Reports taken from Jan. 27 to Feb. 4
Double fisting
A downtown woman on Jan. 27 reportedly ordered two drinks at a King Street bar, grabbed both and sprinted out of the building with her friends without paying, police said. The bar manager reportedly chased after them, heading north, where a police officer joined the chase. We hope a fourth party eventually joined the scene with a boom box playing Scooby-Doo music.
Almost fell for it
A West Ashley gas station clerk told Charleston police on Jan. 29 that a man wearing a black hoodie with the words “Stay Hard” printed on the front tried to pay for $40 of gas with a fake $50 bill with the words “In Copy we Trust” and “Play Money Only” printed visibly on the front. The man reportedly told the clerk he would just use his card at the pump, but instead ran off.
Careful, grandpa
A North Charleston man on Feb. 3 told officers he was threatened by an elderly man with a knife at a W. Montague Avenue convenience store. We have a lot of sympathy for the alleged victim here: It must be difficult to know how much to fight back before it just starts to feel bad for everybody involved.
Fast and Furious?
A downtown woman on Jan. 27 told officers her phone was stolen by a “Spanish man riding a small black bicycle” who emerged from a Mary Street alleyway. The man handed the phone off to a woman, then “slowly rode off” on his small bicycle. Nothing we add will be funnier than the mental image of this convoluted phone heist.
Hit the car wash
North Charleston police on Feb. 4 investigated a car they believed to have been broken into on Fassitt Road. But the inside was so messy and damaged, according to a police report, that officers weren’t sure what was preexisting and what would have been the result of the presumed break-in. This has been a PSA to tidy up your vehicles.
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