Thursday, May 29, 2008

South Carolina: Homeowner Wounds Burglary Suspect

Spartanburg County, South Carolina

From WYFF4 of May 28, 2008
Homeowner Wounds Burglary Suspect

A homeowner told deputies that when he saw a burglar breaking into his outbuilding Tuesday morning, he grabbed his shotgun and fired a couple rounds. Deputies said the wounded suspect was found a couple miles away.

Spartanburg sheriff’s Maj. Dan Johnson said the man lives on Bellew Carver Road off Blackstock Road. He said he saw the burglar trying to break into the building at about 6:30 a.m.

Johnson said the wounded suspect ran about two miles to a Chevron Gas Station on New Cut Road off Interstate 26, where deputies found him about 40 minutes later.

The man was transported to a hospital for treatment of superficial wounds.

Spartanburg School District 6 officials said that Arcadia and Fairforest Elementary schools and Fairforest Middle, were put on lockdown as a precaution as a precaution as deputies searched for the would-be robber, but officials stressed that students were never in danger.

Johnson said that there are charges pending in connection with the incident.

From GoUpstate.com of May 29, 2008
Go Upstate Police Blotter

On Wednesday at about 6:30 a.m. a 54-year-old Spartanburg man told officers he shot at a man attempting to steal from a building outside his home.

Andre Maurice Curenton, 17, of 425 King Court, Inman, was later charged with third- degree burglary.

The homeowner said a motion alarm from the building woke him up, and he saw a man inside the shop. He said he shot into the shop toward the ground, and Curenton came out with his hands up. The homeowner then shot at the man's legs.

Maj. Dan Johnson of the sheriff's office said Curenton was treated for minor injuries resulting from shotgun pellets.

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