Incooperative person
Deputies responded to Lottie Lane, Green Pond, on April 25 after a suspect’s grandfather reported he felt the man was a danger to himself and others.
The suspect initially fled the scene, after being locked out of the house. However, he returned, walking toward the porch and ignoring the deputy’s commands to stop.
The suspect allegedly had his right hand in his pocket while talking on his phone and ignored the deputy’s instructions to stop. The suspect finally got on his knees and his hands on his head, after the deputy pulled out his taser. But, the deputy reported, when he tried to handcuff him, the suspect attempted to get away. After a struggle, the deputy got the suspect handcuffed.
But the man then refused to get in the deputy’s patrol car, the report said. The deputy “dynamically assisted” the man to the ground to regain control, gave numerous commands to get in the car and ended pulling out his taser again before the suspect complied.
The suspect was charged with third-degree assault and battery.
Phone spyware
A Walterboro resident reported someone accessed his cell phone through a spy app.
The man said he’d changed phones three times, but the spyware kept reappearing. The person allegedly accessed his social security number, set up files in his Google mail account and recorded his keystrokes.
He thinks the person may have been a person who formally harrassed him.
Burglary reported
A burglary was reported on Sizemore Rd., Smoaks, on April 24. Gone were a 12 gauge shotgun with a wooden stock and a 24-inch Vizio flat screen television.
Man reports being shot at
A Hope Plantation man reported April 26 that a person in a White F150 with Louisiana plates shot at him. The responding deputy found the truck, but the driver fled. Deputies searched the area but were unable to find the suspect.
Church van
vandalized
A person reported on April 26 that someone took the catalytic converters from a 2000 White Chevy passenger van at Oakman Branch Baptist Church. Replacement value is estimated at $2,000.
Car stolen
A Walterboro woman reported on April 24 someone took her 2020 rented Hyundai Elantra from Taylor Street.
Man reports
robbery
On April 26, a Green Pond man reported a suspect took his Air Force One sneakers, black iPhone and $80.
The man reported he was at a party at a house on Hickory Hill Road when the suspect got in a fight, which the victim tried to break up. After leaving the party, the victim said he was following his cousin home when he rear-ended his cousin’s vehicle.
While the two were out examining the damage, the suspect pulled up with several other males. The suspect then allegedly begin beating up the victim, stomping him on the sidewalk and stealing his items. He also said the men had guns.
Burglary
in Smoaks
On Sunday April 26 deputies responded to a burglar alarm at a business in Smoaks.
The store owner replayed video surveillance which showed two black males approached the store walking from New St. Both males appeared to be between 5’8” to 6’1” in height and appeared to weigh 185-200 pounds. One male was wearing a dark blue hoodie, blue jeans, and black shoes with multiple colors around rubber sole. The other male was wearing a white hoodie, black pants, and white/black shoes.
The male with the blue hoodie reportedly used a hammer to break the front door’s glass, using so much force that he swung the hammer through the glass, losing it through the door. When this occurred, the male in the white hoodie fled back across the roadway.
The male in the blue allegedly reached into the hole in the glass and unlocked the two door locks to the front door. The video showed that the male was using his sleeve to unlock and to grab the door.
Once opened, he motioned for the other male in white to come back to the store.
Upon entering the store, the male in blue retrieved the hammer and the male in white pulled a back pack from underneath his shirt and placed it on the counter. Both males stayed inside the store for a few seconds and then fled with haste. It appeared as they didn’t take anything.
But they did leave the backpack behind. The investigation continues.
