|
Featured Sections Headlines Opinion Obituaries Sports Crime Blotter Stolen Property Happenings Country Cooking Wandering Minds Classifieds Birthdays Off The Wall Cartoons On The Record Archives Church Listings   Featured Columns Dr. Myers Carl Langley Editor's Column Registered Sex Offenders for Edgefield County 2005 Crime Stats Video & Audio Updates Audio Archive (Testing) Video Archive Contact us Contact Info or E-mail the Editor Phone: 803-634-0964 day 803-279-5041 eve 803-279-8943 fax Mail to EdgefieldDaily.com PO Box 972 Edgefield SC 29824 School System EC District Office School Board Strom Thurmond Charter Schools Fox Creek Private Schools Wardlaw Academy Public Offices Edgefield County Edgefield Johnston Trenton Political State and Federal Legislative Contacts Local Political Parties Republican Party Democrat Party Chamber of Commerce Edgefield County Chamber Historical Edgefield Genealogical Society News links Edgefield Advertiser The Citizen News Aiken Standard North Augusta Star The State Augusta Chronicle Atlanta Journal United Press Associated Press FOX News Reuters CNS News WorldNet Daily Newsmax Drudge Report GoogleNews Yahoo!News New York Times New York Post Los Angeles Times Washington Times Washington Post |
  Three times not a charm for accused thief web posted August 5, 2008 MERRIWETHER – A Merriwether man called the Sheriff’s Office to report building materials being stolen from his property on the 2200 block of Gregory Lake Road Saturday morning around 9 am. A deputy and an investigator from the Sheriff’s Office arrived a short time later and were informed that $5,000 worth of equipment and materials were missing. By Monday morning that amount grew as the suspected thief returned in the early morning hours and made off with over $2,000 worth of additional items. The man then made a third trip back to the location only to be interrupted during the theft by the owner. When the owner arrived around 7 am he found a Hispanic man, later identified as 39-year-old Benjamin Bernard De Jesus, of Beach Island, loading more items into a blue Chevy mini-van. The owner drew a handgun and ordered the man to stop. According to information gathered, De Jesus dropped what he was doing and fled the scene on foot. The owner fired one shot into the ground next to himself in an attempt to scare the man and prevent him from fleeing. As Deputies were responding to the call one spotted a man matching the suspect’s description running down Martintown Road and apprehended him. De Jesus was returned to the scene and identified and then transported to the Edgefield County Detention Center for booking. In all almost $10,000 in materials were stolen in the process and just over $2,000 of that was recovered. Mr. De Jesus has been charged with two counts of grand larceny and one count of breaking into a motor vehicle. He is currently being held without bond after a bond hearing Monday afternoon, jail records showed. ©
Copyright 2008
EdgefieldDaily.com All
original material is property of
EdgefieldDaily.com and cannot be reproduced, rewritten or redistributed
without the expressed written permission of Edgefield Daily.com
|
Space Reserved 
 This ad not linked Space available  Parting Shots A new book by Columnist Carl Langley -------  JAM Straight Customs  NOTICE:
We still need recipes for Cooking Section WEBNEWS – Send in your favorite or favorites. There is no limit to the number of recipes you can send in. With the Editor’s wife being the driving force behind her own personal section, help her create an exchange of local favorites, home cooking, grilling, sauces, and deserts! Send in your submissions here. |
