Published: Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011 / Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011 05:31 PM
$1,000 vase stolen from Fort Mill gravesite
A flower vase was stolen from a woman's grandmother's gravesite.
A Fort Mill woman visited her grandmother's gravesite Sunday at Philadelphia United Methodist Church on West Highway 160 and noticed the vase from the top of the tombstone was missing, according to a York County Sheriff's Office report. She called police and left a message with the church about it.
The woman also noticed vases were missing off of other tombstones as well, the report states.
The vase was worth about $1,000, the report states. There is no further information at this time.
Nicole Smith, The Herald
Tega Cay police investigate robbery complaints
Tega Cay Police are investigating two possibly related incidents involving an armed robbery at a restaurant and a demand for cash two days later, according to Tega Cay Police reports.
The reports state a man closed the restaurant in the Stonecrest shopping center around 9:45 p.m. Dec.4. As he left through the front door, two men allegedly demanded money from him and said they had a gun, a report states. The suspects, described as Asian males wearing black jackets, black knitted caps and jeans, reached into the victim’s pocket and took $70 in cash from him. They demanded more, and the victim led them inside the restaurant to get more money from the cash register, the report states.
But the victim grabbed a phone and called 911 instead of getting more cash. The two men fled the scene in a small white car, the victim told police. They were not located.
Two days later, the same victim came to the police station and said two men had just called him demanding money and were on the way to the restaurant, according to a second report. The report states police detained the two men who had made the phone call and questioned them about the call and demand for money. They told police someone told them to ask for money and that the man from the restaurant had given them $500 in the past. When police tried to get more information, all three men started changing their stories, the report states. Police let the men go. When a woman picked up the two suspects, she was driving a car that matched the description of the getaway car from the alleged robbery two days prior.
But lacking sufficient evidence, no arrests were made, the report said. The case is still under investigation.
Student arrested
after fight
A Fort Mill teen was arrested for allegedly fighting at Fort Mill High School.
Fort Mill Police charged 18-year-old Kyle William Rahr of Fort Mill with disturbing schools after he repeatedly punched a 19-year-old classmate at 10 a.m. Dec. 7 at the school, according to a Fort Mill Police report. The fight began after the victim allegedly called the suspect the night before to taunt him, according to the report.
The victim was suspended from school for his alleged role in the altercation.
Reports of all felonies and any major misdemeanors are compiled weekly from local police departments. Charges do not necessarily result in a conviction, and people who are arrested are innocent until proven guilty.