“He didn’t look normal, because he did have his hood up, but we’re not supposed to profile customers,” the victim said. “We treat everyone the same.”

Well, there’s your problem right there.

WSPA:

7 News spoke with a woman who police say was sexually assaulted at her workplace last week.

The incident happened at the Domino’s on Southport Road in the Cedar Springs community on Wednesday.

The woman told 7 News she had to leave town for a few days after what happened to her. She said the terrifying encounter changed her life forever and that the worst part was knowing she wasn’t the only victim.

“There was nothing I could do. Couldn’t call 911 because he’s right at the front of my store,” the victim said.

Wednesday, January 1, was a day that started off the same as any other day for this woman, but she said it quickly turned into her worst nightmare.

The woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, was working at Domino’s in Cedar Springs when a man wearing a hoodie walked in.

“He didn’t look normal, because he did have his hood up, but we’re not supposed to profile customers,” the victim said. “We treat everyone the same.”

And that’s exactly what she did. But she said the man she treated like a customer, Jamal Smith, pulled out a gun.

Jamal Smith.

“He forced me to the walk-in cooler. I prayed for my children the whole time because I wanted to make sure I got to them,” she said. “I said ‘This is not how I’m supposed to go.’”

She told 7 News the man robbed her then sexually assaulted her. She said she felt helpless.

“When he asked me to do one thing, I looked at him and I said, ‘Come on, man.’ And that’s when he put the gun to my temple and pushed it into my head and said I’m going to do what he tells me. So, I did,” she said. “I tried to be as calm as I could. I knew that if I freaked out, he would shoot me. If I ran, he would shoot me. If I screamed, he would shoot me. So, I just did everything he told me to do.”

She told 7 News she felt like she couldn’t escape.

“It lasted ten minutes or less, total, from beginning to end,” she said. “It seemed like it was about twelve hours.”

But thanks to a customer, only known as Mr. Anderson, who walked in the store, she said she was finally able to get away.

“I don’t even know if he knows what kind of a hero he is,” the victim said.

Police told 7 News the man accused of sexually assaulting this woman assaulted another woman at a nearby gym and robbed another business in the same parking lot at gunpoint–all in the span of about six hours.

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Jamal Smith was arrested in connection to the reported sexual assaults and armed robberies in the Cedar Springs community.

A Spartanburg police officer shot and killed a man who officials say was stabbing a woman at an apartment complex Wednesday afternoon. The suspect and the victim have both died.

Authorities got a 911 call from an open line at Canaan Pointe Apartments off Highway 295.  Voices on the other end indicated it was a domestic dispute.

Once officers arrived, they say a woman was heard crying and in distress from inside the apartment.

As one officer forced entry, investigators say the victim was already being stabbed repeatedly.

The man has been identified as Donte Adaryll Noble (41).  The coroner’s office says the stabbing victim is Katrina Ann Sova (32).

The two have one child together and according to reports, Noble was angry about Sova “moving on.”
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has been called in to investigate the officer-involved shooting.

The police department says the officer involved, who has served the department for more than three years, along with two others have been placed on administrative leave.

The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office said a man wanted in a fatal shooting Sunday night was taken into custody on Monday.

Around 7:45 p.m., deputies were called to the intersection of Totteridge Drive and Ripple Road, in the Brookside Village community of Wellford.

Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said a young adult male was found dead at the scene. The coroner identified him as 25-year-old Brandon Soloman Bryant.

The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect as Dannie “Boomer” Isaiah Hamilton Jr., 43, of Wellford. Deputies said Hamilton was wanted on charges of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.

He was taken into custody on Monday, according to the sheriff’s office.

Bryant’s family said he was someone who got along with everyone. His mother said people who knew him well called him a gentle giant.

Bryant’s girlfriend Kristina Whitted said they heard gunshots outside their home so Bryant walked outside to ask the gunman to please stop firing a weapon in an area where there were children.

“He wasn’t about the drama or anything like that, he tried to keep peace, he tried to stay to himself, that’s really basically what we did, he didn’t bother anybody,” Whitted said.

She said Bryant then turned around to go back inside his home when the shooter asked him to come back to the street, that’s when she said she heard three shots.

Whitted said as she was holding Bryant in her arms while waiting for police and the ambulance, the shooter came back and shined his brights on Bryant’s body. She said she’s feels safer now knowing the person responsible is now in custody.

Hamilton was being held without bond at the county detention center.

Her name is LaKeisha Smith but those who know her call her Kee- Kee.

“Again it’s Miss Kee with four Es,” she said.

She is admittedly the woman behind a recorded repo that went wrong in Spartanburg.

“I gotta say, I was funny as s—! It was funny as h—,” Smith said. “I mean like- it’s me! Miss Kee4Es. You never know what to expect from me.”

The video shows Smith smashing out several windows of a black Cadillac Escalade while it was hooked up to a tow truck.

“I really just wanted to show my a– anyway-get it off my chest,” Smith said. “When I saw him, I just really went ludicrous for the h— of it, because I knew then that I didn’t want the car.”

She is referring to Scott Fowler, co-owner of Mission Towing & Recovery. He said not only did she break windows, but he said she also broke his skin with a bite.

“Sometimes people get mad and they use profanity,” Fowler said.

However, he said he’s never encountered anything or anyone like Smith.

“This is probably by far the worst incident yet,” Fowler said.

He said he was just doing his job Sunday night when Smith refused to give him the keys to the SUV.

“She could’ve made her car payments and all of this would’ve been avoided,” he said.

The two met again Tuesday morning during a bond hearing for Smith’s arrest and assault charge.

“She definitely didn’t get what I thought she deserved,” Fowler said.

A judge set bond at $2,130. Smith said the money was no problem and was out of jail by Tuesday afternoon. She also said she was ready for a change.

“I’m out of jail, I ain’t coming back. I’m done with this life, I’m going to do a 360. The car is gone – I have nothing else to worry about,” Smith said.

Fowler said since all of this he’s been getting calls from blocked numbers and death threats. He said during one of the threatening calls a guy told him he would splatter his brains. Fowler said he plans to file charges against Smith for damaging his tow truck.

Smith said she doesn’t know anything about threatening calls to Fowler.