Police Blotter
He must have been sitting close to the door
A suspect who walked out on a $230 bar tab at the Surf Bar about 1:00 a.m. on 1/21 has not been apprehended, according to Folly Beach police. He and a male friend were last seen driving off at a fast rate of speed in a white Ford pick-up truck. If caught, they will be charged with embezzlement.
He seemed like such a nice guy
Police were called to the Holiday Inn around 3:00 a.m. on 1/24 by a woman who reported personal items had been stolen from her room while she was asleep. According to the victim, she had met a man at Snapper Jack’s earlier in the evening. After having some drinks there, they went to her hotel room. She stated she fell asleep about midnight with the man in the room. When she awoke around 3:00 a.m., the man was gone. Also missing were the victim’s .22 magnum, $140 in twenty dollar bills, and some costume jewelry. The victim didn’t know the suspect’s name, but described him as a white male in his late 20s with a dark “military style” haircut and a scar on his right temple from an “Iraq war wound.” The investigating officer asked for assistance from the staff at the Holiday Inn, but they did not know how to pull up the security footage for the evening. No one at Snapper Jack’s recalled seeing the couple in the bar that evening. The handgun was entered into the NCIC stolen guns file.
It’s a dog’s life
While investigating an alarm call on Seacrest Lane about 3:00 p.m. on 2/14, an officer was approached by a neighbor about a white female wandering around with a dog. The officer located the subject, who was disoriented and could not make a complete sentence. EMS was called and the subject was transported to MUSC. The dog was placed in the kennel for his own safety.
Bang, you’re dead
A Folly Beach man told Public Safety on 2/16 that his landlord “threatened to put a bullet in his head and put him in the grave” when he complained about a leaky roof that hadn’t been repaired. He said the landlord then got upset because of the complaint and decided to evict all his tenants. The victim said he had not reported the threat at the time it occurred because he was waiting for the eviction hearing, but when he got there the clerk rescheduled the hearing because the magistrate was out sick. As the landlord and the tenants being evicted were walking out of court, the landlord pointed his finger at one of the tenants as if it were a gun and he was going to shoot her. The clerk saw the gesture and called the Charleston County Sheriff’s office. It is not known if anyone pressed charges.
Did he bite his ear off?
In another tenant/landlord fracas Public Safety officers were dispatched to an E. Hudson address on 2/19 due to a report of a young man fighting an older man. The officers could not locate the subjects, but when they returned to the station the victim was there, having been walked to City Hall by the complainant. The victim refused five requests for medical attention and declined to press charges. Twenty minutes later, officers were again called to the E. Hudson address. Photographs were taken of the victim’s ear and hands, the areas that showed the most injuries. The suspect is a tenant who was being evicted. He was located and charged with Assault. A court date has been set for 4/16/2010.
You want me to do what?
On 2/20 a victim came to the Public Safety office to report a vandalism to his vehicle. The victim said he had been coming to work at Rita’s around noon and made a wide turn into the parking lot to avoid a puddle. Three young boys between the ages of 15 and 17 were on skate boards and they thought he was trying to hit them. The victim heard them yell a profanity suggesting that he do something personal to himself, and when he returned to his vehicle several hours later a shorter version of that same profanity was scratched into the left rear door of his Chevy Blazer. The estimated damage to the vehicle is $300. The suspects have not been identified.
Got beer?
At approximately 1:00 a.m. on 2/20, a white male was seen staggering across Cooper Avenue toward Center Street with a glass of beer in his hand. He was coming from the direction of The Surf Bar and the glass appeared to be the same type used at the Surfbar. The subject had a strong odor of alcohol, his eyes were red and glassy, he was unsteady on his feet, and he was slurring his words. He admitted taking the glass from the Surfbar but claimed not to know he couldn’t drink alcohol in the street. After returning the glass to the Surfbar, the subject became argumentative and uncooperative. He would not stand still for the officer to complete his paperwork. At this time the suspect was arrested for open container and disorderly conduct and transported to Charleston County Detention Center.
Was that Abraham Lincoln?
At around midnight on 2/20 Scott, the bouncer at Snapper Jack’s, was attempting to talk to a male subject on the sidewalk, who appeared to be intoxicated and was having trouble understanding what was being said. When the officer asked for his identification, the suspect handed him a five dollar bill. A woman who identified herself as the subject’s wife came out of the bar and she was intoxicated to the point that she rambled on and would not cooperate. The officer offered to call a cab to take them home, but at this point the subjects began to use profanity, referring to the officers as specific personal parts of the body. A crowd was starting to form, so the officers arranged for the cab to meet the subjects at the Pantry. A friend – a sober adult – showed up and offered to take them home, so the cab was cancelled, and both subjects were issued citations for disorderly conduct.
Baby, it’s cold outside
Police received a call on 2/21 that someone was trespassing at 205 E. Arctic. When the officers arrived, they located two subjects hiding in separate rooms on the property. They admitted they were not supposed to be on the property and had jumped over a locked gate to gain entry. One of the suspects was cited for trespassing and released. The other subject gave a wrong name but the officers discovered he was misrepresenting himself to avoid arrest. When his true identity was discovered, he was arrested on two outstanding bench warrants and transported to the Charleston County Detention Center.
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