The Blotter is taken from City of Charleston police department reports. We’ve added a cartoon and a little commentary. We’ve added a little humor, too. No one has been found guilty. This is not a court of law.
A local doctor’s office called the cops on Jan. 30 after a woman, 51, slapped her aged and graying mother in the face. When questioned about the incident, the nearly deaf 86-year-old victim said, “It was more an attention-getter than assault.”
Blotter Threat O’The Week:
“I’ll walk into the funeral home and blow you away.”
An unknown caller using a phone with a blocked number called and made a series of harassing phone calls to the home and cellphone of a local bishop on Jan. 30. His messages included, “I know where you live,” and, “We know you’re bisexual.” A gay church leader in this day and age? Preposterous!
On Jan. 28, cops pulled over a man on Folly Road for not wearing his seat belt. While conducting a search, officers found a handgun and marijuana on the driver, who explained, “I’ve had the gun for about two weeks. I paid $100 for it at a gas station in N. Charleston from a guy with a weird complexion.” His passenger added, “I’ve got cocaine hidden in my draws [crotch].” They had the right to remain silent, and maybe they should have.
A man returned to a downtown parking garage on Jan. 30 to find all four tires on his SUV slashed and the word “Bush” scratched into the driver’s side door. Either this vandal likes his women natural or his Iraqis dead.
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