Last Updated on 3/20/2010

Published on 12/26/2008

 While on  patrol at about 12:15 a.m. Dec. 19, an officer spotted a car stopped in front of a nightclub where there have been numerous complaints of drug activity.
There was a man leaning in the passenger-side window of the car. When he saw the officer he walked away.
The driver of the car turned north on Merriman Road with the officer behind him. Once they reached Exchange Street, the officer activated his blue lights and the driver turned into the McDonald’s parking lot and then proceeded to the drive-through area.
While the driver was in the food line, the officer walked up to his car and the driver — a 38-year-old Georgetown man — admitted he did not have a driver’s license.
The drug dog was brought to the scene and alerted on the car.  The car was searched and a small amount of heroin was found. The man was charged with trafficking heroin.

Georgetown Police
• A 28-year-old woman who works at a Murrells Inlet restaurant said her work supervisor fondled her while visiting her when she was a patient at Georgetown Memorial Hospital Dec. 18. She said the man — believed to be in his 50s — started caressing her while she was asleep. When she woke up and demanded he stop, he reportedly said he wanted her and her other male friends could do nothing for her.
The woman notified hospital staff and the man left the room.
• Central Dispatch received a call about a fight in progress at the Georgetown Car Wash on Highmarket Street last Friday afternoon. When officers arrived a 26-year-old man and his 29-year-old ex-girlfriend said they had been assaulted by each other.
The man said he was washing his car when his ex  drove up and started to yell at him. When she realized she was being ignored, the woman reached in the man’s car and tried to take his GPS device. He grabbed it from her and the woman then slapped him on the face and tried to bite him.
The man said he got away from her and called 911.
The woman gave a different story saying it was the man who slapped her and threw her on the ground.
The officer said there was no evidence to back up the woman’s claims but the man’s shirt was ripped.
After everything calmed down, the man said he did not want to press charges.
• A man said he was shot at while walking on Dekalb Street Dec. 18 but police say he made up the story.
The 18-year-old said as he was walking, a man he knows and a 16-year-old started shooting at him with handguns. He said he ran from the area to avoid being shot. Central Dispatch operators said they had received no calls about shots being fired. It was then learned the man the alleged victim named as the shooter was locked up in jail when the shooting was said to have occurred.
Police met with the man who made the claim and he admitted the incident did not happen.So far, the man has not been charged with filing a false police report.

Sheriff’s Office
• Investigators want to know how an 11-year-old Georgetown boy contracted a sexually transmitted disease.
A Department of Social Services worker received a call from the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital Dec. 15.
The medical worker said the special needs child was seen by a doctor who confirmed he had venereal warts. The child’s parents said they have no idea how he could have been infected.
• A deputy was on patrol at about 5:40 p.m. Dec. 18 when he saw a car attempting to back onto Highway 17 near Brookgreen Gardens “in very heavy traffic conditions,” the report states.
The officer activated his blue lights but the driver did not stop and proceeded south towards Litchfield. The deputy caught up with the car and saw it was being driven by an elderly woman who appeared to be very disoriented.
The driver then pulled in front of oncoming traffic. The deputy pulled in front of her to get her to stop. She put the car in reverse and turned around and started driving north.
The chase ended near the Horry County line  when the woman ran into the back of a deputy’s car. The woman was not arrested. She was transported to the hospital for a mental evaluation.
• Several law enforcement officials were working security at the Waccamaw High School basketball game Dec. 16 when they saw a vehicle speeding through the parking lot.
Deputies walked up to the car after it stopped and identified the driver and passenger as juveniles. During a patdown of the two, a small amount of marijuana was found in the pocket of a 16-year-old. He was charged with simple possession of marijuana.
• A woman from Marion, Ga. drove up to the security gate at Hunting Beach State Park Dec. 16 and the first thing the guard noticed was the woman had a black eye and bruising on the side of her face. The woman asked the guard if there was anywhere peaceful to go inside the park. When she was told of the quiet areas, she said “that’s exactly what I need.”
The next morning, the woman’s empty car was found in the park causing the guards to get concerned. Once deputies arrived, they looked through the car windows and saw scribblings on a piece of paper. The paper was partially blocked by a book but the words “drugs” and “can’t take this” were readable. Through investigation it was learned the woman had taken a cab to the Salvation Army and then to a hotel. The deputies responded and found her in good health.

Compiled by Scott Harper