Burglar Struck While West Ashley Woman Changed Clothes

A Markham Street resident heard a noise while she was changing clothes after work last Thursday afternoon shortly after 2 o'clock, and realized someone else had been in the house with her, according to a Charleston County Sheriff's Office Report.

Nothing was taken from the home, but the resident found an open filing cabinet drawer in another part of the house, and her back door was left open as the intruder fled.

Three other burglaries were reported in the West Ashley area between Friday and Monday.

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Over the weekend someone broke into a Pierpont Avenue home and tried unsuccessfully to steal a window air conditioner unit, according to another Sheriff's Office report. The burglary occurred some time between 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21 and 3:39 p.m. Sunday.

On Monday the Charleston Police Department responded to two West Ashley burglaries.

Early Sunday morning Police were called to an apartment on Applebee Way where someone had stolen the victim's TV, DVD player and cable box, according to a Charleston Police Department report. The resident told police he believed his keys were stolen while he was visiting a friend's apartment by an individual that left that location prior to him.

Police found no signs of forced entry at the victim's apartment, and the victim said he locked up before he left around midnight. He returned home without his keys around 2:30 a.m., according to the report.

Police also responded to a home on Westchase Drive where someone broke a bedroom window, but apparently never entered the home, according to a separate report. The damage occurred between 6 p.m. Sept. 21 and 10:30 p.m. Sept. 24.