The Bennettsville Police Department filed the following reports:

June 19

Police were dispatched to Myrtle Street at 1:35 a.m. about a domestic situation between two family members, with one of them trying to set the house on fire. The male family member did not want to talk with the police. The female said the male took her car keys and a television from the living room. He put it in the back seat of the vehicle. The female was not happy about this, the two argued, and the television was put back inside the residence. The male admitted taking the car keys and the television. He said he was borrowing the television to “finesse” someone into giving him some money. He noted it was just a verbal argument between him and the female. The male and female were advised to stay out of each other’s way since they had both been drinking. An hour later, police responded back to the residence for an active fight. Once on scene, no one wanted to talk to the police or cooperate. Everyone stated “everything was okay.”

At 6:38, police were dispatched to Lee Street about an assault. The caller said he did not need EMS but needed law enforcement. The complainant said he and another male had been arguing most of the day. The complainant said Kelly Namon Sweatt, 60, of Bennettsville had punched him in the face. Sweatt said the two had been arguing and that he hit the complainant but was just trying to defend himself because he was spat on. He added the complainant was “just retaliating because he had him arrested a few weeks ago.” Sweatt was arrested for assault and battery third-degree.

June 21

Police responded to an assault on Maple Street at 2:36 a.m. The complainant said she was lying in her tent when the subject, Jerry Lewis Canty, 64, of Bennettsville came to it and hit her in the head with a glass plate. Canty was arrested for assault and battery third-degree.

Police were dispatched to Corner Grocery at 12:20 p.m. about threats. The complainant said he was behind the counter when a male individual entered and asked what was the cheapest cigarette lighter they had. The male left the store. He returned a minute later and told the complainant that he would shoot him. The male made other derogatory comments and the complainant called the police. The male left the store, got inside a blue vehicle, and left the scene. Video surveillance footage showed the incident, the vehicle, and allowed police to get a photograph of the male from the footage. The complainant noted that he didn’t recognize the male individual but did recognize someone with him. Later, police found the vehicle at a residence in College Heights. The male individual was found there. He would not provide his name, and made derogatory comments.

June 21

Police were dispatched to Carl’s Food Center at 2:12 p.m. about a reported shoplifting. Surveillance footage showed the male subject entering the store and going to the restroom for several minutes. The male exits the restroom, grabs eight packages of crab legs ($400) and walks out with employees behind him. Police canvassed the area but could not find the suspect, who officers knew. A trespassing notice had been issued against the subject. This led to warrants being sought for him for shoplifting and trespassing after notice.

June 23

While running a stationary radar on Hamlet Highway at 11 a.m., police stopped a vehicle going at a high rate of speed. During the traffic stop, police smelled an odor of what was believed to be marijuana. The K-9 officer was deployed and four grams of marijuana were found in the vehicle. A citation for simple possession and a warning for speeding was issued to Jason Devonta Harrison, 29, of Bennettsville.

Police responded to a residence on Powers Street about a domestic issue at 1:31 p.m. The complainant had a verbal altercation with a female subject. After she left, he went to his vehicle and found his .380 caliber cobra firearm missing. It was noted in the report that the complainant had left the door unlocked on the vehicle and the passenger side window down.

The Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office filed the following reports:

June 14

Deputies responded to Cheryl Street at 5:33 p.m. in the Bennettsville area of the county about threats. The complainant said her family member, Jonathan Wayne Pearce, 36, had been in two wrecks that day and came home “showing off.” The complainant did not know what was wrong with him and was scared to be around him. Pearce told the complainant that he was going to burn her home down to the ground if she didn’t give him his grandfather’s gun. He was arrested for larceny-all other and assault-intimidation.

July 17

Deputies responded at 11:21 a.m. to Sunset Drive in the Bennettsville area of the county about a domestic dispute. A caller said Curtis Melton Polston Jr., 48, was standing in the roadway in a complainant’s face yelling at her. Polston was arrested for breach of peace.

July 18

A deputy was patrolling the area of S.C. 177 in the Wallace area at 1:16 p.m. when a pickup truck without front windows came into his lane. After a traffic stop, driver Theodore Jason McPherson, 25, said he was looking for his phone when he went over into the other lane. McPherson had no driver’s license. He was arrested for driving under suspension.

July 19

Deputies responded at 9:06 a.m. to the area of 15-401 and Briar Patch Road in McColl about a disoriented person. EMS arrived and spoke with Kelly Ann Ransom, 41. Ransom said she was just sitting by the road “speaking with God and just wanted to be left alone.” When deputies arrived, she said she was talking to God and getting ready to go to church. Ransom did not want EMS to check her out or touch her because “she is with God.” She was arrested for breach of peace because she was sitting at the white line of the road. After getting to the Detention Center, Ransom refused to take a beaded bracelet off her wrist. She was asked five times to remove it and it had to be cut off of her wrist.

Deputies responded to Salem Road at 9:06 p.m. about an assault. The complainant said Charles David Ayers, 56, had been drinking and smoking pot all day while taking Percocets. She said he took her vehicle for most of the day. When he returned, he was upset because the complainant had transferred her money so he wouldn’t be able to take it out of her account. Ayers said he would tear the house up and beat her up. He punched her with his fist, threw a table striking her in the head, and threw a ball that left a large bruise on her leg. The complainant was able to escape and run to a family member’s home to call for help. Ayers was arrested and charged with domestic violence second degree.

June 20

At 12:21 a.m., deputies responded to Academy Road about an assault. The complainant said she and the subject Danny Sanchez, 44, had argued all day. Earlier in the evening, he had a hammer, chased her around the house, and threatened to hit her with it. Sanchez twisted her arm and aggravated her shoulder that had been dislocated. The complainant noted this had been an ongoing situation every day for the past few weeks. Deputies found Sanchez hiding in a bedroom closet. He was arrested for assault and battery second degree. The complainant told deputies that Sanchez was wanted in Georgia on felony warrants.

Deputies responded to David Smith Lane in Wallace about a domestic dispute between family. The complainant was tired of Da’Jour Lakwell Powe arguing with her and wanted out of the residence. Deputies explained she would have to get an eviction notice. Deputies left the residence and received a call that Powe was damaging property at the residence. The complainant said the Powe kicked over a trash can with trash, dog food, boxes and water all over the floor. The items were photographed. Powe denied kicking anything, but the complainant said he got mad that law enforcement had been called. Powe was arrested for malicious injury to personal property.