Mug Shots

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 24 |Theft from building
A woman told police that a male friend of hers had come to her Savannah Highway motel room and struck her in the face after she told him to take his hands off her small child. The woman said earlier in the evening while having dinner with the man at a local restaurant, he became disrespectful and she left the table. Outside, she said he grabbed her arm and wouldn’t turn loose. Later at the hotel, he allegedly grabbed the child’s arm. The woman said the man finally left after she gave him $30, and he took with him a phone charger and the room’s television remote.
October 24 | General information
Workers at a Wesley Drive medical office called police after a recently dismissed patient showed up, wanting to see the doctor who released him from care, and when told the doctor wasn’t in that day, asked “what time do I need to be in the parking lot.” Two employees told police that the former patient said he was going to have to start buying heroin on the street because he could no longer afford $10 a pill for his medicine.
October 25 | Aggravated assault, firearm
Officers responded to the intersection of Bees Ferry Road and Hunters Forest Drive after a driver said a man in a van pointed a gun at him in traffic. Officers stopped a van matching the description given, and its driver told police he’d placed a gun under the passenger’s seat of the van. When the handgun was found, it was fully loaded, with a round in the chamber, and hammer cocked. The driver told police he had pointed the gun at the other driver, who also positively identified him. It was also found that the man was driving with a suspended license, a second offense for the man, and that the van was sporting a stolen license plate.
October 25 | Injured party
Police responded to a report of an unresponsive woman lying alongside Sam Rittenberg Boulevard near Northbridge Park. The woman was conscious and injured, but could not remember if a car had hit her. Her stepbrother came to the hospital and said that he had spoken to her boyfriend, who had said that she had thrown herself out of the car he was driving for no apparent reason. When the boyfriend turned around to pick her up, according to the stepbrother, there were already police officers on the scene, so he drove on not sure what to do. The stepbrother believes the two may have been arguing.
October 25 | Impersonation
An Ellison Run woman went to police to report that someone had used her identity and had taken out a $7,500 loan in her name. The woman said she believed it was friend who had taken her identity and filed for the loan.
October 26 | Aggravated assault
Four juveniles told police an unknown person fired multiple shots at them from a car while they sat in their car that was parked at the Bees Ferry Recreation Complex. The foursome had just finished playing basketball inside, and were in the car when the shooter drove by firing the handgun, hitting the rear of their car at least once and in one of the tires. A witness driving up at the same time saw the shooter’s car drive off at a high rate of speed.
October 27 | Burglary, breaking and entering
A resident at a senior assisted living facility on Tobias Gadsden reported that his iPhone and speaker system had been stolen, along with a lock box with prescription medication inside.
October 27 | Embezzlement
A Citadel Mall storeowner reported that close to $700 in cash deposits had been stolen from the safe. All the thefts were alleged to have taken place when a specific employee was working, and there was no visible damage to the safe. That employee called out of work for that day.
October 27 | Embezzlement
A Sam Rittenberg gas station owner told police that an employee had taken over $700 by voiding cash sales and pocketing the money. The owner said the money was taken in 42 separate transactions, and said he had video to prove it. After firing the employee, the owner said the suspect pleaded with him not to press charges if the money could be repaid, but did not repay the money and stopped answering the owner’s phone calls..