Reports taken from Aug. 11 to Aug. 20
Just a little treat
A Mount Pleasant woman on Aug. 13 reportedly took about $700 worth of merchandise from a Proprietors Place department store, including a backpack, multiple bags of pet food, a pressure washer and a Samsung sound bar. The sound bar was worth more than half the total cost of the stolen items. Those impulse “buys” will really run up the bill.
Round two
A North Charleston man on Aug. 20 reportedly created a disturbance in North Charleston City Hall after leaving the municipal court. When police responded, warning him to settle down, he fought officers and spit on one of them, leading to an arrest and multiple charges. Maybe his next court hearing will go better (but we doubt it).
Real-life cartoon
A West Ashley woman on Aug. 11 reportedly attempted to steal more than $200 worth of items from a Sam Rittenberg Boulevard store by stuffing them into a sack and trying to drag it outside. According to Charleston police, security footage captured her being confronted by security, where she dropped the sack and tried to “walk away.” She is now banned from the store.
Emphasis on “dash”
A driver thought to work for DoorDash on Aug. 20 reportedly entered a North Charleston restaurant to pick up an online order but also grabbed the restaurant’s tip jar. When employees called DoorDash to complain, they realized the name of the driver did not match the description of the person who picked up the order in the first place. Interesting scam. But our big question: What happened to the food?
Misinformed
Mount Pleasant police on Aug. 17 attempted to stop a vehicle speeding at over 70 mph on the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge. The driver slowed to a stop in downtown Charleston several times, only to speed off again as the driver yelled to the officer that he couldn’t pull him over outside of his jurisdiction. He was eventually arrested once Charleston police arrived. This is the perfect example of why you don’t get legal advice from TikTok.
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