Sheriff addresses TikTok influencer spreading ‘misinformation’ on Helene [Video]

A sheriff in Western North Carolina took to social media to “set the record straight” after he claims a TikTok influencer spread misinformation regarding Hurricane Helene recovery efforts.(Video above: Chimney Rock three weeks after Helene)On Friday afternoon, Henderson County Sheriff Lowell Griffin posted a 12-minute video on Facebook, warning the public of a TikTok influencer who he says is spreading misinformation to make a profit.The alleged misinformation surrounds recovery efforts in the Bat Cave and Chimney Rock communities of Henderson County, which were among some of the hardest-hit areas following Helene.”We’ve had people coming to this area with big hearts really wanting to help,” Griffin said. “Unfortunately, with these people, they have also been accompanied by some that I believe are in it for ulterior motives, probably to make some sort of profit.”Griffin said shortly after Helene, a group of West Virginia coal miners came in with a lot of …