Man Faces 13 Years in Prison

For two crimes nearly one year apart, a Pickens County man faces 13 years in a state prison. Billy Joe Bush, Sr. pleaded guilty to domestic violence in 2018 and to entering a bank with the intent to steal in 2019.

According to the 13th Solicitor for Greenville-Pickens, on April 19 of last year, Bush presented a handwritten note to a teller at Palmetto Health Credit Union in Easley that read he had a gun and also demanded money. Bush fled the scene with cash and was apprehended the next day by Easley Police.