Avery King’s killer gets life
WLOSers said that the man charged with running down little Avery King and several of her family members in a McDonald’s parking lot in Covington, Ga., pleaded guilty on Mondy and was sentenced to life without parole.
Charu told us the story from the Woodfin park built in the toddler’s memory. Charu said Larry Barnes showed no reaction in court as Anita King told him what he’d done to her family. Charu said it was a long, emotional day for the family. At 11, WLOSers had a report from another television station that had interviews with Anita King’s sister.
The kicker is that Barnes has leukemia and is going to get a bone marrow transplant, but WLOSers said doctors said his prognosis isn’t good. Back in Asheville, people wore T-shirts and buttons in support of the family.
In other news…
Two Madison County cousins stabbed each other.… Sheraldo says state troopers will be cracking down on people who pass stopped school buses, or otherwise drive aggressively around school buses… Gov. Mike Easley says people need to start conserving water because the drought is awful. He said people need to stop washing cars and watering lawns, and restaurants should only serve water to those who ask for it.
Brandon Watson in another bad wreck
Jeremy Butterfield had the sad tale of Brandon Watson, a former McDowell County deputy who earlier this year was in a wreck that killed a little girl. Watson was found guilty of causing that wreck.
Well, over the weekend, Watson was one of six people in a car in Avery County that WLOSers said sped past a local deputy, then crashed. One person died in the wreck in Crossnore and three others were critically injured. WLOSers interviewed a cousin who said everyone in the car had been drinking. State troopers haven’t determined yet whether alcohol was a factor in the wreck.
In other news…
There’s a cool sand castle at 12 Bones…. And WLOSers just read the state statute about sex offenders and learned that if a convicted sex offender already lives within 100,000 feet of a school, police can’t make them move.
Adult care facility might be fined
*Kassandra Pride told us, in a convoluted way, that the state has recommended that the former Sunrise Family Care center be fined $8,500 for the way it handled James Lovin, a drug addict who turned up dead under the Smoky Park Bridge back in January.
Lovin left the center but was never signed out by someone, and the center never reported Lovin missing until after the media reported his death. A family member said the center should be held responsible for that.
Pride never explained when the ownership of Sunrise changed, who the new owners are or what might happen in this case.
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Well, if they can’t shove a heated curling iron up his ass, I guess life without parole and slow, painful death from leukemia will have to do.