BAMBERG -- Bamberg police were dispatched to the residence of a Price Street woman in reference to a burglary on May 1.

The victim told police she left her house at round 8:00 a.m. and when she returned around 9:30, she heard a noise. She said when she opened the door, she saw a 16-year-old Bamberg juvenile she knew running out the back door.

Police were shown a rear window in the house where the victim said the suspect had entered, as the window was left open. When police entered the house with the victim, they found the suspect’s jacket and work bag which contained DVDs which the woman recognized as hers, a wallet with ID card and keys. The TV had been left on in the woman’s bedroom, and a pornographic movie was playing.

The victim told police she had made her bed before leaving and she could tell the suspect had been lying in it. Officers on the scene were notified that a relative of the juvenile was bringing him back to the victim’s house.

The juvenile told police he needed help, saying he got the idea to break in and steal the DVDs and that “when he gets an idea to do something, he does it and does not think about it,” the incident report stated.

A neighbor also told the victim he had witnessed the incident. When the juvenile’s mother arrived at the scene, she told police she felt her son needed to go to Columbia to the Department of Juvenile Justice. The suspect was charged with burglary II.

In other incidents:

n A Faust Street woman called police on May 5 to report that someone had broken into her home. The front door of the home had been pried open. The victim told police several items were missing including a digital camera valued at $225, a $100 cell phone and a box with silver dollars in it. The victim did not know the value of the coins.

n Officers observed a brown SUV traveling at a high rate of speed on Faust Street just before 1 a.m. on May 6. The vehicle was clocked on radar at 47/35 mph zone. When police attempted to catch up to the vehicle, the driver increased his speed. The driver pulled up to a residence on Stokes Street, and a white male exited the vehicle and ran towards the residence.

Police chased after the suspect and ordered him to halt, which he did, according to the incident report. Officers found that the 18-year-old suspect had run to get rid of a beer, the report stated. A strong odor of alcoholic beverage was coming from the suspect’s vehicle, police reported. The other occupants of the vehicle were asked to step out and another open container was found. The 18-year-old and a 17-year-old passenger were charged with minor in possession of alcohol, and both were taken to the detention center.

The driver did not have any alcohol, nor did another passenger in the car. They were released. The driver was cited for speeding, and all subjects were given a court date.

n A 46-year-old Lazy Lane man was arrested for public disorderly conduct on May 2 when police found him urinating behind the E-Z Shop No. 3 on U.S. 78 west. The man was “grossly intoxicated,” the incident report stated, telling police he had consumed over a quart of alcohol that day.

n While serving a warrant on a 34-year-old Meat Cutter Road man, police additionally charged him with disorderly conduct “B” when he cursed officers.

You must be logged in to comment.