Police Blotter

The following incidents were taken from the City of Charleston Police Department reports within the Team 5 area (Daniel Island and parts of the Cainhoy peninsula) between April 16 and April 30, 2020.

 

FORGERY

 

On April 22, a victim advised police that an unknown individual cashed a check on his account that he did not write or authorize. The fraudulent check was written for $2,300. The victim’s account number and routing information had been compromised. The case is still under investigation.

 

SHOPLIFTING

 

Officers responded to a complainant at a gas station on Clements Ferry Road on April 24. The complainant, a store manager, said a male with facial hair, in his 60s, entered the store, hid items under his jacket, and left the store without paying for them. Items included a single can of Steel Reserve Blackberry beer, four pairs of work gloves, and four boxes of Tide detergent. Security footage confirmed the theft. The stolen goods were valued at approximately $84.

 

On April 26, another episode of shoplifting occurred at Publix on Seven Farms Drive. A customer left the store without paying for a basket full of grocery items. The unknown individual left in a vehicle, as captured by security footage. The store opted not to press charges, as the estimated value of the items was less than $20.
 
BICYCLE THEFT

 

An officer responded to a telephone report filed on April 28. Two bicycles were stolen from a rack located in a garage at a Central Island Street apartment complex. The bikes were chained together with a combination lock, which had been cut. The complainant advised that he had locked the bikes two days prior to the theft. He provided serial numbers to the police and advised that the bicycles were valued at $1,320. Surveillance cameras were not operable at the time of the theft.

 

LARCENY

 

A report was filed on April 30 after the complainant, a terminal manager, discovered that a 40-foot, 2-axle trailer with Maine license plates had been illegally removed from a business located on Charleston Regional Parkway. Information could not be obtained from surveillance footage.