Last Updated on 2/9/2010

Published on 6/5/2009

The following reports were gathered at the Georgetown Police, County Sheriff's and Andrews Police Departments.

Kitten mutilated
Investigators are trying to figure out  who is responsible for the mutilation of a kitten found at a Georgetown  County home early Saturday.
A man from Powell Road in the Sampit Community called  911 after arriving home to the gory site of a cut up kitten on his front porch.
According to a  report, the white and black kitten’s head and three of its legs were on the porch.
“The body of the kitten and the other leg were missing,” the report states. “It did not appear as if the kitten was attacked by another animal as the cuts were clean and there was no blood on the porch.”
The complainant said he has no idea who would have committed such an act.
Anyone with information is urged to call the Sheriff’s Office at 546-5102.


Tara Hall burglary
A burglary was reported at Tara Hall Home for Boys.
According to Tara Hall Director Jim Dumm, someone broke into his office as well as the office of his assistant Friday night.
The glass was broken on the downstairs office and there were drops of blood on the glass that remained on the door.
Several drawers were opened and ransacked inside that office. There was also an aluminum bat on the desk which did not belong there, the report states.
There was also a pillow on the floor.
In Dumm’s office, there were several coins on the floor as well as a flashlight and a water jug which was used to hold spare change.
A lot of the change was missing.
Also taken was a safe Dumm kept in the office.
One of the items taken was a pillowcase. As the investigation was taking place, it was learned several cars had been broken into in the vicinity of Tara Hall. On the scene of one of those break-ins investigators found a pillow case  believed to be the one from Tara Hall.
It was sent to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division to see if any DNA can be obtained.

Conflicting reports
A Pawleys Island man, who identified himself as a church minister, went to the hospital suffering from lacerations Sunday evening.
A doctor told deputies it looked like the cuts were self inflicted but the man said he was injured while trying to break up an argument.
He said he was walking home from church when he saw a man and woman arguing on the road near Martin Luther King Drive. He asked if they were OK and they said yes so he went home.
He returned a short while later and the couple was still arguing. A small crowd had gathered but no one was trying to calm the situation, so the victim said he got between the two arguers. It was then that he was cut with an unknown object, he said.
One of his church members drove him to the hospital for treatment.
The case was turned over to investigators.

Tip jar bandit
A man walked into Sam’s Corner restaurant in Litchfield May 30 and grabbed a tip jar and ran out the front door.
Another man chased the alleged thief through the parking lot and grabbed him by the shirt. He was able to recover the jar but the suspect escaped on a bicycle.



Burglaries and Breakins
2000 block of Jackson Village Road, May 31
Taken: Two cases of Bud Light beer and 15-20 bags of potato chips
No suspects.
• 200 block of Kent Road, Andrews, May 22.
Taken: Flat screen TV valued at $2,550 and a DVD player.
No suspects.
• Dumont Brothers Building in Pawleys Island, May 23.
Taken: More than $2,600 worth of tools
No suspects
• 300 block of Cherry Street, Andrews, May 24.
Taken: Playstation 2 video game system, laptop computer, TV
No suspects
• George Williams Grocery, 1400 block of Pleasant Hill Drive, May 24
Taken: Two cartons of cigarettes, five cases of beer.
No suspects
• 200 block of Mahogany Street, Andrews, May 31
Taken: Playstation 2, shotgun, rifle, jewelry.
No suspects
• Beauty Culture Specialists, 1700 of Seitter Street, Georgetown, June 2.
Taken: $10
No suspects

Compiled by Scott Harper