Crime Reports - 4/7/22

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Animal cruelty case under investigation in Walterboro
By HEATHER RUPPE
Officers were called to a Blueberry Court residence near Walterboro on March 31st to what they thought was a domestic dispute between a father and his son. However, officers quickly learned that the incident was about a different matter – alleged animal cruelty.
According to a Colleton County Sheriff’s Office incident report, the deputy learned on scene that the father and son were fighting about what was occurring inside the residence with animals.
The sheriff’s office then contacted Colleton County Animal Control, who responded to the scene. Animal Control authorities then seized the animals, a sheriff’s report states.
Details of the animal cruelty case are being withheld, pending an upcoming custody hearing for the animals that have been seized.
In other Colleton County crime news:

Bar patron goes to jail
A 25-year-old woman from Columbia was arrested for disorderly conduct recently after she made a scene at a local bar. On March 31st, officers from the Walterboro Police Department were called to the Barrel House on Bells Highway in Walterboro because the woman refused to pay her bar tab. The woman was “intoxicated” and “causing a disturbance,” the report states. She was placed under arrest and taken to jail.

Cookie theft is no joke
Walterboro police officers were called to the Mobile West Gas Station on Bells Highway in Walterboro on April Fool’s Day to a report of someone stealing cookies. According to a Walterboro Police Department incident report, the 26-year-old male suspect tried to steal $10 in cookies; however, he was caught in the act. The man is charged with shoplifting.

Bike damaged in hit and run
An elderly man’s mode of transportation was damaged recently in a hit-and-run. The 70-year-old Walterboro man called the Walterboro Police Department on April 3rd and reported that his bicycle had been damaged in the parking lot of the IGA grocery store. The man said he had parked his bike in the parking lot and when he returned, the bike was damaged. The case is under investigation as a hit and run, a police report states.

Take the ham and run
A woman was caught shoplifting at a local grocery store after she tried to stuff multiple items – including a ham - inside her jacket. The 51-year-old Walterboro woman was caught by a store employee trying to leave the store without paying for many items that she had stuffed inside her jacket. The items include Mad Dog 20/20 liquor; apples; a ham; bananas; turkey; and Miracle Whip. According to a Walterboro Police Department incident report, the stolen items are valued at about $45.02. The suspect is charged with shoplifting, first offense.