Police responded to a woman who said she had been attacked at a party.

She said an acquaintance smeared a balled up paper towel full of ketchup, hot sauce and glass in her face.

She did not call police, however until the party was over and she was on her way home. Her reasoning was that she and her buddies had been drinking underage.

She did not have any visible injuries to her face and told the officer she did not want to press charges.

Police were able to speak with the male suspect who admitted to smearing ketchup on her face but there was no glass or hot sauce in the mix. He insinuated that this girl deserved the smear because they have had problems for years and this was a long time coming.

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Test shot

Police were called to the Greenhill community to investigate the possibility of someone firing a gun.

What they found were two kids who’d been shooting off a .22. Once the kids spotted the cops, they tossed it in a nearby trash can. But the officers saw it and detained the boys for an explanation.

One of the boys admitted he found the gun and then saw police so he tossed it.

He was arrested on the spot and his mother was called. She was not thrilled to say the least and when she arrived on the scene he starts making excuses saying he took the gun from his home boy’s house and it was a stupid thing to do, but he just wanted to test shoot it.

He was charged with Unlawful Carrying of  a Pistol, Possession of a Pistol Under Age and Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm with the Town Limits.

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Three strikes - you’re out

An officer saw a man driving around with only one working headlight, so he pulled him over and explained the reason.

When he asked for the driver’s license, the man said he didn’t have one and begged the officer not to run his name through dispatch. He said if the officer ran his name through dispatch he would be taken to jail.

He told the officer he’d been arrested five or six times for driving under suspension. One of those times was just last month. He pleaded with him not to run his name, but realized once the handcuffs were lapped on that he was out of luck.

If this man didn’t have bad luck he would have no luck. Which is why there was nothing ironic about the fact that his wife was charged with open container because she was sipping on a cold beer. She was given a ticket and had to call a family member to come and pick up the car and drive her home.

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Rent to own

A repossession company faxed police information about a local woman who had stolen a rental car from Chicago.

Police found a Mount Pleasant address for the woman and went to pay her a visit.

A car matching the description came cruising down the street this woman lived on. The woman driving stopped at her mailbox, looked in the rearview mirror, saw the officer and pulled away, right past her house.

This officer, who’s obviously been there before, simply waited down the street for a few minutes.

And what do you know, she returned.

The officer got out and talked to her. He explained there was a problem with her car.

She said she rented the car in Illinois and had been renting it for a while. When the officer said the rental company reported it stolen she said, “Oh. Am I getting arrested?”

The answer to that was yes.

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Try this on for size

A woman in a local clothing store decided to forgo the dressing room and stopped along an aisle to try on a shirt. As she slipped the shirt over her head, someone walked by and swiped her purse. She heard some rustling in her buggy and when she got the shirt over her head  the purse was gone.

A customer service representative said loss prevention was not in the store at the time to review the tape. She was told however that other victims had fallen prey to the same fate. She canceled her credit cards and planned to press charges should someone be caught.

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What had happened was...

An officer was behind a car with an expired license tag. He pulled the driver over and when he approached the window the driver handed him several tickets he received in Beaufort for the very same thing.

He told the officer he knew his tags were expired and he had no insurance.

The officer said he did not understand why, after over a month, he still did not have proof of insurance.

The driver made several attempts at an excuse, none of which made sense.

Then he handed the officer an out-of-date insurance card. The officer asked him if he were to call the insurance company would they verify his insurance was up to date.

He said they should.

But they didn’t.

When the officer hung up the phone he found the driver on the phone with his attorney. This made no difference especially after the officer arrested the man and searched the car only to find a folder with tickets from a Summerville officer for DUI, Open Container and other offenses. Under the man’s seat was a bag filled with beer that had spiled out when he shoved it under the seat. Under another seat was a bottle of booze.

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Narcotics detectives conducted a search warrant on a home where suspected drugs were being dealt. They knocked on the front door and announced who they were but no one answered.

They found a female in a back bedroom and a man who’d locked himself in the bathroom. He wouldn’t open up so they kicked the door in only to find him tossing weed in the toilet and flushing like a mad man.

He was handcuffed and arrested. All around him were bags of pot and ecstacy.

They were read their rights and the man asked if he could speak to one detective in private. He admitted to the cop that he had drugs all over his house and he voluntarily showed the officer each location. They found more pills, cocaine and more weed as well as $2,938 in cash.

While officers were searching the apartment, another man arrived home.

When he saw the police he took off running.  

He didn’t get far.

He was arrested and led officers through his bedroom to all of his drugs that were stashed away. Because of the home’s address the men were both charged with possession, intent to distribute and trafficking all within proximity of a school.

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Mother of the year

Some anonymous busybody has been sending a woman harassing e-mails calling her a poor mother, accusing her of running the streets while she should be home with her kids.

The victim has no idea who this person is but she called police because the e-mails were very personal in nature.

The e-mails accuse her of being racy and partying too much and said, “We fear that this behavior will endanger your children as well as ours.”

Another e-mail showed up a month or so later and said, “I am very disappointed to hear that you are still running around like a college school girl. I assume that you received my first e-mail and chose not to respond because of embarassment or guilt.”

The letter writer claims that these anonymous e-mails are only for the well being of the victim’s children and other kids. One e-mail is signed concerned mother and the other is signed concerned  parent.

She hired a private investigator and called police because (she said) whoever was being so vicious could have easily carbon copied their mutual friends on the e-mail.

She told the officer she did not reply to either e-mail.

She has also contacted her Internet service provider to determine the origin of the e-mails.

Police are still investigating.

(The Police Blotter is intended to be a humorous column written from police reports obtained from the Mount Pleasant Police Department. Many of the stories come from the initial incident reports and, occasionally, supplemental reports. Generally, cases have not been adjudicated at the time of publication.)

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