Police Blotter Aug. 8 - Aug. 16, 2011

The blotter is compiled from incident and arrest reports filed by the City of Charleston Police Department and the Charleston County Sheriff's Office in the West Ashley area, which includes ZIP codes 29407 and 29414. Persons charged with a crime are innocent until proven guilty.

Masked gunman robs West Ashley store

CHARLESTON - A man in a ski mask and camouflage clothes held up a St. Andrews Boulevard store Saturday morning around 8:30, according to a Charleston Police report.

The gunman demanded the clerk empty the store safe, which contained the previous night's deposit of $3,000, and then told her to stay in the store bathroom while he fled. No injuries were reported.

West Ashley home burglarized

CHARLESTON - A North England Court resident reported a burglary at her home on Thursday after finding her garage door, and the door from the garage into her kitchen both open, according to a Charleston Police report.

The burglary occurred between noon and 8:26 p.m. when the resident returned to her home. A security box containing approximately $30,000 worth of jewelry and $18,000 cash was reported stolen. Officers found no signs of forced entry.

Gunshot reported

CHARLESTON - A woman reported hearing a gunshot outside her Ashley River Road apartment last Wednesday night and seeing a man running away from the apartment complex, according to a Charleston Police report.

Officers retrieved a 9mm shell casing from outside the building and found what may be a bullet hole below the second floor window of a neighboring apartment, the report stated.

Air conditioners popular with thieves

CHARLESTON - Air conditioning units remain popular with criminals as the summer stretches on. Seven units were reported stolen last week according the Charleston County Sheriff's Office and Charleston Police reports.

Between 6 p.m. last Wednesday and 9 a.m. the next morning, someone stole the AC unit from a Savannah Highway carpet business, according to the Sheriff's Office, the unit is valued at $6,000.

On Friday, Charleston Police were notified that six AC units had been stolen from a storage unit on Mary Ader Avenue, each one valued at $600. Three other storage units were broken into at that site during the same time. Other stolen items include a $100 weed-whacker from one unit and a $1,000 Craftsman toolbox from another storage unit. Nothing was reported missing from the fourth storage unit that was broken into, according to the report.

Charleston Police Department

John Fitzpatrick McKeown, on Aug. 15, charged with simple possession of marijuana and on an outstanding Charleston Police Department bench warrant for failure to appear on a driving under suspension charge.

John Brown, on Aug. 15, charged with DUI and no proof of insurance.

Gregory Johnson, on Aug. 15, charged with an outstanding Berkeley County Sheriff's Office warrant for driving under suspension.

David Anthony Williams, on Aug. 15, charged with open container.

Renee Simmons, 26, on Aug. 15, charged with an outstanding North Charleston Police Department warrant for shoplifting.

Cary K. Stephens, 20, on Aug. 14, charged with possession of cocaine.

Daniel Byrd, on Aug. 14, charged with receiving stolen goods and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Mark Disabato, on Aug. 13, charged with simple assault.

Lyndsay F. Laprad, 26, on Aug. 13, charged with DUI.

Marshall Droze, on Aug. 13, charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Tiffany Scott, on Aug. 13, charged with shoplifting.

Shanekqua Scott, on Aug. 13, charged with shoplifting.

Rodesha Aiken, on Aug. 13, charged with shoplifting.

Boykin Kennedy Beard, on Aug. 13, charged with disorderly conduct.

Rajdai Singh, 49, on Aug. 12, charged with shoplifting.

Aaron Swanson, on Aug. 12, charged with driving without a license.

Anthony Kinard, 26, on Aug. 12, charged with DUI.

Roger Lavar Smalls, 26, on Aug. 11, charged with an outstanding warrant for failure to appear on a weapons charge.

Katie Deluca, on Aug. 11, charged with public drunkenness and providing false information.

Cella San Angelo, on Aug. 11, charged with an outstanding North Charleston Police Department warrant.

Thomas Walker, 26, on Aug. 10, charged with driving under suspension and habitual offender.

Demetrius Jackson, on Aug. 10, charged with unlawful carrying of a handgun.

Charleston County Sheriff's Office

Dante L. Jenkins, 28, on Aug 16, charged with malicious damage to personal personal property.

Gerry Seabrook, 45, on Aug. 12, charged with possession of cocaine and simple possession of marijuana.

Theran Bernard Taylor, 29, on Aug. 12, charged with two outstanding Family Court bench warrants.

Leroy Devan Grant, 25, on Aug. 12, charged with trespass after notice and petit larceny.

Timothy Ray McCoin, on Aug. 12, charged with an outstanding Family Court bench warrant.

Curtis Noel Legare, 45, on Aug. 11, charged with three outstanding Family Court bench warrants.

Frankie Lee Davis, Jr., 52, on Aug. 10, charged with two outstanding Magistrate Court bench warrants.

Adrian Lanard Scott, 38, on Aug. 10, charged with an outstanding Family Court bench warrant.

Kevin Ott, 37, on Aug. 9, charged with assault and battery.

Koty Allen Tolly, 19, on Aug. 8, charged with an outstanding bench warrant for operating an uninsured motor vehicle. 

Bradford Glenn Dutton, 23, on Aug. 8, charged with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature.