Michael Lee Jones was arrested New Years Day after he shot at a home, hitting a female victim in the leg. The victim is two months pregnant and was treated for her injuries.

The suspect led police on a chase, blowing out all four tires of his vehicle and then striking a police cruiser before he fled the vehicle and ran. Officers apprehended him and recovered the weapon.

The incident reportedly stemmed from an altercation at a county nightclub. The victim was not involved, but a person that Jones got into a verbal fight with was at the home. No other person or Officer was injured.

27-year-old Michael Lee Jones is in the Greenville County Detention Center on several charges, including Assault and Battery with Intent to Kill.

 

SUSPECTS TRY TO EXTORT MONEY FROM VICTIM

Officers were quickly on the scene of an Attempted Robbery yesterday, December 22, 2008, after receiving information from City Dispatchers that a victim reported he was at Wachovia Bank trying to elude two suspects, one who was armed with a handgun.

21 year old Justin Antwan Johnson and 41 year old Ralph Pernell Lewis were arrested.

 

The victim said his ATV had been stolen in a Burglary over the weekend and the suspects came to his house –and told him if he wanted the vehicle back, he would have to pay them $500. The victim saw a silver handgun in Johnson’s waistband.

The victim said he would have to go to the bank to get the money and the suspects got in his vehicle and went with him to the Wachovia Bank on S. Pleasantburg.

Once inside, the victim told a teller to call the police. Lewis was standing at the victim’s vehicle when a City Officer responded. He had to chase Lewis and ordered him to the ground at gunpoint.

Johnson had fled across S. Pleasantburg Drive, and at one point knocked on a door at a home on Ellison Road, telling the residents he was there to fix their floor. They didn’t let him in.

Johnson was chased by another Officer arriving on the scene. The subject went inside a Laurens Road business, which was occupied by more than 20 people. While other Officers and Investigators set up a perimeter around the building, the K-9 unit with Chanko responded.

When some victims came out a back door of the business, The K-9 Officer saw the suspect and ordered him to the ground – telling him if he didn’t comply that Chanko would be released. Johnson surrendered at that point.

Both subjects are being held without bond – charged with Attempted Armed Robbery and Kidnapping. Johnson additionally is charged with Resisting Arrest and Assault and Battery.

 

In the Armed Robbery reported at McDonald's, Laurens Road, on Sunday, December 14th, investigators have charged four people, including an 18-year-old who was working as an assistant manager at the restaurant.

Officers took a report that three subjects entered the restaurant and demanded money from the employees. After taking money and property from the employees inside, the fled the scene and were not located by responding officers.

During conversations with the victims/witnesses, investigators became suspicious of one of the employees, an assistant manager, Joshua Adrian Paris, 18, of Greer.

Detectives were provided with information confirming his involvement before and during the Robbery. With that information, they were able to identify three other subjects involved.

In addition to Paris, the following suspects have been charged: Comenci Diego Watts, 18, of Taylors; Daryl Frank Donalson, 17, of Taylors, and Tycree Jimere Waite, 19, of Greer.

All three are charged with Conspiracy, Possession of a Weapon During a Violent Crime and three counts of Kidnaping and Armed Robbery. They are jailed in the Greenville County Detention Center without bond.

 

While on patrol early this morning, December 18, 2008, a Greenville Police Sergeant saw two white males (later identified as Gilchrist and Fryar) hurrying and then trotting up Bennett Street. He got out with them and the two claimed they were going for help because their car wouldn’t start.

Fryar had a back pack that contained stun guns, a hatchet, bolt cutters and flashlights. He also had a ski mask and gloves stuffed in a pocket. Their vehicle, parked nearby, contained other stun guns and an air soft pistol.

The two 18 year olds admitted that they were planning to break into a nearby computer business and steal computers. Both are charged with Conspiracy to Commit a Felony (Burglary) and Possession of Burglary tools.

 

Greenville Police Officers arrested 34 year old Travis Daniel Bassett yesterday after they responded to the Bi-Lo on North Pleasantburg (ECHO).

A witness called police after seeing Bassett tampering with several vehicles in the parking lot. The officers found him sitting on a bench outside the store and he threw away an item when he saw the approaching Officers. The item was later determined to be a toy gun. He fought being handcuffed and was also charged with Resisting Arrest.

 

 

Tina Bridwell Brannan, wanted for using checks written on a closed bank account to obtain over $8000 in merchandise in connection with 11 incidents at Greenville City jewelry stores, was arrested Thursday, November 20.

So far, seven businesses have reported that the suspect purchased various pieces of jewelry between October 22nd and November 8, 2008 – even going back to a few businesses more than one time.

Brannan has been charged with Obtaining Good Under False Pretenses.

DRIVERS LICENSE PHOTO

 

Charles Renard Griffin, wanted for burglarizing city convenience stores, and also wanted by the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office on Robbery charges, was arrested today, November 17, 2008.

A Crime Stoppers tip led Sheriff’s Deputies and members of the US Marshals Task Force (City and County officers) to a home in the county where Griffin was staying.

City Police investigators issued warrants for Griffin in late October after he was identified as the subject breaking the front door/window glasses at convenience stores and stealing items such as cigarettes.

In the weeks that followed, officers got into chases with him several times, but he was able to elude them.

 

Shortly after a report that a black male subject tried to grab a woman’s purse in the parking lot at Bi-Lo, 2111 N. Pleasantburg Drive, Friday night, November 14, 2008, Greenville City Police officers arrested Bobby Orlando Boyce, 27, and Lynwood Cornelius Bailey, 21.

The vehicle they were fleeing in crashed into a guardrail and embankment on Piney Mountain Road.

Witnesses to the Robbery called 9-1-1 and followed Boyce, who fled the scene on foot.

He got into a vehicle parked on Piney Mountain Road (where Bailey was waiting for him) and they fled at a high rate of speed.

After the crash, Officers who responded to the scene took both suspects into custody. Boyce was identified as the suspect who attempted to steal the woman’s purse as she was walking in the grocery store parking lot – talking on her cell phone. She struggled with him and then he let go and fled.

Both subjects were jailed in lieu of $5000 bail on charges of Strong Arm Robbery. Bailey has since been released on bond.

 

Thomas Franklin Woody was initially identified as a suspect in the October 11th Armed Robbery at Domino's Pizza, N. Pleasantburg Drive.

A Greenville Investigator was able to identify Woody after reviewing the robbery report and another robbery report that the suspect filed himself, claiming he was robbed by a black male suspect when he stopped his vehicle September 28th after hearing a noise coming from the front of his car.

Woody, a pizza delivery driver for Papa John's at the time, was interviewed by Greenville Investigators, but he denied involvement in the Armed Robbery.

 

Then on October 23, Woody was arrested by the Banks County Sheriff's Office (Georgia) after he robbed a bank in Commerce and led officers on a chase before being apprehended. Police recovered the stolen money, approximately $5000.

Woody, during an interview with Georgia police, admitted that he lied to a Greenville Investigator, and subsequently, he is charged locally with three counts of Kidnaping and one count of Armed Robbery.

 

On Sunday, October 19, 2008, at approximately 6:24 p.m. a 13 year old female was approached by a subject outside of JC Penny at the Haywood Mall who asked for a cigarette.

This subject, described as a black female, then grabbed the victim’s purse and fled after a brief struggle.

On October 21, 2008, the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office made an arrest following a purse snatching on Woodruff Road near Butler Road involving a subject matching the description of the October 19th incident at Haywood Mall.

 

After receiving the information about the October 21st incident, Greenville Police Investigators interviewed the subject and obtained enough information to charge him with the October 19th purse snatching at Haywood Mall.

Rodriguez Rontron Williams of Greenville, S.C. has been charged with one count of Purse Snatching.

 

While working the Fall for Greenville event, a Greenville Officer responded to an Autobreaking in progress on East Broad Street at 2251 hours on Saturday, October 11, 2008.

As she approached 211 E. Broad Street, she saw three witnesses pointing toward David Francis Court, and they shouted, “They’re down there.” She saw four black males in the roadway. Three ran into bushes and she caught up to the fourth, a 14-year-old boy. She took that suspect into custody. The other three tried unsuccessfully to climb a fence behind the bushes to escape, but when they came out of the bushes, they ran into other responding officers.

Taken into custody were 18-year-old Julius Rafael Johnson, pictured above, and two other juveniles, another 14-year-old boy, and a 13-year-old boy.

The suspects used a rock to shatter a window on a Nissan Pathfinder and were seen by witnesses, but they also led a City Detective to three other vehicles that they had entered. Several stolen items were recovered- including a laptop computer and a fish bowl half full of change.

 

Bob Jones University Security Officers were instrumental in assisting City Officers when they called to say that a subject was seen on top of a business on N. Pleasantburg Drive (ADAM Beat) on Friday morning.

Officers responded and apprehended 22-year-old Preston Thomas Mullinax. He is charged with Tampering with Vehicles at T&A Auto Sales and also Attempted Burglary at Pizza City - both on N. Pleasantburg Drive. Witnesses identified him and said they saw him trying to get into the business - tampering with doors and also looking into cars and pulling on car door handles.

 

 

While on foot patrol early yesterday morning, October 3, 2008, on Sumner Street, a Greenville City Police Officer heard what she thought sounded like scraping being done on metal coming from behind a storage trailer at the Family Dollar Store – directly across from her location at 1001 Pendleton Street. She alerted other Officers and they responded to assist.

The suspect, Michael Ross, tried to escape, but Officers cornered him and took him into custody.

A padlock on the storage trailer was broken, and the suspect was found with a pair of vise grips and an Allen wrench.

He is jailed on charges of Attempted Burglary and Possession of Burglary Tools.

 

Anthony Bernard Young, aka "Ant", wanted in reference to the fondling a 14-year-old female victim, and also providing marijuana to this victim and another 15-year-old female victim, was arrested early this morning by Greenville Police Officers.

The Officers located him at an apartment on Forest Street and he was taken into custody without incident.

At the time of the latest offenses (last week), Young was free on bond in connection with Robbery and related charges stemming from a February Home Invasion in Greer.

Bail was set at a total of $30,000 on the latest charges: Lewd Act on a Minor and Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor (2 counts), and no bond was set on bench warrants issued by the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office for his failure to appear in connection with traffic-related offenses.

 

Davon Omar Thomas, wanted in the June 2008 Burglary at the Jiffy Lube on Pelham Road, arrived at the Law Enforcement Center on Wednesday, September 24, 2008, with his attorney.

He was served a Burglary 3rd warrant, arraigned and released on $5000 bond. A small amount of change was taken from the register during this Burglary.

 

 

 

 

76 Year Old Man Beaten and Robbed Inside his Home

Harold Dwight Martin was walking at Sullivan and Dobbs Streets September 20, 2008, when he was recognized by Greenville Police Officers.

Martin’s Wanted flier had been reviewed in Roll Call, and when they called out to the subject, he fled, throwing a bike in their direction. Officer's caught up with him at Trotter and Sullivan and took him into custody. He was put into handcuffs and taken to Detention, where he is being held without bond.

Martin is charged with Armed Robbery, Burglary 1st, ABHAN, Possession of a Weapon during a Violent Crime, Kidnapping and Conspiracy in connection with the Armed Robbery/Home Invasion August 15, 2008, at 101 Ladson Street. A 76-year-old man was beaten and robbed inside his home.

Martin also is charged with Interfering with Police for trying to elude Officers and he faces a charge of Violation of Probation.

Three other men previously were arrested for their part in the crime.

 

Chazaray Henderson is now in the Greenville County Detention Center and will face court on four counts of Autobreaking involving the theft of CD players from four different vehicles in July and August this year.

Greenville City Police charged Henderson with breaking into the vehicles at two different locations in the City. They issued a Wanted flier for him in August and sent the information to all City and County Officers and the public.

He was arrested early this morning, September 16, 2008, by a Greenville County Sheriff’s Deputy, and turned over to the City Police.

Henderson is jailed in lieu of $10,000 bail.

Douglas Sanders Anderson entered an employee entrance at Kitchens of the South, on Augusta Street, unplugged a laptop and walked out late yesterday afternoon.

An employee followed him and Anderson made a “stabbing” motion with an object in his hand and then fled.

Dispatchers immediately relayed a description of the suspect to Officers and the fleeing suspect was apprehended. The stolen laptop was recovered. It was found under a vehicle in a nearby parking garage.

The “weapon” the suspect used turned out to be a toothbrush. No one was hurt during the incident.

Anderson is charged with Armed Robbery and Grand Larceny. He is in the Greenville County Detention Center Under $30,000 bond.

 

Cassius Leon Pinkston, who was a transient and known to hang out in the West Washington Street area, was wanted in the August 10, 2008, Burglary at BB&T Bank, 15 Duncan Street.

The glass window in a side door was broken out to gain entry and the teller office area was ransacked, causing over $1000 in damages.

Pinkston, who was released from prison on bond August 8th in a larceny case, is also suspected in another Burglary (his prison release papers were found outside a broken window).

 

 

Greenville City Patrol Officers were dispatched to Spring Street Parking Garage last night for the report of a possible disturbance.

When they pulled up, they saw a vehicle parked in the entrance of the garage at an angle. A couple (man and woman) told them that persons in the vehicle just pointed a gun at them and tried to rob them.

The suspect vehicle pulled away, but it got caught in heavy traffic.

As more Officers responded to block them in, the suspects honked their vehicle horn, but they were not able to get away. They were taken into custody and two loaded weapons were confiscated by Police.

Both Knowles and Williams are charged with various offenses including Attempted Robbery, Possession of a Weapon During a Violent Crime and Unlawful Carrying of a Pistol and Pointing and Presenting a Firearm. They are in the Greenville County Detention Center under high bond amounts.

 

While they were in a cruiser on Gandy Street at 8:33 p.m. on Saturday, August 2, 2008, two Greenville City Police Officers saw a 2006 Cadillac SRX SUV (gold) speed around the corner and stop at an address directly across from them.

One of the officers recognized the subject, Nat Turner Lobengilo, and also recognized that the vehicle had previously been reported stolen.

The subject got out of the vehicle and started taking out pairs of tennis shoes. When the Officer ran over to him and told him not run, Lobengilo fled and had to be chased by both Officers. He was eventually taken into custody.

He is charged with Possession of a Stolen Vehicle, Interfering with Police, Habitual Offender and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He is in the Greenville County Detention Center.

The vehicle he was found with was stolen from Crescent Avenue on July 15. The keys were left on the floor of the vehicle and the doors were unlocked. The victim’s purse also was left inside and contained money, credit cards and other items. The stolen vehicle was returned to the victim.

 

Johnny Lee Walker was seen walking in the 2000 block of Augusta Street shortly after Greenville City Police officers responded to an audible Burglary alarm at Quick Lane convenience store, 2235 Augusta Street, at 5:42 a.m. Friday, August 1, 2008.

Walker was carrying a package of beer and walked behind a tree. He changed the side he was carrying the beer on in an attempt to hide it from an officer in a patrol car.

Another officer had communicated to that officer that broken glass was found at the scene of the Burglary. Walker was asked to stop and talk to the officer about why he was out at that time and he said he was returning home from a party.

The officer noticed that Walker had cuts on his hands and that he had shards of glass in his hair. A review of the video surveillance footage at the store showed a subject matching Walker’s description entering and exiting the business through the broken glass and taking the beer from a cooler.

$25,000 bond was set on the Burglary charge, but Walker also was wanted on a bench warrant in another case – no bond set. He is in the Greenville County Detention Center.

 

Otis Godfrey Jr., who along with an unidentified co-defendant are accused of robbing a male victim at gunpoint in the parking lot at Publix, S. Pleasantburg Dr., on July 12, 200, was apprehended early this morning by members of the United States Marshals Service, according to City Investigator Collis Flavell.

Godfrey is charged with Armed Robbery, Possession of a Weapon during the Commission of a Violent Crime, ABWIK and Kidnapping. Additionally, he faces charges of Violation of Probation and Failure to Pay Child Support.

He is being held at the Greenville County Detention Center without bond.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.