July 20
At approximately 4:43 p.m., BPD officers responded to a residence on Cheraw Street in response to a report of a retaliatory phone smashing. At the scene, officers learned from the owner of the busted phone that a male known to her became irate when he could not locate his own phone. He accused her of taking it, and after a conducting an extensive, if messy, search of the female’s home, the male then took her phone and smashed it. According to reports, the victim valued her destroyed phone at $40. After his alleged outburst, the victim claimed he then took off on foot to the Walmart. She described him as a Black male wearing a black shirt with black pants and carrying a blue bag. Despite her detailed description, officers failed to locate the male, though witnesses reported seeing an individual matching the male’s description get “on the local transit bus” and leave the area. Case is active.
July 21
At approximately 8:18 p.m., BPD officers responded to a business located on Highway 174 and 15-401 Bypass West following a report of a suspicious person lurking about. At the scene, officers learned from the reporting caller that the person entered the store at lunchtime and was “extremely disrespectful and bothering to individuals for money.” When asked what could be done to prevent the individual from coming back, officers explained the city’s panhandling and vagrancy laws, adding the store should alert officers the next time the individual came by looking for a buck. Case unfounded.
July 22
At approximately 4:11 p.m., BPD officers responded to a residence on Jennings Street following a reported dispute. At the scene, officers met with a woman who identified herself as a niece to an aunt she was arguing with over a door in the home. She explained to officers that she is in the process of moving out of the house and her aunt is very upset about the situation. She said the door to her room used to lock but now no longer does—investigating the scene thoroughly, officers noted in reports they were able to prove her words true by “simply pulling the door open, despite the knob being locked.” The woman also claimed that when she tried to talk with her aunt about the situation with the door, her aunt grew angry and an argument then ensued. Separating herself from the increasingly volatile situation, the niece claimed she next went to her room and shut the door. Even so, she claimed her aunt came to her door and pushed it open anyway, hitting her in the shoulder in the process. According to reports, officers did not observe any injuries and the woman denied requests for EMS. When officers spoke with the aunt, she stated that she did not strike her niece with the door. She also claimed to be “too afraid of the complainant to do such a thing.” The aunt claimed her niece had been staying with her rent free for the last two years and had not contributed “anything” to the household during her lengthy stay. Offices advised the aunt of the eviction process and suggested she leave her niece alone. Case closed.
At approximately 8:20 a.m., BPD officers responded to a recreational park on Donaldson Road in response to reported vandalism. At the scene, officers learned from an employee that the unknown vandal who entered the park was no novice. Instead of leaving their number behind for a “good time,” this professional randomly doodled on benches, swings, and picnic tables. Officers note the unidentified vandal also scribbled text between their other “drawings.” According to reports, footage from the park’s security footage was reviewed and total damage caused by the vandal amounts to $5.00. Case is closed.
At approximately 1:44 a.m., BPD officers responded to a hotel on 15-401 Bypass East following a reported incident of trespass. At the scene, officers spoke with an employee who stated a female was sitting in the hotel’s stairwell and refusing to leave. She explained a prior guest paid for the woman to stay overnight the previous evening, however when the woman’s check out time came and went and she refused to leave the premises, and employees decided to notify law enforcement. Officers reported employees claimed they spoke with the woman and asked her to leave, but the female “became disorderly and refused to leave.” Finding the trespasser making her last stand in the stairwell, officers noted in reports the female became increasingly agitated when they tried to reason with her. According to reports, the woman stated to officers her room had been paid for “a few nights,” though she was not able to produce a room key when asked. When officers looked inside the room the woman claimed to be staying in, it was found to be completely empty. Next, officers insisted the woman leave the property and issued her several warnings. All good things come to an end, and after the woman insisted she was “not leaving at this time,” officers made the difficult decision to arrest Ms. Dana Reid. Handcuffed, Reid was next transported to the Marlboro County Detention Center, where she was charged with Failure to Leave the Premises. Case is closed by arrest.