The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston Police Department. These are not convictions and the names of businesses, complainants, and suspects have been left out to protect the innocent. All suspects are  innocent until proven guilty … of course.

October 31 | FORGERY, COUNTERFEIT
An Ashley River Road woman complained to police that a check for close to $1,000 had been deposited into her banking account, but not by her. The woman had been trying to obtain a loan from an online source, and had paid over $1,100 for processing fees via iTunes prepaid cards in the past.

November 1 | FORGERY, COUNTERFEIT
A loss prevention officer at a Sam Rittenberg Boulevard department store detained a fleeing woman who had allegedly attempted to scam the store out of several hundred dollars in merchandise, and that he had chased a man into the nearby woods who refused to come out. Soon after the officer arrived, the second offender came out of the woods. The loss prevention officer had seen the two people purchase four purses at close to $1,600 combined and some other items with a fraudulent credit card. The chip in the card did not register, so the clerk had to perform a manual credit transaction. During the arrest, the officer received yet another call that a fraudulent purchase had just been attempted.

November 1 | ROBBERY, KNIFE
A Pebble Road man told police that he was in his bedroom when he heard a single kick and saw his front door open. A man then entered his residence, ordering him to “give me your keys and money.” The resident and the intruder got into a fight, with the intruder soon pulling out a knife, causing the resident to kick the intruder and bang on a neighbor’s residence for help. At this point the intruder fled. The resident said he had never seen the man before.

November 2 | TRAFFIC ARREST
Police pulled over and arrested the driver of a car travelling down Savannah Highway with a 45-day temporary license plate that expired in November of 2016. The driver showed officers his identification, and claimed to have insurance on the car. He also produced a bill of sale that showed he’d purchased the vehicle more than a year before. A records check showed that the driver also had prior convictions for driving with a suspended license, as it also showed his current license was under suspension, and that there was a warrant for his arrest for failure to appear in court for a previous charge.

November 2 | SIMPLE ASSAULT
Police investigated a report of adults and schoolchildren fighting near the corner of White Oak Lane and Juniper Street. According to witnesses, one of the students got into a fight with another student at a school bus stop after school. According to several witnesses, one of the students’ mothers pulled him out of the fight without touching the other kid. Soon, though, the aunt of the other child arrived, assumed an aggressive fighting position, and demanded to know if the other woman had touched her nephew. The mother ignored the aunt’s question and posture, and the aunt, according to witnesses, then attacked the other child’s mother. Police, finding physical proof of a fight on the one woman’s neck, arrested the aunt.

November 2 | LARCENY BY FALSE PRETENSES
Police are investigating allegations by a Savannah Highway convenience store manager that one of her employees had been stealing from the business. The manager told police that her corporate office had taped the employee ring up customers, cancel the transactions, and then pocket the money. The manager claimed this happened at least eight different times, for a total of $31.55 missing.

November 2 | THEFT OF BUILDING MATERIALS
A construction manager at a Blackwater Way site reported a rash of onsite thefts, including six air-conditioning units valued at $6,000 collectively. The manager said the units had been screwed down onto a concrete slab, and that whoever took then knew how to “safely circumnavigate” the active electricity lines leading to the units.

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