Couple accused of burning cross in neighbors yard could face eviction

Horry County, SC (WOLO) — A white couple accused of burning a cross facing their black neighbor’s home could soon be kicked out of their house outside of Conway.

Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson asked an Horry County Court to declare Warden Butler and Alexis Hartnett’s residence along Corbett Drive a public nuisance.

Butler and Harnett face several charges and are being federally investigated for potential civil rights violations after police said they raised  and then burned a cross over the Thanksgiving holiday as a means to intimidate their black neighbors.