Local man arrested for obstruction in Virginia
Published on 5/8/2008
A Georgetown man is in jail in Virginia after leading police in that state on a four-hour chase while his 1-year-old child was in the car.
The Progress-Index newspaper (of Petersburg, Va.) reports Jermaine L. Butler of Georgetown was arrested in Chesterfield County, Va., Tuesday after the ordeal that began at about 3 a.m.
Police were called to a residence because of a domestic situation. They were there to ensure the safe transfer of the child between the parents, the paper reports.
While on the scene, the officers learned Butler had warrants for his arrest for failure to appear on a drug charge in Hopewell, Va.
When Butler pulled up in his car with his child and another passenger, he saw police and immediately fled the scene, police said.
The officers pursued him on southbound Interstate 95 to Woods Edge Road, where Butler stopped his car, jumped out and fled on foot, police said.
Police finally arrested Butler at 6:45 a.m. Butler is charged with felony eluding the police and obstruction of justice. He is currently being held without bond at the Chesterfield County Jail.
Sheriff's Office
* A concession stand at a county-owned baseball field on Olive Street in Andrews was broken into April 29.
A county worker said hinges were removed from a window cover for the person to get inside. Several boxes of candy were stolen.
* A man from Murrells Inlet said his mother received a call from a Myrtle Beach man April 30 who said he was going to burn down her house before the cops can find him if he is not paid the money he is owed.
The man called again later and said if he was not paid $5,000 within 72 hours he was going to kill everyone in the house.
The woman's son said the man has vandalized the residence in the past and fears he will carry out his threat.
So far, no arrests have been made.
* Deputies may have saved the life of an intoxicated man who was in danger of getting hit by a car because he was walking in the road on Highway 521 in the Graves Station area at about 9:10 p.m. May 2.
The 44-year-old man was stumbling and falling into traffic, according to the report. When the deputy asked him where he was going, he said "I'm coming from the store with a couple of Budweisers for me and my old lady." Because of his drunken state, the man was arrested and taken to jail to sober up.
* The owner of Winyah One Stop on Highmarket Street proved his gas pumps are accurate after a 23-year-old Georgetown woman caused a scene at the store May 2, claiming she the pumps were cheating customers.
The woman told deputies the fuel light on her car was on, so she stopped and pumped $11.36 in gas.
When she left, the light was still on, so she returned to the store and started complaining to the employees.
She was told the pumps had passed a state inspection earlier this year.
The woman was not convinced, so she reportedly started telling other customers not to buy gas at that location. Once the officers arrived, the owner grabbed a clear one-gallon container and filled it up with gas. The pump showed the right price for that amount of fuel.
The woman told the owner she was sorry and went inside and apologized to the workers.
* Deputies responded to a call of an assault in progress at a home on Turnberry Lane in Murrells Inlet at about 11:30 a.m. May 3.
They arrived and were met by a woman who said her neighbor's wife was being killed by her husband.
The officers then made contact with the woman, who was crying and wrapped in a bath robe. She said her husband threw her against a wall, hit her on the head three times and doused her with vodka.
The woman's daughter said when she saw what was happening, she ran to her bedroom because she was afraid.
The man accused of the assault fled the scene with his son before deputies arrived. He took his wife's keys, purse and cell phone with him so she could not leave while he was gone.
The deputies called the woman's cell phone and spoke to the man. They told him to return to the house so they could get his side of the story. He said he would return. The deputies waited for about 90 minutes and he still did not return home.
The deputies were later contacted by the man's attorney, who said his client was in Charleston and was unable to return. The lawyer was told a warrant would be issued for the man's arrest and he needed to turn himself in.
Later that day, the man allegedly called his neighbor and told her he would kill her if she did not tell him where his wife went.
The woman refused to divulge the information.
Georgetown Police
The cameras that have been installed at two of the main entrances to the City of Georgetown are being credited with helping to recover another stolen vehicle.
The cameras are on Highway 17 in Maryville and near the bridges on Church Street. They take a snapshot of every license plate and search the National Crime Information Computer to see if the tag has been marked as being wanted.
On May 3, Central Dispatch was notified that a car reported stolen had passed in front of the Maryville camera. A county deputy saw the Toyota Four Runner at the Shell gas station at the intersection of Highmarket and Fraser streets and he stayed there until city police arrived. However, the driver must have realized he was being watched because he walked into the store on the north side and walked out the south side without the officer noticing.
The man left the scene on foot and was not caught. It was determined the car was stolen from a Jacksonville, Fla., resident and has been returned.
* A Winyah Street woman says she was given a counterfeit $10 bill when she received her change at a restaurant May 3. She said she had no idea the money was fake until later in the day when she tried to use it to pay for a purchase at Anglers in Maryville. The bill was placed into evidence.
* A Maryville woman called police May 2 because she noticed things started slowly disappearing from her home. The woman said starting in early April she could not find things such as her digital camera, four pairs of blue jeans, a bottle of body spray, a pair of prescription sunglasses and $100 in cash.
The woman said she feels her baby-sitter and the baby-sitter's boyfriend may be responsible. She said when she asked the baby-sitter about it, she said she denied the thefts and quit working for the woman.
* Police arrested a 42-year-old Prince Street man who was allegedly caught in the act of burglarizing a neighbor's home.
The resident told police he returned home and saw the lock on his back door was broken. When he walked inside, he reportedly found the suspect standing in his house with a hammer in his hand.
The suspect claims to have chased another person out of the house with the hammer.
The suspect's girlfriend said she saw her boyfriend leave their apartment with the hammer, and a few minutes later she heard banging sounds coming from the victim's apartment.
By the time police arrived, the suspect had left but was found a short time later on Wood Street carrying two stereo speakers.
Andrews
* A North Avenue woman called police May 5 to report that her boyfriend, a Cedar Street man, had taken her keys and punched her on the left side of her face.
According to the complainant, her boyfriend confronted her for "talking to other females" about him.
The subject's mother said he began shouting and took his girlfriend's keys. When she asked for the keys, the subject's mother said he punched his girlfriend. She said he left when she called the police.
* Someone attempted to steal a basketball goal from the yard of a Rosemary Avenue woman. The complainant said when her son went outside, he noticed the goal, which had been chained to a tree, had been moved away from the tree.
She said she heard her dog barking about 9:30 p.m. but was "too tired" to get up.
Estimated value of the goal is $200. There are no witnesses or suspects at this time.
* Police recovered a 1988 Ford Taurus reported stolen from Williamsburg County May 2 on Jones Avenue.
The reporting officer noticed the car was parked on the sidewalk and ran the plates. When he did, he discovered the vehicle was stolen.
The driver was not on the scene, but the passenger, who lives in Kingstree, said the driver also was a Kingstree resident.
The vehicle was towed from the location.
Compiled by Scott Harper
and Meredith Carter
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