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Deputies met with a Hopeland Lane man at the emergency room Tuesday morning.He said he was at his Hagley home and was target shooting and had the pistol down by his side.He said after he cocked the trigger he slipped on some wet grass causing him to ...
A man is on the run after robbing the Murrells Inlet CVS store at about 12:25 a.m. Wednesday.But, it was not money the man was after. It was prescription drugs.According to a Sheriff’s Office report, a deputy on patrol saw a female worker of th ...
Deputies responded to a domestic violence call in the 3300 block of South Fraser Street Jan. 28.A man said he and his wife were arguing about the cleanliness of the house when she picked up a Pepsi can and threw it at him. The man was able to dodge t ...
Extra help was needed at a cell inside the Georgetown County Detention Center Jan. 25 because the inmate — a 42-year-old Garden City man — was holding a toothbrush he had made into a weapon.“All attempts by jail staff to talk to the inmate was met wi ...
Two Andrews men said they received threats over their CB radios Jan. 15 by a man they know.The victims, who are brothers, said the suspect told them via CB he was going to shoot one of them with his Smith and Wesson.He told the other man he was going ...
Deputies were rushed to a home on Waverly Road in Pawleys Island because of a man beating his ex-wife.When the officers arrived, they saw the 51-year-old woman hiding behind a wall crying. She had her hands covering her face.Her ex-husband came walki ...
Georgetown County investigators tracked down a woman a worker at Food
Lion in Pawleys Island was Brittanee Drexel, the missing New York girl.The worker called deputies to the store at about 9 p.m., Jan. 13, because he thought he saw Drexel shopping ...
A manager of Walgreens in Georgetown talked to police about fraudulent checks written to the store by a customer.She said the suspect, a 48-year-old Georgetown woman, wrote six bad checks in late December.Police confirmed the account from which the c ...
A woman who was spotted by a deputy walking in the area of Brookgreen Gardens on the night of Jan. 9, said she was assaulted by her boyfriend and forced from their car.The 32-year-old woman had blood on her face and clothing.She said after she and he ...
Police were rushed to Wal Mart Jan. 5 because store security workers were chasing an alleged shoplifter.The employees said the man who reportedly stole more than $150 worth of items left in a truck pulling a boat.The officers spotted the vehicle and ...
One day after the home he shares with his mother in Pleasant Hill was destroyed by fire, a man caught someone stealing from the charred remains.The fire occurred at a home on Ports Hill Drive Jan. 4. The next day, the 29-year-old resident drove to th ...
Two Andrews boys — ages 14 and 16 — are facing serious charges after they allegedly forced a 12-year-old girl to perform sex acts.The child told deputies she was riding her bicycle near her home Dec. 10 when the two teens “coerced her” into a h ...
The following reports were collected from local law enforcement offices:A woman from David Ray Road said when she went to check her mail recently, there was a dead cat inside the box.There was also a note from the mail carrier stating her mail ...
The following reports were collected from local law enforcement offices:A 25-year-old Pawleys Island woman said she was raped by a stranger inside her home Dec. 24.The woman said she was sleeping at about 4 a.m. when a man broke a securit ...
The following reports were collected from local law enforcement offices:A 60-year-old inmate at the Georgetown County Detention Center says he was assaulted by a 20-year-old inmate.H said he reported some problems he had been having with the ma ...
The following reports were collected from local law enforcement offices:Andrews police were sent to the 400 block of Rosemary Ave. Dec. 22 after someone stole a child’s present from under a Christmas tree.A man said his 22-year-old daughter and ...
The following reports were collected from local law enforcement offices:A series of thefts have been reported at area schools recently.On Dec. 18, an Andrews High senior said his cell phone – valued at $400 — was stolen after he left it o ...
The following reports were collected from local law enforcement offices:A woman from Lomax Court in Murrells Inlet got into a fight with her boyfriend Dec. 19 after he received a text message from another girl.The woman said she was packing her ...
The following reports were collected from local law enforcement offices:A 33-year-old Georgetown woman says she may have been sexually assaulted Dec. 13.The woman said she was at her boyfriend’s office Christmas party in Murrells Inlet where sh ...
The following reports were collected from local law enforcement offices:A man from Baskerville Road in Pawleys Island said he keeps money in his refrigerator and discovered thousands of dollars was missing Dec. 12.The man said he believes his 7 ...
The following reports were collected from local law enforcement offices:Shots firedDeputies rushed to the 1500 block of Old Pee Dee Road at about 11:45 p.m. Monday after a woman called 911 saying she heard three gunshots in the area of her fron ...
Two men who robbed the Carolinian Inn on Church Street in Georgetown at knifepoint were sentenced for the crime this week. Georgetown SC — The 15th Circuit Solicitor’s Office says Donovan Raheam Pringle, 21, of 337 E. Cherry St., was found guilty of ...
Georgetown County investigators say they are still trying to find out why a 28-year-old man broke into the home of a Murrells Inlet couple and allegedly attacked them with a baseball bat early Tuesday.According to an incident report, 28-year-ol ...
The following reports were collected from local law enforcement offices:Trespass problemsA woman from East Stamper Street in Andrews said she received a visit Dec. 8 from a 51-year-old woman who “has a crush” on her husband.The suspect reported ...
The following reports were collected from local law enforcement offices:The manager of the Georgetown CVS called police Dec. 6 after workers found an empty digital camera box.A review of the surveillance camera footage shows three men entering ...
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