Police Blotter
Sunday, August 29, 2010
An officer patrolling Carolina Park came across a car parked off on the side of the road and stopped to check on the driver.
He walked up to the driver who was pouring water from a plastic bottle into a thermos.
The kid didn't even notice the cop u ...
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Two 18 ear old brothers got into a spat with one another because one went into the other's room. Oddly enough the two still live at home so the room is not technically his.
At any rate, one brother was in his room hanging out when the other came in ...
Friday, August 27, 2010
A Mount Pleasant man who owns a fairly decent pick up truck had some mechanical difficulties with it one day and thought it very strange since the truck was running just fine the day before.
He was turning down a road when the truck stalled on him, ...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Lettin' off steam
A local 28-year-old felt a little stressed one day and went outside to let off some steam. On the way out the back door she grabbed her pink .22 caliber pistol and popped off four or five bullets in the ground. When she thought she ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010
An officer watched a driver swerve all over the Ravenel bridge and almost hit the concrete divider. Then the driver switched lanes without using a turn signal and the officer decided it was time to pull this drunk over.However the car did not stop ri ...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
an officer watched a driver late one night approach an intersection and turn right on red even when the sign clearly said not to. He pulled the driver over and asked for her driver's license. when she pulled out her credit card and handed it to the o ...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Lost it
A soon-to-be ex-husband lost his cool when he found out his wife was divorcing him. But this should have come as no surprise to him, since she has an order of protective measures against him prohibiting him from coming to their home. However ...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
A loving family
A family reunion turned ugly last month when a man and his girlfriend got into a fight because his other baby's momma showed up. The new girlfriend got upset because the other baby's momma was there and decided that the best revenge ...
Sunday, August 08, 2010
A handful of Russian students were enticed to the states, specifically Mount Pleasant, with the promise of work and a safe, clean place to live for the summer. But once they got here, that's not what they experienced. One Russian girl was so upset th ...
Saturday, August 07, 2010
A 19 year old girl called police to say that her husband was on the side of the road in Goose Creek throwing up and her 8 year old child was with her at her own momma's house where she had been staying for the last two weeks. She said her husband was ...
Friday, August 06, 2010
A woman's ex-husband came to her door one day looking for her uncle. when no one answered his knock at the door he started to walk away. But being the ex-wife that she is, she wasn't going to let him get away that quick. She dashed to the front door ...
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
I lost my car
A German man came to Mount Pleasant to visit his son recently and decided to go out for a drive. He went into various subdivisions along Rifle Range Road to look at the homes and the landscape.
However his rental car ran out of gas in ...
Sunday, August 01, 2010
An officer was driving down the road one night and saw a man staggering in the middle of the street. He pulled along side him and heard him mumbling incoherently. The officer asked him why he was in the middle of the street and he looked down at his ...
Saturday, July 31, 2010
An officer was called to a home for a domestic dispute and when he got there he found a woman in a nearly empty house. Right away she told the female officer she wanted to show the officer her backside. She said it was all bruised up from an assault ...
Friday, July 30, 2010
A woman living in a local apartment complex notice a cat hanging around her door and on her front porch area. The cat did not have any tags and looked frail and thin to her. She finally called Animal Control to have them remove the cat who was now be ...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Flat tire
An officer came upon a man trying to change a tire and stopped to help.
As he helped the man he smelled booze on his breath so the officer asked him if he had been drinking.
The man said he had been and explained that he only had two b ...
Sunday, July 25, 2010
A woman was outside grilling with her friends when some kids walked by and whistled to her dog. The dog naturally walked towards the kids and she called the dog back to the yard to get it away from the kids. Then all of a sudden one of the kids jumpe ...
Saturday, July 24, 2010
An officer drove by a gas station and saw a man slumped over in his car and stopped to check on him. It turned out to be a drunk man trying to sleep it off, but that’s not allowed in Mount Pleasant so the officer stopped to have a little chat with hi ...
Friday, July 23, 2010
Two neighbors are at odds with one another because one neighbor’s trees are growing all over the other’s fence and tearing it up. An easy fix, most would assume, but no, these two would rather argue about it. The lady said she offered her neighbor th ...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Sandlot scuffle
Police responded to the Isle of Palms municipal parking lot after numerous citizens reported an assault in progress. Upon arrival, several citizens pointed to an SUV attempting to leave the parking lot, which was reportedly driven by ...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
United States Attorney William N. Nettles stated today that Amelia Ackerman, age 55, of Mount Pleasant, was charged in a five-count Indictment with Wire Fraud in violation 18 U.S.C. <0x00A7> 1343. The indictment alleges that from 2006 to 2008, ...
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Police officers who live in local apartment complexes are often designated as courtesy officers for that community. They field calls and respond to problems in the area. One officer received a call from a resident who complained that people were runn ...
Friday, July 16, 2010
An officer came upon the Park West pool after it had closed and saw cars still in the parking lot. He parked his car and started walking around the pool and saw four girls sitting around a table with several beers in front of them. There were eight b ...
Sunday, July 11, 2010
A 19-year-old girl strolled into a local gas station and decided because she was hungry, she should just steal what she wanted. Oddly enough she wanted two packs of coffee creamer, a cereal bar and a honey bun. But the clerk saw her do it, detained h ...
Saturday, July 10, 2010
A couple who could not come to civil terms on their child custody arrangement agreed to meet at a local ice cream shop to make the switch. Thinking this would be neutral ground, the ex-wife agreed. However the ex-husband had the nerve to start an arg ...
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