Illustration by Steve Stegelin

This Blotter is taken from reports filed with the Charleston Police Department between June 1 to June 15, 2022.

Blotter of the Week: Officers on a foot patrol on King Street June 4 thought they saw a man smoking a joint on the sidewalk. When they approached and asked him about it, he admitted, โ€œYeah, I do be smokinโ€™.โ€

Must have already met quota 

Charleston police on June 1 stopped a downtown driver for failing to use a turn signal. During the stop, police found a small amount of marijuana and a handgun. Despite the drugs, firearm and traffic violation, the driver was issued a warning.  

West Hackshley 

A West Ashley woman on June 2 told police someone hacked her computer systems and was impersonating her to promote cryptocurrencies and defraud her friends and family for money. This marks the first time weโ€™ve ever seen โ€œhackingโ€ as a listed offense in a police report. 

If you canโ€™t hide the crimeโ€ฆ

In three separate reports out of the dozen or so we get every week, police caught suspects with marijuana, firearms and/or borderline illegal window tint. So does the tint hide the crime โ€” or expose it?



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