Man bothered by deceased mother's bank transactions
Last Updated on 12/1/2008
Published on 7/1/2008
A man whose mother recently died said he is bothered by many of the transactions he found when he was going through her bank accounts. He said he found 11 checks written to one of his mother's male friends. The checks -- which totaled $910 -- were signed but not in his mother's handwriting, her son said.There also were $1,500 in ATM withdrawals the man does not think his mother made.
The alleged suspect is a man who lives nearby and had become friends with the woman during the latter stages of her life.
The case is still being investigated.
* It doesn't happen often, but a man was able to get out of Georgetown's Wal-Mart without paying for two computer monitors.
The man who took the monitors was not seen doing so while it was happening on June 17. Wal-Mart security noticed the shoplifting while reviewing video from surveillance cameras Friday.
The man is seen placing the monitors in a shopping cart and walking to the arts and crafts department. He then "checked" the area to make sure no one was watching and proceeded out the emergency exit.
The man unloaded the monitors in a dark red truck and got in the passenger's side. He and his accomplice have not been caught.
* The Georgetown Police Department is now treating Friday night's fire that destroyed a house near Five Points as a possible arson.
On Saturday, fire officials said foul play was not suspected in the blaze at 3 Azalea Circle. Since then, it was determined the house was supposed to be vacant but there's a possibility a vagrant may have started the fire.
"We do consider it to be suspicious because there was no electricity in the house," Georgetown Assistant Fire Chief Bill Johnson said Monday. "It looks like someone had been in the house that was not supposed to be." Because the house was scheduled to soon be demolished, firefighters concentrated on keeping the flames from spreading to neighboring houses and were successful in those efforts.
* A man from Hickory Knoll Apartments woke up Friday morning to find all four tires on his Mitsubishi Outlander were flat. It appears that the air was let out of three tires and one was punctured. The man said the only person he feels might do something like this is a 40-year-old man he knows who he recently signed a warrant against.
* While on patrol Sunday afternoon, an officer spotted a 23-year-old man eating and walking on Kaminski Street "with his shirt off and his pants below his butt," the report states. "As I was watching to see if his pants were going to fall to the ground, I observed him throw his plate of food in the road and (he) continued walking," the officer wrote.
When he saw the officer, the man walked back and picked up the plate. He denied throwing it on the ground and accused the officer of harassment. Because of his actions, the officer asked to pat the man down for weapons. He said "no" and started walking away.
"I grabbed his hand and placed it on top of his head. I could see a clear bag containing marijuana inside of his hand which he was trying to conceal," the officer noted. The man was arrested for simple possession of marijuana and littering.
* A man said he was attacked by his father-in-law while at the Harborwalk Festival Saturday and the whole thing may be on video.
The 41-year-old man said he was on a golf cart, and as he neared Orange Street his 62-year-old father-in-law "charged him from the crowd" and grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him from the cart. He admits he then got sarcastic with his father-in-law but never raised his voice.
He said a crew from TV 22 was right behind them filming when it happened, so they may have captured it on video.
A warrant charging the man with assault and battery was prepared.
* A 29-year-old Georgetown man and his 21-year-old girlfriend got into an argument in the lobby of the Hampton Inn. The argument continued in their hotel room.
By the time police arrived, the man was back in the lobby alone with a garbage bag over his shoulder. He said the argument escalated when he called her a "chickenhead." That's when the woman started clawing and scratching his face, he told police. During the struggle, the couple broke a camera and gold necklace. Neither person said they wanted to press charges.
* A woman said her 9-year-old son was jumped by some teenagers as he was walking to Food Lion recently. She said he had $100 in his possession and the teens took some of that money. He was able to retrieve all but $5 before running home.
Sheriff's Office
A man from Harness Lane in Murrells Inlet reported his trashcan was stolen from the back of his home June 25. The man said normally he would not be too concerned about such a theft but the garbage can contained many personal documents that had his Social Security number and other private information. The man said he wanted a report on file in case he becomes a fraud victim.
* A North Fraser Street woman said she was once a patient of a doctor in Utah where a burglary was recently reported. She said she received notice that the burglars took a CD that contained her medical information as well as her Social Security number. She was advised to contact her bank and the Social Security Administration and tell them about the situation.
* Six cases of fish -- valued at about $250 -- were stolen from a cooler outside Inlet Crab House on Highway 17 Business in Murrells Inlet. The theft, according to the complainant, occurred overnight June 25. A man was captured on the restaurant's surveillance camera taking the fish.
* A $70,000 ring was reported missing by the family of a Waccamaw Community Hospital patient June 26. An 81-year-old Pawleys Island woman had a stroke and was hospitalized for two weeks. Her daughter said her mother gave her all her jewelry except the three-karat diamond ring, which was so big some of the hospital staff commented on its size.
The woman's daughter searched the room but the ring was not found.
* A 23-year-old Charlotte, N.C., woman staying at a condo in Murrells Inlet last week said she was very uncomfortable by the actions of a security guard. The woman and her boyfriend were in a swimming pool when they finished they discovered they did not have the key to their room. While the boyfriend went to try to find another key, the security guard said he noticed the woman appeared to be cold so he offered to let her sit in his car while she waited. She agreed. The man said he had to make his rounds, so -- with the woman in his car -- he drove around the area while commenting on how beautiful the woman is and how he would like to have a girlfriend like her. Once getting back to the area of the condo, the woman got out. The woman admitted to deputies she got in the car voluntarily and she was never threatened, so no charges were filed.
Andrews Police
Police arrested a Salters man June 25 for driving under the influence.
According to the police report, the driver entered the intersection on County Line Road and Martin Luther King Drive "spinning his tires" and turned his car in a clockwise circle twice. The reporting officer initiated a traffic stop, and when he approached the subject's vehicle he noticed the subject "had a strong smell of alcohol." The subject also slurred his words.
After failing two field sobriety tests, the subject was transported to the Georgetown County Detention Center to await a bond hearing.
Compiled by Scott Harper
and Meredith Carter
