Reports taken from March 4 to March 14
‘Mind your business’
Charleston police on March 14 arrested Arthur R. Traynor III of Tacoma Park, Md., who is a former Biden administration appointee to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, for third-degree assault and battery and disorderly conduct. Just before the closing of Bangkok Lounge early March 14, Traynor allegedly drunkenly punched an Illinois man in the face for getting between him and a security employee, according to a police report. Traynor also reportedly told the man to “mind your business” with a racist slur and called officers “multiple derogatory names,” police said. After booking, Traynor, who had a blackened eye, was released March 14 from the Al Cannon Detention Center.
Dead giveaway
Mount Pleasant police on March 7 stopped to question a man trying to find a ride home on the side of Ben Sawyer Boulevard. While chatting, the man reportedly said he didn’t “know anything about the marijuana.” What marijuana, you ask? Well the marijuana he had in his pocket that he was offering to strangers in exchange for a ride. Yeah, he was arrested.
Guess we know the favorite
Charleston police are investigating the apparent theft of a bicycle valued at $1,500 after it was reported stolen from a West Ashley garage on March 4. Police noted there was a second bicycle that was also stolen — though it was given no details or price estimation by the caller. Guess we have our priorities sorted, at least.
Guess we were wrong
A North Charleston couple wearing tie-dyed shirts on March 7 reportedly stole two bottles of medicine from a Dorchester Road grocery store before getting away in a white Jeep. The investigation is still underway. Huh, we thought the hippies didn’t like Big Pharma … or Jeeps.
Speed run
Charleston police on March 13 stopped to chat with a downtown man sitting on the street under a “No Loitering” sign. Three Icehouse beers were next to him. Police noted the man appeared highly intoxicated, as he couldn’t hold a coherent conversation with officers. Police arrested him for public intoxication — they didn’t even need to read the sign!
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