Holy Bible and related works as well as biblical history. He has an extensive website of conservative religious and political articles.http://hebronics.org/index.html

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