Crime
  
Published Friday, February 03, 2012 9:11 AM
  
A Monroe, N.C. woman met with a local deputy last month to report her husband was now married to another woman. She said she and her husband had lived in North Carolina since they got married in 1988. In April, 2010, he left with their children and ... 
  
  
Published Wednesday, February 01, 2012 8:27 AM
  
The principal of McDonald Elementary School called a deputy to the campus Jan. 25 because a man on the state’s Sex Offender Registry was spotted loitering around the school. The principal said when the students were released for the day, one of ... 
  
  
Published Sunday, January 29, 2012 8:30 PM
  
One of three men charged with robbing a Dominos Pizza driver pled guilty to the crime in court last week. Troy Tremaine Robinson, 24, admitted to the charge of armed robbery and was sentenced to 10 years in prison by Circuit Court Judge Edward Miller ... 
  
  
Published Friday, January 27, 2012 2:24 AM
  
Police met with WalMart security Tuesday and were told that a man bought a 32-inch television on Jan. 10 for $369. About six hours later the man returned the television to the store and was given a full refund. It was later discovered the man had ret ... 
  
  
Published Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:06 AM
  
A 19 year old Waccamaw High student is accused of making a bomb threat Jan. 19. Other students informed authorities the suspect was overheard saying he put an explosive device inside his laptop. He reportedly said if someone stole it and put in the w ... 
  
  
Published Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:36 PM
  
Deputies were sent to the Pawleys Island Post Office Jan. 15 after receiving work that several post office mailboxes had been broken into. The person who called 911 noticed something was strange when he walked in and saw mail piled on the floor in a ... 
  
  
Published Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:39 AM
  
Deputies were sent to the Pawleys Island home of a  77 year-old woman who may have been suffering some sort of psychotic episode Jan. 11. The woman alerted her medical alarm company and told them “multiple” people entered her home. S ... 
  
  
Published Monday, January 16, 2012 5:30 AM
  
Deputies who were assigned to provide security at the New Year’s Eve parade in the Oatland Community said organizers asked them to make sure the motorcycle riders did not do “burn outs,” drive fast or participate in any other danger ... 
  
  
Published Friday, January 13, 2012 8:24 AM
  
Georgetown police were sent to a South Fraser Street business at about 1:30 a.m. Jan. 7 because of a report of a 38-year-old-woman who was intoxicated and passed out. EMS arrived first and when officers arrived the woman was in the parking lot crying ... 
  
  
Published Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:55 AM
  
A 51-year-old Georgetown man used a counterfeit $10 to pay for a meal at McDonald’s restaurant New Year’s Eve but police believe it was unintentional. The man was still at the restaurant when police arrived. The man said he is legally bl ... 
  
  
Published Monday, January 09, 2012 8:28 AM
  
A man caught shoplifting inside the North Fraser Street Food Lion told police he could not be arrested because he is an agent with the Secret Service. Store workers said the 29-year-old man — who lives in Andrews — had been in the store m ... 
  
  
Published Friday, January 06, 2012 12:54 AM
  
One of the first calls deputies had to respond to in 2012 was at the Holiday Inn Express in Murrells Inlet where they met with a 28-year-old Wilmington woman who said she was raped. She said the rape occurred away from the hotel outside a Murrells In ... 
  
  
Published Wednesday, January 04, 2012 3:21 AM
  
A Haven Drive woman called 911 after 5 p.m. Dec. 26 to report more than $300 worth of Christmas presents had been stolen from her home. The woman said she went to Columbia Christmas Eve while others from the home went elsewhere. She discovered her d ... 
  
  
Published Monday, January 02, 2012 5:13 AM
  
A rowdy crowd at the Pawleys Island Waffle House Christmas morning led to the arrest of a 24-year-old Georgetown man. Deputies were sent to that location to help with crowd control at about 4:30 a.m. While there, the officers saw the “highly in ... 
  
  
Published Thursday, December 29, 2011 9:50 PM
  
Deputies were called to a medical facility on Providence Drive in Pawleys Island Dec. 22 to take a report about a 37-year-old woman who had allegedly been taping conversations. The worker had reportedly secretly taped conversations between her co-wor ... 
  
  
Published Wednesday, December 28, 2011 1:06 AM
  
A manager of the Murrells Inlet Bank of America reported a suspicious man in the bank Dec. 21. The worker said the man had on black gloves and a cap pulled low on his head. He also had in a waistband a handgun, a pair of brass knuckles and a knife. T ... 
  
  
Published Monday, December 26, 2011 12:24 AM
  
A 5-year-old girl may have been sexually assaulted by her father, according to the child’s mother who met with deputies Dec. 15. The woman said her daughter has been telling her for months that her father — a 29-year-old Sampit-area man & ... 
  
  
Published Friday, December 23, 2011 11:27 AM
  
A man who owns wooded property on Tyson Drive in Pawleys Island said someone has been staying on the land without permission recently. His attempts to catch them has been unsuccessful but a campsite was found When the deputy walked to the makeshift c ... 
  
  
Published Thursday, December 22, 2011 10:17 PM
  
A 27-year-old Pawleys Island woman said she has reason to believe her grandfather — a 65-year-old man — molested her 4-year-old daughter. The woman said she was at her grandfather’s house earlier this month and her daughter — ... 
  
  
Published Monday, December 19, 2011 9:19 AM
  
A Deep Creek area man who has been ordered by the court to wear an ankle bracelet is accused of getting drunk and harassing a 911 dispatcher Dec. 10. The 34-year-old man called the dispatcher asking for a telephone number. The dispatcher told the man ... 
  
  
Published Sunday, December 18, 2011 6:56 PM
  
A burglary at Capt. Poo’s Bar and Grill in the 4800 block of Highway 17 Business in Murrells Inlet is under investigation. The break-in took place Dec. 5 and was discovered when an employee arrived at work. Deputies watched footage from a secur ... 
  
  
Published Wednesday, December 14, 2011 4:45 AM
  
A Georgetown Memorial Hospital worker was assaulted by a 39-year-old Exodus Drive man who was in police custody Dec. 3. A deputy working security saw the suspect attempting to leave the hospital. Knowing the man was in the custody of the Highway Patr ... 
  
  
Published Monday, December 12, 2011 7:45 AM
  
A 79-year-old Pawleys Island man said he received a call Nov. 28 from someone claiming he had won $2.9 million from the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. He received another call Dec. 1 from someone claiming to be from the same organization who ... 
  
  
Published Saturday, December 10, 2011 6:10 AM
  
A driver for North Area Taxi in Charleston said he picked up a rider in Goose Creek Sunday evening who wanted to be driven to Fair Lane in Green Acres Mobile Home Park in Georgetown. The driver was advised by his supervisor that — because of th ... 
  
  
Published Wednesday, December 07, 2011 12:02 AM
  
Deputies were sent to Telfair Road in the Beneventum community Sunday afternoon because a 12-year-old girl had been shot several times with a BB gun. The suspect is a 13-year-old boy. The girl said she, the suspect and others were playing cops and ro ... 
  
  

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