A man is admitting to his role in a cross-burning in the Conway area that left a Black couple scarred.

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‘I didn’t mean any hate’: Suspect in South Carolina cross-burning enters guilty plea

Worden Butler, from the Conway area, pled guilty to harassing his Black neighbors on Jan. 29. He burned a cross near his Black neighbors in 2023, police said.

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SC man who burned a cross pleads guilty to harassing his Black neighbors

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HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- One of the suspects in a November 2023 cross-burning in the Conway area entered a guilty plea on Wednesday, online records show. Worden Butler pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment. Butler and his girlfriend, Alexis Hartnett, were charged in the incident after allegedly lighting a cross on fire facing their Black neighbor's yard and using racially abusive language. After their arrest, FBI agents searched Butler’…

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Suspect in 2023 Conway-area cross-burning pleads guilty

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‘I didn’t mean any hate’: Suspect in Conway-area cross-burning enters guilty plea

A 29-year-old man has pled guilty to harassment after igniting a wooden cross facing his Black neighbors’ home near Conway, SC.

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Man pleads guilty to harassment in Conway area cross burning case

‘I didn’t mean any hate’: Suspect in South Carolina cross-burning enters guilty plea

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