Local authorities say they have solved numerous recent automobile break-ins with the arrest of a 17-year-old Georgetown man.
According to Georgetown City Police incident reports, a Highmarket Street man is charged with breaking into several cars in the city limits. The man and two others are also accused of committing similar crimes in the county.
Within the city, vehicles were broken into on Dec. 12 on South Island Road, in the steel mill parking lot, on Old Charleston Road and on South Bay Street. Altogether, 10 vehicles were broken into.
In one case, a child’s purse containing crayons and pencils was taken but was recovered nearby. Some change was taken from another car. Otherwise, nothing of significance was stolen.
There were other vehicles broken into inside Wedgefield Plantation allegedly by the 17-year-old and two of his friends, according to the reports.
Georgetown Police
• A Maryville woman says she was the victim of a robbery inside her home at about 11 p.m. Thursday.
The 57-year-old woman told police she was inside her home at Oak Tree Apartments on South Fraser Street when she heard a knock at her door. She said she opened the door and two men — both who appeared to be 20 to 30 years-old — walked in.
Because she use to manage the apartments, the woman thought they were there to ask about renting a unit. When she asked what they wanted, the men said they were there to rob her. She then saw one of the men had a gun. The woman fell on the floor and took $475 from her pocket and shoved it under the stove without being seen. A $10 and a $5 bill fell beside her when she was trying to hide the cash.
The woman started to yell at the men. That is when one man put the gun to her head and said he would kill her if she didn’t get quiet. The other man grabbed the $15 from beside the victim. She tried to get up. The gunman again threatened to shoot her. The men walked out the door.
After she was sure they had vacated the property, the woman walked to a neighbor’s apartment to call 911.
Police did talk to a witness, who gave them the name of a man who had asked him if the victim was home a few minutes before the robbery occurred.
The investigation is continuing.
• A burglary at the North Fraser Street Food Lion was caught on tape at about 10:55 p.m. Dec. 12.
Police responded because of an alarm activation and saw a glass door was broken. When a manager arrived, the tape from a security camera was viewed and a man was seen walking into the store through the broken door. The man walked over to the cigarette display and grabbed several cartons of cigarettes and placed them inside his shirt. He then ran out of the store in an unknown direction. The man was wearing khaki pants, a gray shirt and black hat. The cost of the stolen cigarettes is about $250 and damage to the door is estimated at $200. The man on the video was not recognized by the manager or police.
• Earlier that same day, police arrested a 19-year-old Georgetown man on shoplifting and drug charges at the same Food Lion store. A store employee detained the man after seeing him place a bag of M&M’s in his pocket. When the man saw he had been caught, he threw the candy on the ground.
While he was being searched by police, a small bag of marijuana was found in his pocket. A bigger plastic bag containing 12 individually wrapped packages of marijuana was found in the man’s underwear. The drugs were seized and the man was taken to jail.
• Investigators are trying to figure out why a man would point a gun at a woman driving into the Maryville area.
The 37-year-old woman told police she was exiting the Sampit River Bridge at about 12:55 p.m. Saturday when a man in a red Dodge truck pulled up beside her. When she looked over, she saw he was pointing a handgun at her.
The woman said she has never seen the man before and nothing has happened that would make someone want to hurt her. The area was searched but the suspect was not located.
• A payroll check was reportedly stolen from Prince George Healthcare on Martin Street according to a report filed Saturday.
A worker said she received her check at about 2:30 p.m. Friday and placed it in a drawer in her work area. She said when she returned about two hours later it was gone. She said she reported the incident to her superiors, but there are no suspects.
• A woman who works at the Kaminski House on Front Street told police she was shocked by what she saw when she arrived for work Saturday morning. The woman said she was about to open the library when she saw a 47-year-old man sitting on the steps with his pants pulled down performing a lewd act. The woman screamed at the man, and he jumped up and walked towards the boardwalk.
Police looked for him but he was not found. The woman said she has seen him before and will call if she sees him in the area again.
• A woman is accused of bilking her employer out of more than $850 between October and last week.
The manager of 84 Lumber told police the company had been investigating an employee who had allegedly filled out paperwork for returns on items that had not actually been returned and had pocketed the money. Just to be sure, company officials contacted some of the customers whose names were on the return forms and those customers said they had not taken any items back. A warrant was expected to be signed against the woman charging her with breach of trust with fraudulent intent.
