On Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at approximately 5:55 p.m., Ronnie Sanders was shot multiple times near Westview Homes located at 81 South Textile Avenue.

The suspect was not located at the scene but later self-surrendered to police at the Greenville County Law Enforcement Center.

Stephon Demarcus Brewster, B/M, DOB: 02/23/1985 of 6 Textile Street, Greenville, S.C. 29611 has been charged with one count of Assault and Battery With Intent to Kill (M-066369) and Possession of a Weapon During a Violent Crime (M-066370).

Mr. Sanders remains in an area hospital in critical condition.

 

 

 

The photo at left was pulled from surveillance footage taken at Walgreens, Pelham Road, where the pictured suspect stole $1000 worth of razor blades.

Greenville City Police investigators said the suspect also has stolen similar merchandise from businesses in Easley and in Greenville County recently.

The suspect is said to have worn the same denim jeans – ones that appear to have a sewn in lining that allows him to conceal the stolen goods.

IF YOU SEE THIS SUSPECT, CALL 9-1-1 IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY HIM, PLEASE CALL THE GREENVILLE POLICE INVESTIGATIVE UNIT AT 467-5342

 

 

 

 

 

 

City Officers were responding to a report of an unknown subject defecating in a stairwell at Spring Street Parking Garage Friday, July 4, 2008, when they heard the sound of glass breaking on the second level of the garage.

They saw Luis Guillermo Vasquez standing at the broken out passenger window of a GMC Sierra, and then saw him reach into the window and pull out a green purse. An Officer yelled at him to stop and identified himself as a police officer. Vasquez fled and was apprehended. In addition to stolen items, Vasquez was found with a window punch.

Vasquez was charged with Autobreaking and Possession of Burglary Tools. Bond was set at $10,000 on the charges, but no bond was set on a bench warrant served for traffic-related offenses.

 

Andre Letrale Hill, wanted since he was identified as the suspect who robbed a female employee as she was opening up Pace Jewelers the morning of Thursday, June 19, 2008, was apprehended late last night at 111 N. Calhoun St. Following up on a tip (called in to 9-1-1), Officers responded, and found the suspect asleep in a bedroom. Hill was arrested without incident.

He is accused of pushing the victim inside the business (which was not open at the time), punching her and taking her purse.

He was captured on surveillance video the day before when he came into the business trying to sell jewelry for cash. A store employee (not the victim in this case) - who refused to buy the jewelry for the store - gave him $100 of her own money because she felt sorry for him.

 

Hill was served warrants for Robbery, Burglary 2nd (Violent) and ABHAN. He is in the Greenville County Detention Center under $30,000 bond.

 

 

YOVANI NECTOLI ROSOLES

Race: Hispanic
Sex: Male
Age: 36
Height: 5’05”
Weight: 180
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Facial Hair: Moustache with Goatee

WANTED: AUTOBREAKING/THEFT OF TOOLS
Yovani Nectoli Rosales is wanted in connection with an Autobreaking that occurred on May 24, 2008 at Princeton Fairway Apartments, 55 Villa Road. Tools were taken from a Plymouth Voyager van.

IF YOU SEE ROSALES, CALL 9-1-1. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT HIS WHEREABOUTS, CALL THE INVESTIGATIVE UNIT OF THE GREENVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 467-5342 OR CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 23 CRIME.

 

 

Seaborn Fuller, Jr., wanted for Robbery in connection with an incident outside Belks Department (Haywood Mall) on May 16, 2008, was arrested late last night, after he called for police assistance when he was trying to get his belongings from a residence on Old Augusta Road.

Officers responded to the call, and were told by Fuller that he was assaulted by a black male inside the residence and he needed to get his things. The officers told him they could assist him and in the meantime, they obtained the warrant for his arrest in the Robbery case. After they had the warrant in hand, they took Fuller into custody. As he was being transported to the Detention Center, Fuller told the arresting Officer that he did not know why he was being arrested.

A Loss Prevention Officer reported that after Seaborn and Charles Renard Griffin were seen on CCTV stealing merchandise, he followed them out of the store. While Seaborn fled on foot, Griffin confronted him with a folding knife. Griffin then fled as well. The two were later identified by tips, and warrants were obtained by Investigators.

Griffin was arrested June 8th by City Officers. Both are being held at the Greenville County Detention Center.

 

 

On Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at approximately 9:27 a.m., a white female entered the Palmetto Bank located at 470 Haywood Road and demanded money.

The subject received an undisclosed amount of money from a bank employee and fled in a green Chevrolet Lumina. Shortly after the robbery, an officer with the Greenville Police Department observed a vehicle at the intersection of Mauldin Road and Pleasantburg Drive (matching the description provided by witnesses). After speaking with the occupants of the vehicle, officers located a female subject, matching the description of the bank robbery suspect, at a nearby motel.

Brandy Leigh Revis, White Female, 33, of 309 Briarcliff Drive, Greenville, S.C. 29607, has been charged with one count of Armed Robbery. No other persons have been charged in this case. Revis is being held without bond.

 

 

 

Acting on an anonymous tip, Officers and Investigators arrested Charles Michael Utsey outside the Regal Inn, 536 Wade Hampton Boulevard.

This was about five hours after a 23-year-old victim reported that he held a knife to her throat and demanded money from the cash register at Kangaroo Express, 429 Wade Hampton Boulevard, Saturday morning, June 7, 2008.

During the Robbery, the victim was cut on the finger and it required stitches. She said after Utsey, a regular customer in the store, got the money from the register, he forced her to lock herself inside the restroom and then he left the store.

Officers gathered information at the scene and from a witness who said the suspect was staying at the Regal Inn. Officers and Investigators responded to the Regal Inn, and when Utsey exited his room, he was ordered to the ground. He didn’t comply and was seen with a yellow box cutter. He was forced to the ground and Officers took custody of the weapon.

Utsey, who is charged with Armed Robbery, Kidnapping, Possession of a Weapon during a Violent Crime and ABHAN, is in the Greenville County Detention Center under NO BOND.

 

 

Request for Information

Crime Type: CSC 1st Degree/ABWIK

Black Male Suspect
5’08”-6’00” tall
160-180 lbs.
Short, twisted hair

Incident occurred at E. North St. and Terramont Drive (Area 2 and 3). Suspect has slim, muscular build. Incident occurred Sunday, June 8, 2008, 0930-1000 hrs. Suspect was wearing white tank top and long baggy green/yellow plaid shorts.

 

Contact: Investigator Ty Bracken
Phone Number: 864-303-9077
tbracken@greenvillecounty.org

The information contained in this report is being released to request assistance in the location and/or apprehension of the person listed above. GCSO requests anyone with information about this person to call the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office or your local law enforcement agency as soon as possible. Do not attempt to make contact with this person.

 

 

Acting on a tip, Officers responding to Americas Best Inn, 107 Duvall Drive, on Saturday, June 7, 2008, and located Willaton Alexus Peters, wanted by the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office as well as the Richland County Sheriff’s Office.

He was wanted for shooting another man outside a motel on Impact Drive on March 24, 2008. The victim was shot in the chest. The incident reportedly was over a woman that both the victim and subject had dated.

Peters gave City Officers a false name when they responded to Americas Best Inn. When they attempted to place him into investigative detention, he struggled and struck two Officers.

A Ruger 22 caliber automatic handgun was recovered from Peters’ vehicle, and the weapon was placed into property and evidence.

Peters was served numerous warrants, including Assault on Police, ABWIK and Violation of Probation. He is being held without bail.

 

 

All City Officers went on alert last week to look for Charles Renard Griffin, wanted for Armed Robbery and Burglary. He also was suspected in other Burglaries.

A City Officer was on patrol on Sullivan Street on Sunday June 8, 2008, around 1730 hours, when he noticed a subject fitting the description of Griffin (put out on a wanted flier). He got out of his patrol car and asked the subject his name. The subject said he was “John Thomas.” When the Officer asked him to come over the back of his patrol car, Griffin fled. The Officer chased him and deployed his taser. Griffin fell to the ground, but continued to resist arrest. He eventually was taken into custody.

Griffin was served warrants in a Robbery case involving a knife pulled on a security officer at Belks (Haywood Mall). The officer pursued Griffin and Seaborn Fuller after they shoplifted merchandise at the store May 16th.

Griffin is charged with Armed Robbery and Possession of a Weapon during a Violent Crime. He also is charged with Burglary 2nd in connection with the May 19th Burglary at Kangaroo Express, 820 South Church Street, where cigarettes and cigars were taken after a cinder block was used to break a window at the front entrance.

He now faces charges of Resisting Arrest and False Name and Address to Police. Griffin is being held in the Greenville County Detention Center. Griffin may also be the suspect responsible for similar Burglaries at another convenience store on Pendleton Street.

 

 

Christopher Lee Jackson and Jon Krisner Manson were arrested after City Officers discovered stolen copper wiring in their hotal room and a rented U-Haul truck. The estimated $32,000 worth of copper wire is believed to have been stolen from the Cascades at Verdae construction site. Both suspects have been charged with grand larceny.

The officer's suspicions were aroused when one of the suspects began sweating profusely when asked about the U-Haul truck the men had been seen walking away from.

 

 

 

Family, friends, fellow officers and members of the public gathered yesterday at the LEC to honor and remember the 40 officers who have fallen in the line of duty within Greenville County since 1797.

Speakers at the service included Greenville County Sheriff Steve Loftis and Greenville Police Major Gary McLaughlin. Invocation was by Greenville County Deputy Greg Thornhill. South Carolina Highway Patrol Captain Neal Brown read the Memorial Roll Call. Lowering of the U.S. flag was performed by the South Carolina Highway Patrol Honor Guard with Taps played by trumpeter Dan Robinson, Chaplain with the County Sheriff's Office. A special music selection was performed by Captain Terrance Brooks of the Greenville County Sheriff's Office and Police Chaplain, Father Tom Pistolis offered the closing Prayer.

 

 

Me Minus You

Nothing can change that one fateful night,
For once in our lives, we lost the fight.

We spoke about this, and it somehow came true.
I was hurt pretty bad, but nothing like you.

The night should have ended like the rest of them did,
With a pat on the shoulder and a farewell bid.

We didn’t have a chance to say our goodbyes,
I knew you were gone when I looked in your eyes.

What brought us together is what ripped us apart.
I can’t keep my mind straight, and it’s hurting my heart.

From two different worlds we came to be Blue.
It’s hard to move on, with me minus you.

Not much at all feels the same anymore,
Each day I wish you would walk through the door.

My wounds have all healed on the surface it’s true,
Yet it tears me apart just thinking of you.

I couldn’t go to your service that day.
The world’s not allowed to see me this way.

You were my partner then, and my angel now.
I need to carry on, I’m just not sure how.

Give me the same strength you did here on earth.
Your weight in gold is what you were worth.

I beg you to help me from Heaven above.
Please send me a piece of your brotherly love.

Written by:
Eric DeRenzis, Philadelphia Police Department

Dedicated to Partners of Fallen Officers

 

 

SUSPECT HAS BEEN ON THE RUN SINCE AUGUST 2007
The August 17, 2007 savage beating of a St. Stephen Police officer was caught on the officer’s dash cam. Two officers were making a traffic stop near an apartment complex and as a group gathered, things turned violent. The suspects punched and pushed the officer, then fled the scene. Two of the suspects were apprehended a week later (Archie Darby and Anne Marie Woods), but their cousin, Brooks, had eluded apprehension.

On the evening of Monday, May 12, 2008, Brooks was involved in a traffic accident at Augusta and Mauldin Road, Greenville Police responded to the accident, and Brooks could not provide identification and also spelled his name differently. Brooks was transported to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries, but Police continued to follow up in an effort to identify him.

With the help of the Department's Communiations Bureau, a DMV photo of Brooks was obtained and an NCIC hit confirmed the subject was wanted for Assault on an Officer, Escape and other charges.

An Officer with the St. Stephen Police Department said other law enforcement officers (including those from the US Marshals) have been trying to locate Brooks, and knew that he had relatives in Greenville, but he could not be located. St. Stephen Police Department immediately responded to Greenville to extradite Brooks back to their jurisdiction.

 

 

by Craig W. Floyd, American Police Beat,

Mellie McDaniel was on her way home from the grocery store, talking with her husband, Jackson County (FL) Sheriff John P. McDaniel, on her mobile phone. It was a little before 5 p.m. on January 30, 2007. As she pulled into her driveway, she suddenly became concerned; another car had pulled in behind her. She reported this suspicious activity to her husband, and then she let out a long scream.

Sheriff McDaniel immediately radioed for officers in the area to respond to the scene. Within two minutes Deputy Harold Michael "Mike" Altman, 42, arrived at the Sheriff's residence. He called in a Michigan license plate to the dispatcher and then was heard to say over the radio, "Get off me!" There was no further radio communication. Two minutes later Sheriff McDaniel arrived, along with Captain Joey Rabon and Corporal Billy Dozier. They were confronted by two men, one of them wearing camouflage clothing, who stepped out from behind the home and started shooting at the Sheriff. In the ensuing gun battle the two assailants were killed.

When the gunfire had ended, Sheriff McDaniel and his two colleagues made a grisly discovery. In the driveway, laying next to one another, were the bodies of Mrs. McDaniel and Deputy Altman. They had both been shot and killed execution-style in the horrifying few minutes following Mrs. McDaniel's scream for help. One of the assailants was suspected in the unsolved murder of his wife in 2001, and the Jackson County Sheriff's Office had been investigating the case. Some have speculated that the attack may have been related to the murder investigation, and the recent dismissal of a life insurance claim, but the deaths of the two assailants left their motives uncertain.

Mike Altman was one of 181 federal, state and local law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty last year, one of the highest fatality figures in recent memory. The total is 30 more than the 151 officers who made the supreme sacrifice in 2006, and is the highest since 2001, when 240 officers were killed, including 72 during the terrorist attacks on September 11. All of their names will be officially added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C., at the 20th annual Memorial candlelight vigil on May 13. When those names are added, along with 177 newly discovered line-of-duty deaths from earlier years, there will be 18,274 names inscribed on the Memorial walls.

For the 10th straight year, traffic-related incidents claimed the lives of more officers (83) than any other cause of death. In fact, there were more officers killed in traffic-related incidents in 2007 than during any other year in our nation's history. Sixty of those officers died in automobile crashes, 14 were struck and killed by vehicles and nine died in motorcycle crashes. Among that latter group was Rio Rancho (NM) Police Officer Germaine F. Casey, who was killed in a motorcycle crash on August 27 while escorting President Bush's motorcade to Kirtland Air Force Base.

The death of Gary (IN) Patrolman Benjamin Wilcher, Jr., illustrates the tremendous dangers an officer faces every time they chase down a fleeing felon or respond to an emergency call. On August 11, he was responding to an assault and carjacking call when Officer Wilcher's patrol car collided with another officer's vehicle at an intersection. He died the next day.

The number of officers shot and killed during 2007 was 68, which was a 31 percent increase over the 52 officers killed by gunfire during 2006. One of the main reasons for this increase was the high number of multiple-death shooting incidents in 2007. Six times last year more than one officer was fatally gunned down in the same incident. One of those multiple-death incidents occurred last April in charlotte (NC) when Police Officers Sean Clark and Jeffrey Shelton were shot and killed during a domestic disturbance call.

Among the other causes of death, 13 died of job-related illnesses, five were killed in terrorist attacks, four drowned, three died in aircraft accidents, three fell to their death, one died in a boating accident, and one was struck by a falling object. On average, the officers who sacrificed their lives were 39 years old and had served for 11 years. The youngest of the officers to die last year was 19-year-old Eugene Marshalik, a New York City auxiliary police officer. On March 14, Auxiliary Police Officers Marshalik and Nicholas T. Pekearo were shot and killed while pursuing a suspect who had murdered two people in a downtown Greenwich Village pizza shop.

The oldest officer to die in 2007 was Paul Rein, a deputy sheriff with the Broward County (FL) Sheriff's Office. On November 7, 2007, Deputy Rein was shot and killed by a prisoner he was transporting to court. He was 76 years old. Deputy Rein was one of 16 Florida officers to make the ultimate sacrifice last year, which was the second highest total among the states. Only Texas, with 22 fatalities in 2007, had more. Seventeen officers serving with federal and military law enforcement agencies were killed in the line of duty in 2007, compared to five in 2006.

Five correctional officers were killed in the line of duty in 2007. They included: Cecil A. Smith, Sr. of the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety; Macon County (MO) Deputy Sheriff David L. Gwin; Utah Corrections Officer Stephen R. Anderson; Susan Canfield of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and Alabama Corrections Officer Elizabeth G. Franklin. Correctional Officers Canfield and Franklin were two of six female law enforcement professionals killed in the line of duty in 2007.

Freak acts of nature claimed the lives of two officers in 2007. In May, Macksville (KS) Patrol Officer Robert T. Buckman was killed when a tornado lifted his squad car off the ground and flung it down 300 yards away into a field. The following month, Saint Tammany Parish (LA) Sergeant Linden A. "Beau" Raimer was killed when a pine tree that was toppled by strong winds from a storm fell on his patrol car. In a tragic twist of fate, Sergeant Raimer was struck by the tree while riding in a funeral procession for another officer from his department and close friend, Deputy First Class Hilery Mayo, Jr., who had been killed in the line of duty four days earlier.

FBI Special Agent Barry Bush became the 54th member of his agency to be killed in the line of duty. His shooting death occurred on April 5 while attempting to arrest a gang of serial bank robbers in Readington, New Jersey. Recently, his wife, Karen, said she found a National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial brochure in one of his coat pockets. She recalled that he made a special point of visiting the Memorial while he was in the area for training. "I just remember his phone call telling me how beautiful it was and he was glad he finally located it," she said. "So it's sort of bittersweet, actually, that he'll be added this year. It's an honor."

"Reprinted with permission of the author, Craig W. Floyd and AMERICAN POLICE BEAT."

 

 

Detectives of the Greenville City Police Department have been investigating an Armed Robbery that occurred on April 27, 2008, in front of the Peace Center Gunter Theater located at 320 South Main Street. As reported earlier, the incident involved one of two suspects discharging a firearm and one of the three victims, an off duty F.B.I. agent, discharging a firearm. During the investigation, Detectives followed up on many leads, one developing a person of interest. This person of interest named below came to the Lexington City, North Carolina Police Department voluntarily during the late evening hours of Wednesday May 7, 2008.

The individual was charged, waived extradition, and brought to the Greenville County Law Enforcement Center on May 8, 2008. Elmer David Cespedes-Orozco, H/M, DOB: 12/18/84 of 407 West Center Street, Lexington, North Carolina has been charged with Armed Robbery (M-065717), Armed Robbery (M-065718), Armed Robbery (M-065719), Pointing Firearm at a Person (M-065720) and Possession of a Weapon During the Commission of a Violent Crime (M-065721).

The above listed individual was the driver of the vehicle utilized by him and another individual during this incident. Our detectives, working in conjunction with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Lexington City Police Department, and the Laurens County Sheriffs Office, are still investigating and trying to determine if the body found in Laurens County is the other suspect. In addition, these same agencies are working together to locate any evidence, including the vehicle, stolen articles, and firearm utilized during the incident. Copies of the warrants and photograph are available upon request.

 

 

Hollywood, Florida, Police obtained a warrant to arrest Brown (of North Miami Beach) after they received information from detectives in California April 10th that a 15-year-old female was missing and believed to be in Hollywood with Brown, who she met on “My Space.”

Police did locate the girl, who was alone at the time. The investigation revealed Brown communicated with the teen-ager for approximately four months and paid for her to fly from California to South Florida to “work in the entertainment industry.” However, once at the Hollywood address Brown removed documents relating to her identity, provided her with fake ID and told her to memorize it. He sexually molested her before leaving her in the apartment. She was in South Florida for five hours before Police located her. She has since been returned to California.

Because Brown openly promoted himself on “My Space,” investigators were concerned that other victims had not come forward yet. Greenville City Police Officer Michael Hammett saw Brown at the Econo Lodge early this morning; made contact with him for a field interview and obtained his Florida driver’s license. He ran it on NCIC and it came back with the active warrant. Brown will be extradited to Florida and in the meantime is being held in the Greenville County Detention Center under no bond.

 

U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge William W. Wilkins, Jr. presented the Billy Wilkins Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement to Detective Collis H. Flavell of the Greenville Police Department.

The award began in 1984 in honor of former Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor Billy Wilkins and is made each year to individual law enforcement officers who have exhibited outstanding attributes in performance of his or her duties both in the field and in the courtoom.

Collis Herbert Flavell joined the Greenville Police Department in July, 1992. He was assigned to the Uniform Patrol working west Greenville. In 1996 he was promoted to Corporal and became a field training officer. In 1997, he was reassigned to the Detective Division and in 2000 he became a Detective with the Violent Crimes Unit. Since that time, he has been involved in several high profile cases including the double homicide on Montclair Avenue in 2000 and most recently, the death of Javeon Mayes.

 

On March 14, 2008, Lieutenant Randy Evett, a twenty-five year veteran of the Greenville Police Department, graduated from the 232nd Session of the F.B.I. National Academy. The 232nd Session of the National Academy consisted of 280 men and women from fifty states, 22 international countries, and four military organizations.

Internationally known for its academic excellence, the National Academy Program offers 10 weeks of advanced investigative, management, and fitness training. Only officers who have proven records as professionals within their respective agencies are considered by the academy. On average, these officers have nineteen years of law enforcement experience and usually return to their agencies to serve in executive-level positions.

Training for the program is provided by the F.B.I. Academy Instructional Staff, Special Agents, and other staff members holding advanced degrees, many of whom are recognized internationally in their fields of expertise. Since 1972, National Academy students have been able to earn undergraduate and graduate credits from the University of Virginia due to the accreditation by the university of the many courses offered.

F.B.I. Director Robert S. Mueller III was the principal speaker at the academy. The graduating officers were represented by the class spokesperson, Chief Inspector Alan Gall, Strathclyde Police, Glasgow, Scotland. A total of 41,000 graduates now represent the F.B.I. National Academy since it began in July 1935.

 

On Thursday, March 13, 2008, at approximately 10:00 pm, a subject entered the CVS on Laurens Road and forced his way into the pharmacy area. The subject, armed with a bladed instrument, advised the pharmacist he wanted “OxyContin pills”.

The subject removed a quantity of medication from the safe and then fled the store. When the subject exited the store, a Greenville Police Officer was across the street monitoring a suspicious vehicle (the suspect vehicle). As the subject ran toward the suspicious vehicle, communications broadcast the armed robbery. When the officer approached the subject he sped off. A vehicle chase ensued which ended in the area of Pelham Road and Boiling Springs Road. The subject was taken into custody following a brief foot pursuit.

Michael Jason Burton, W/M, DOB: 04/09/1975 of 903 Maple Street, Lenoir, Tennessee, has been charged with Armed Robbery (M-065179), Kidnapping (M-065180), Burglary – 2nd degree (M-065181), and Possession Of A Weapon During A Violent Crime (M-065182).

 

On Tuesday, March 11, 2008, Greenville Police Investigators identified and charged Russell Sterling McGill in connection with the robberies of “Shaw’s Pharmacy” on February, 22nd and “Stone Plaza Pharmacy” on March 7th. McGill, of 114 Cherry Street, Pendleton, S.C., has been charged with two counts of Strong Arm Robbery (M-65108 & M-65119), two counts Burglary – 2nd degree (M-65110 & M-65121), and two counts of Kidnapping( M-65109 & M-65120).

 

 

 

 

 

On Monday, March 10, 2008, at approximately 11:56 pm, Greenville Police Communications received a call in reference to three individuals in the area of 28 Global Drive. When officers arrived they observed three subjects walking on the roof of a very large building throwing items to the ground below. After setting up a perimeter around the building, officers were able to access the roof and arrest all three subjects.

The following subjects have been charged: Nathan Dale Owens, W/M, DOB: 02/15/1970 of 121 Brothers Road, Liberty, S.C., has been charged with Grand Larceny (M-65111), Malicious Injury – Real Property > $5000 (M-65112), and Possession of Burglary Tools (M-65113). Bradley Joe Prosser, W/M, DOB: 06/12/1986 of 311 Standing Springs Road, Greenville, S.C., has been charged with Grand Larceny (M-65114) and Malicious Damage – Real Property > $5000 (M-65115). Tommy Travis Rice, B/M, DOB: 10/22/1980 of 17 Montgomery Road, Lyman, S.C., has been charged with Malicious Injury – Real Property > $5000 (M-65116) and Grand Larceny (M-65117).

The Greenville Police Department was assisted by the Greenville Fire Department who provided trucks to access the roof, the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office who assisted with the perimeter and the South Carolina Highway Patrol who also assisted with the perimeter.

 

On Wednesday, February 13, 2008, two men entered and robbed the First Savers Bank located 1818 Augusta Street, Greenville, S.C 29605. Shortly after the robbery, officers located a vehicle matching the description given by witnesses in the Chanticleer Community. Following a brief vehicle pursuit, the two vehicle occupants were taken into custody.

Investigators have charged the following two persons with the listed offenses: Troy Adam Deavenport, (pictured at left), of 200 Chicora Court, Greenville, has been charged with Armed Robbery, Failure To Stop For Blue Light, Reckless Driving, Driving Under Suspension -1st, and Resisting Arrest. Antonio Lamar Scott, (no photo), of 200 Chicora Court, Greenville, has been charged with Armed Robbery and Resisting Arrest.

Detective Rebecca Lindler (Greenville Police) has identified and charged James Edward Lawrence, B/M, DOB: 01/30/1958 of 419 Easley Bridge Road with Indecent Exposure of Private Parts. This incident occurred on February 14, 2008, behind "Tsunami" in Downtown Greenville. Lawrence is a registered sex offender according to the State site. He is being held in the Greenville County Detention Center on a $5000 bond.

 

 

 

 

 

On January 11, 2008, the Greenville Police Department investigated a shooting incident at 706 West Washington Street, “Simon’s Liquor Store”. Investigators have identified and charged Rayshawn Burns, B/M, DOB: 08/03/1985, of 714 Hampton Avenue, Greenville, S.C. 29601 with Assault and Battery with Intent to Kill (J-484627) and Possession of a Weapon During a Violent Crime (J-484628).

Burns is currently held in the Greenville County Detention Center under no bond.

 

 

 

Allen Eric Dover, W/M, 7/28/1967 of 501 South Danzler Road, Duncan, S.C., is wanted in connection with an internet sting conducted by the Greenville City Police Department. Dover has active warrants for Criminal Solicitation of a Minor (J-484238) and Criminal Solicitation of a Minor (J-484252). The attached photo of Dover is several years old and the subject has also gained weight.

The Greenville Police Department is a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

 

 

 

Ricky Rex Anderson, is wanted in connection with two DELTA Beat Residential Burglaries – one on North Vance St. in March and one on Willard St. in April. In both incidents, copper piping was stolen. In the Willard St. case, extensive damage was done when a hole was put through a sheetrock wall.

Warrants were issued for Anderson’s arrest – two counts of Burglary and one of Malicious Damage to Property.

IF YOU SEE ANDERSON OR KNOW WHERE POLICE CAN FIND HIM, PLEASE CALL 9-1-1 OR CONTACT CRIME STOPPERS AT 23-CRIME.

 

John Robert Brewster was walking with another subject in the City early this morning, and Officer Jeremiah Milliman saw him and recognized him as a Wanted subject reviewed in roll call. Brewster was apprehended without incident –less than 48 hours after his Wanted Flier was distributed.

He was served warrants for Burglary and Malicious Injury to Real Property in connection with the October 26th Burglary at a home under renovation on Spring Street. Brewster is in the Greenville County Detention Center under $7500.00 bond.

 

 

A black male subject, smoking a cigarette, is seen on security video throwing a rock through the front glass door of the Pendleton Street Family Dollar Store on November 18, 2007. The subject (wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt with white writing on the front), climbed through the broken door and then carried away merchandise from the store.

 

Officer Charlie Green saw Nathaniel “Blue” Bigby walking on Rutherford Road this morning and noticed that he was wearing clothing that matched the description of the suspect who burglarized the Family Dollar on Pendleton Street. He was wearing the same dark sweatshirt with white lettering, “Gatlinburg”.

Bigby fled from the Officer, but was apprehended and arrested after a brief foot chase.

 

 

 

Communication Specialist Gary Brothers has received the Palmetto Award from the Association of Professional Communications Officials and the National Emergency Number Association. This award is presented to an individual in recognition of their exceptional professionalism in the field of emergency communications, and acknowledges the special contributions of those whose daily performance of their duties is an inspiration and example to others in the field of emergency telecommunications. CS Brothers has been employed as an Emergency 911 dispatcher since 1997.

 

WANTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY
On Wednesday night, November 7, 2007 around 9:30 PM, the Subway restaurant located at 409 Mills Avenue in the City of Greenville, SC was robbed. The subject ordered two sandwiches and took two cokes from the drink box. The subject then placed his right hand inside of the pocket of his hooded sweatshirt, and indicating that he had a gun, threatened to kill the two female workers if they didn't hand over the money from the cash register. The subject left after taking approximately $200 cash, as well as the sandwiches and drinks. The robbery was observed via CCTV and the subject was later positively identified in a photo line-up.

A warrant for armed robbery has been issued for David Eugene McCall of Greenville. Anyone having any information on this crime is urged to contact the Greenville Police Department at (864) 467-5333.

 

Columbia, S.C. – Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today that the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force has now arrested one hundred (100) suspected Internet Child Predators since the Criminal Solicitation of a Minor law was passed in April 2004.

McMaster made the announcement amid a host of law enforcement officers representing a number of the law enforcement agencies that have joined the Task Force since 2005.

Representative Murrell Smith of Sumter, the lead sponsor of the 2004 law that allows the Task Force’s undercover Internet sting operations, also joined McMaster.

“This milestone in our fight against Internet Child Predators in South Carolina is a testament to the professionalism and dedication of the seventy-five law enforcement officers in the state that work in daily cooperation with each other to make this Task Force a success,” said McMaster. 

“However, this day highlights a very dangerous problem in our state – that adults are constantly on the Internet seeking to harm our children.  No matter how many perverts are caught in our sting operations, we are confident that there are scores of children hurt that we never now anything about.  For those cases to go without prosecution is a terrible shame.”

With the help of Representative Murrell Smith of Sumter, the Criminal Solicitation of a Minor law (ten (10) year felony) passed quickly through the Legislature and became law in April 2004.  At that time, agents of the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) provided all of the investigative work on the Internet. 

In 2005, McMaster sought to expand the Task Force to include local law enforcement agencies.  To date, thirty-seven (37) law enforcement agencies across the state have joined the Task Force.  In all, seventy-five (75) law enforcement officers are associated with the Task Force through these member agencies.

Through a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, the Attorney General’s Office provides training for officers from each member agency, as well as computer equipment needed to conduct the undercover Internet sting operations.  The first of the member agencies’ officers began completing their training by March 2006, meaning the bulk of the arrests announced today have come from an intense effort that has spanned approximately seventeen (17) months.

The Attorney General’s Office has prosecuted thirty-three (33) of the individuals arrested, resulting in thirty-one (31) guilty pleas and two (2) guilty findings by jury.

For a complete summary of the one hundred (100) Task Force arrests, sentencing information, member agency information, etc., please view this link: http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/newsroom/pdf/predatorlist.pdf  

McMaster stressed that all defendants are presumed innocent unless and until they are proven guilty in a court of law.

Online Resources:

http://www.sckids.org/
http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/public/missing.php

 

 

On Thursday, October 11, 2007 Officer C. C. Reider of the Greenville Police Department, received the “Officer of the Year” award from the Woodruff Road Exchange Club during their 5th Annual First Responders Dinner in Mauldin, SC. Each year the club honors an outstanding Law Enforcement Officer, Firefighter, and Emergency Technician. Officer Reider is a 3rd generation police officer and served in the US Marines. He has received numerous commendations for his performance and accomplishments, including (arrest of individuals responsible for using bb guns for shooting out vehicle windows on I385, arrest of 2 individuals in auto break-ins at Haywood Mall, and an arrest in conjunction with the SC Highway Patrol of an individual involved in a human trafficking case). The Greenville Police Department is very proud that Officer Reider was honored as this year’s recipient. He is an asset to the department.

 

On September 6, 2007, the South Carolina State Child Fatality Advisory Committee recognized Sergeant Stacey Owens as their 2006 recipient for the Law Enforcement Officer of the Year.

This committee chooses one law enforcement officer from the State of South Carolina for his/her work in an investigation relating to a child fatality. This is the fourth year this award has been given and the first time an officer from Greenville has been recognized.