February 6, 2014
(ANDERSON, SC) FEBRUARY 6, 2014. Ricky Lynn Clark pled guilty today in Anderson General Sessions Court to Burglary, 3rd Degree and Petit Larceny. The Honorable Edward Miller sentenced Clark to 10 years suspended to 278 days and restitution which must be paid by noon on February 7, 2014.
Charges arose from an August 20, 2012 incident, when Anderson County resident Robert Drake reported about 2,000 lbs of scrap metal had been taken from a barn on his property. Around this time, Drake had noticed a suspicious black truck in the area, registered to Clark. When deputies located him, Defendant Clark had in his possession several items that Mr. Drake was able to identify as missing from his barn. Defendant then gave a statement admitting to taking these items from the barn, which he said he thought was abandoned. Clark did confirm that he did not have permission to be on the property nor did he have permission to take these items.
In an unrelated matter, according to 10th Circuit Solicitor Chrissy T. Adams, the State had no choice but to dismiss charges against Clark for two counts of attempted murder and two failure-to-stop-for-blue-light charges where two Anderson County Deputies were named as victims.
Solicitor Adams released the following statement: “The charges that are being dismissed against this defendant arose from a traffic stop initiated by Deputy Eric Nubern on May 2, 2013. After a thorough investigation into Deputy Nubern’s actions during this traffic stop and based on his prior conduct as a law enforcement officer, his credibility as the primary witness in these cases creates a fatal flaw in the sufficiency of the evidence hindering any and all prosecution of Clark on these specific charges. A letter is attached from Sheriff John Skipper stating his agreement with the dismissal of these charges.”