The FBI has surrounded the home of a South Carolina couple accused of harassing their black neighbors and burning a a cross in their backyard.
Worden Butler, 28, and Alexis Paige Hartnett, 27, of Conway, Horry County, are charged with second degree harassment after they allegedly yelled racial slurs at their neighbors, making them fear for their lives.
They are accused of erecting a burning cross facing the home of retired couple Shawn and Monica Williams.
Federal agents are at the white couple’s home conducting a civil rights investigation on accusations of racial discrimination, per WMBF.
Worden Butler, 29, and Alexis Paige Hartnett, of Conway, Horry County, have been charged with second degree harassment over the shocking incident which officers say made their black neighbors fear for their lives. (Pictured: the accused couple)