Police Reports
By Lauren Dean
So it’s not against the law to . . .
A couple engaging in sexual relations on a blanket strewn with empty beer bottles was cited for glass on beach just after midnight on June 23. The officer asked for IDs and when he ran their information he discovered the 39-year-old man was wanted by Charleston County for check law violations. After being taken into custody and searched, a small amount of marijuana was discovered in his cigarette pack. The subject admitted to having more marijuana in the console of his truck, which measured in at 2.5 grams. The woman was ticketed for glass on the beach and the man was issued a summons for simple possession of marijuana and released to the Charleston County Sheriff’s Department on the outstanding warrant.
Sittin’ on the dock . . .
A 46-year-old man who reportedly stole a beer from a convenience store was arrested minutes later drinking the beer on a fishing pier. On June 24 about 9:00 a.m. Public Safety was dispatched to the Kangaroo by employees who said a man had taken a can of Earthquake Malt Liquor and left the store without paying for it. The manager of the Kangaroo followed the suspect to the Folly River Park where Chief Boatwright and the responding officer caught him at the dead end of the fishing pier, where he was arrested for open container. When asked when and where he had purchased the beer, the suspect said he had bought it an hour earlier, but the officer noticed the beer was still cold. Both the manager and the cashier at the Kangaroo positively identified the suspect as the one who had stolen the beer. The man was taken to jail and charged with the maximum fines on shoplifting, open container and giving false information to police.
Nap attack
Public Safety was dispatched to the Folly Road Piggly Wiggly about 5:00 p.m. on June 25 to help with a medical call regarding a man passed out in his vehicle. The suspect told officers that he had been out on the beach all day and had drunk a few beers and thought he needed to get some rest. It was obvious to the responding office that the subject had been drinking heavily and he was issued a citation for disorderly conduct by intoxication. The subject graciously accepted the citation and apologized for the trouble he had caused and the officer called a friend to drive him home.
Road rage
Two men were walking down East Arctic about 6:30 p.m. on June 26 when a car following them started honking the horn and yelling at them to get out of the way. The vehicle passed them and stopped and the driver got out and approached one of the men and pushed him backwards causing him to fall to the ground, striking his head on a parked vehicle in the process. The driver returned to his car and drove off, but a witness got his license number. The victim suffered lacerations to his head and back. Damage to the parked vehicle was estimated at $500. Charges of assault and battery, 3rd degree, and vandalism will be served on the suspect when he is located.
Officer, I was just holding that post up
About 1:00 p.m. on June 27 Public Safety was dispatched to the Crab Shack because a 23-year-old woman was causing a disturbance with several patrons and had refused to leave. While officers were meeting with the Crab Shack employees, the woman came outside and had to hold onto a post to keep from falling down and it was apparent she was grossly intoxicated. The responding officer had dealings with the same woman the previous day at her residence when it was also apparent that she was grossly intoxicated. She was placed under arrest for disorderly conduct and transported to the Charleston County Detention Center for booking and to await a bond hearing.
Cracking the case
A vehicle with a cracked windshield was stopped on a safety violation about 6:00 p.m. on July 1 and the officer noticed that the driver and passenger appeared overly nervous. The driver stated that he and his girlfriend had an argument and he kicked the windshield in. When the officer walked around to the passenger side to get a better look at the windshield, he noticed that the passenger was breathing so heavily that his tee shirt was bouncing off his chest. The officer asked the driver if there was anything illegal in the vehicle and he said “Look for yourself.” The passenger was asked to step from the vehicle and the officer patted him down for weapons. As he was doing this the suspect began to sweat profusely and his legs started to shake, and the officer asked if he could search his person. During the search the officer removed the suspect’s baseball cap and when he turned it upside down and shook it, two white rock-like objects fell from under the brim. The suspect was arrested for possession of cocaine base and transported to Charleston County Detention Center.
Catch me if you can
On July 3 about 8:00 p.m. Public Safety was alerted to four cars leaving 10th Street East whose occupants appeared to be highly intoxicated. An officer stopped one of the cars and the others turned into the parking lot of 208 E Ashley. The officer responding to that address found the 19-year-old driver of one of the vehicles so intoxicated that he could not stand and the driver was not given the chance to take a field sobriety test due to concerns for his safety. He was placed under arrest for DUI, double-cuffed, placed in the back of the control car and belted in. While in route to the Charleston County Detention center the suspect bragged that he had been doing this for seven years without being caught.
When he blew a .18 on the Data-Master test, he was advised that his license was suspended and lodged into the detention center without further incident.
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