The blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between Jan. 14-17.
Short temper
A shirtless male described as “small” threw vases into a roadway Jan. 15 at Meeting and Spring streets downtown, covering four lanes of traffic with debris, according to a Charleston police report. Officers patrolled the area for the suspect with “futile luck” and couldn’t find the owner of the vases.
60 quarters
Mount Pleasant police officers responded to The Wando Wash in Mount Pleasant Jan. 17 after a man reported that another man was threatening his life and breaking the coin-operated self-wash machine with a power-washer wand. The caller reportedly saw the man taking quarters from the broken machine, and when he approached, the man became physically and verbally aggressive. Officers arrested the man for armed robbery and property damage after they found $15 worth of quarters in his car’s cup holder.
Target practice
A woman called the police and said that a man in a red truck next to her car in moving traffic on McConnell Parkway fired airsoft pellets at her window 10 times, according to a Jan. 14 Charleston police report. She pulled up next to the man at a stop light, rolled down her window and asked him why he shot at her car. He shrugged his shoulders and replied, “I don’t know.”
Wrong address
A King Street homeowner reported a man he didn’t know was passed out on his living room floor, according to a Jan. 15 Charleston police report. Responding officers asked the drunken man how much he had to drink, and he replied, “A lot.” Officers later cited the man with disorderly conduct later while he was being treated at the hospital.
Footwear fiasco
A woman received 20 emails regarding fraudulent charges to her Paypal account Jan. 17, according to a Mount Pleasant police report. The charges reportedly drained her checking account and overdrafted her savings account. She could see where some items were sent out for delivery, including two pairs of Nike Airs and two pairs of Croc clogs. No word on whether any culprits were caught.
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