Reports taken from Oct. 6 to Oct. 10
One with nature
A nude man approached Charleston police on Oct. 8 on Rutledge Avenue yelling incoherently. Police detained him for questioning, and when they asked what drug he had taken, he reportedly answered, “That good shit.” The guy’s friend later told officers he may have been under the influence of psilocybin mushrooms. Oh, wow.
Mr. Sandman, bring me a broom
A West Ashley woman on Oct. 6 reportedly opened her door expecting an Amazon delivery driver but instead found a stranger sweeping sand onto her doorstep with a broom. After she opened the door, he quickly ran away, leaving the broom behind. Charleston police noted trails of sand led to several other Ashley River Road residences with similar piles of sand on doorsteps and trash can lids.
Almost a professional
Two Mount Pleasant men on Oct. 10 reportedly tried to steal several bicycles from a U.S. Highway 17 store by entering with a hand cart, loading boxed bicycles onto the cart and quickly leaving. The two had a fake receipt to show an employee, but it must not have been convincing enough, as police were called, and the would-be thieves fled the scene, leaving the bikes behind.
Crushin’ it
Charleston police on Oct. 6 saw two men drinking cans of beer on a King Street sidewalk, but when they approached the men, they quickly dropped the cans and crushed them under their feet in an obvious effort to hide the evidence. It didn’t work, but we applaud their quick thinking.
No word on the winner
Mount Pleasant police on Oct. 10 watched a black Ford Mustang and a gray Audi S4 rocket off a green light on U.S Highway 17 in a street race that took them and pursuing officers through a construction zone and down Venning Road. Surprisingly, they pulled over. Officers identified both drivers as juveniles and called their parents.
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