CRIME REPORTS - 7/8/2021

Local man hit by car in hit-and-run
By HEATHER RUPPE

A 28-year-old Walterboro man received life-threatening injuries on July 5th after he was struck by a car in a hit-and-run. Two bystanders found the man bleeding in the street at about 11:29 p.m., in the 600 block of Padgett Loop near Hampton Street. Those bystanders then called 911 for help.
“Evidence at the scene indicated he was struck in the roadway in the westbound lanes and thrown to the curb in the eastbound lanes,” said Barry McRoy, chief of Colleton County Fire-Rescue. “The man suffered multiple traumatic injuries. Firefighter-Paramedics treated him at the scene.”
According to McRoy, firefighter-paramedics called for a medical helicopter to help the man, but the helicopter was not available. Therefore, the man was transported to the trauma center at Trident Medical Center in North Charleston.
The Walterboro Police Department is investigating this case.
Anyone with information regarding the accident are urged to contact the Walterboro Police Department or to call the S.C. Highway Patrol.

In other crime news:
Man drives away from deputy

A 41-year-old man is charged with Failure to Stop for Blue Lights and Driving Under Suspension (DUI related), third offense, after he drove for about 10 miles while a deputy was behind him, trying to pull him over.
The incident began on July 4th, when a deputy with the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office was in his marked patrol car on Cottageville Highway. While sitting parked, the deputy saw a Chevy Tahoe pass his unit: the driver was not wearing a seat belt and the vehicle’s brake light was not working, the report states. However, the driver refused to stop and continued to drive into Dorchester County. The vehicle kept steady at a speed of 65 miles per hour, and traveled about 10 miles from the where the deputy tried to stop the car, the report states. The driver then turned onto Parker’s Ferry Road, and the vehicle decreased its speed. The deputy discovered marijuana in the car. There were also open containers of alcohol in the car.

Another catalytic converter stolen
A catalytic converter was stolen from a vehicle on June 29th. According to a Colleton County Sheriff’s Office incident report, deputies were called to a residence on Winchester Road to a report of a vehicle being tampered with. The victim said the catalytic converter had been taken from his 2014 White Ford F350. The case is being investigated and is being treated as a grand larceny.

Driver grossly intoxicated
Deputies were called to a report of a suspicious vehicle on June 29th, and ultimately arrested the driver for being grossly intoxicated. According to a Colleton County Sheriff’s office incident report, the deputies were dispatched to Indian Oaks Lane, near Cottageville, about a vehicle being parked across the road and blocking traffic. The deputy found the 53-year-old driver, who was charged with DUI, greater than .16 or higher, second offense, and Driving Under Suspension (DUI related), first offense.

Man walks into woman’s house and causes stitches to rip
A man entered a Pellum Road house in Walterboro on July 1st and sat in a woman’s lap, ripping stitches that she had from a recent surgery. According to a Colleton County Sheriff’s Office incident report, the suspect was identified by the victim, who said the man entered her house and then sat in her lap “while leaning back hard.” The victim had just had “major surgery,” the report states, and the man’s sitting in her lap caused her incision to tear loose at the ends. The man is charged with assault and battery, third degree, and burglary/breaking and entering.