CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Just a week after his wife, a man pleaded guilty to charges relating to squatting in a West Ashley home.

Christopher “Nate” Marcum, along with his wife, Evelyn Pollard, and Daniel Byrd, was charged with breaking and entering into a home on Dogwood Road, along with destroying the personal property of the family who lived there.

Affidavits stated that the trio removed the homeowner’s belongings and incinerated them in the backyard, attempting to conceal evidence that the owner still lived there. That personal property included couches, bedroom furniture, and living room furniture.

A day after their arrest, charred remains could be seen in the backyard surrounded by what appeared to be tiki torches.

Prior to the January charges, Marcum and Pollard were the su

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