Richland County Sheriff

t Heron Drive, 100 block: A woman called police at 3 p.m. Saturday after she said a man was calling her continuously and accusing her of stealing his checks. The woman said that she hardly knows the man and doesn’t know where he lives so she couldn’t steal his check if she wanted to. She said she has told him that, but he continues to call her.

t Garners Ferry Road, 7000 block: Police were called to a home at 8 p.m. Friday after two roommates got into a fight. The two women blamed each other for the argument and one accused the other of smoking dope in the home. One woman said she came home and found the other woman’s friends moving her things to the street without her knowledge or consent. That was when the other woman said the woman who said her things had been moved was smoking marijuana in the house. Both women were on the lease, and both were legal residents of the apartment so they were informed that neither one of them had the right to make the other one move.

t Green Springs, 7th block: A man called police at 9 a.m. Sunday to report someone was breaking into his home and changing his locks. The man told deputies that he works in Georgia and only gets home once a month. He said when he arrived Sunday there was a padlock on his front door, and his bolt lock had been changed. Nothing was missing from the residence, he said.

Forest Acres

t Bethel Church Road, 4000 block: Police picked up two juveniles at 4:30 a.m. Thursday after spotting them in the street. When the officer asked the two 14–year–olds what they were doing out that late, they said they were out walking. He asked where their parents were, and they informed him that both parents were at home. When asked if their parents knew where they were, one boy said

no because he was spending the night with the other boy. That boy said his mother didn’t know where he was because she was asleep. The officer took them home and found the mother was indeed asleep and had no idea the duo had gone out the back door. She told the officer that her son was incorrigible, and she was in the process of getting his father to take full custody of the boy.

t Forest Drive, 4000 block: Police were called to a restaurant at 7 p.m. Wednesday after the manager said an employee’s ex–girlfriend was causing a scene. The 27–year–old woman showed up at the eatery when she said the cook refused her phone calls. The cook told officers she had ended the relationship with the other woman, but the woman mistakenly thought she was dating another restaurant employee. The ex–girlfriend refused to leave the premises until police showed up and explained that she could be arrested for trespassing and disturbing the peace.

t Brentwood Drive, 1000 block: Police were called to a home at noon Wednesday after a father said his 13–year–old daughter and her friend, also 13, were getting death threats. The father told officers someone was continuously calling the homes of both girls and saying obscene things to them, and in the most recent phone calls, the caller told one of the girls he was going to kill her and her friend.

t Two Notch Road, 3700 block: Police were called to a pharmacy at 9 a.m. Wednesday after the manager said a man came in and stole $30 worth of toothpaste. The manager told officers the thief put all the toothpaste in a sock he pulled out of his pants and ran out the door without paying for it. He said the thief came in, walked straight to the toothpaste aisle, grabbed the goods, and fled.

t Trenholm Road, 5200 block: A man was arrested again at 4 p.m. Tuesday after he tried to escape from a Columbia jail. The man had been charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and was in jail awaiting his trial. During that time the accusing teen who brought the charges against the man moved away to an unknown location, and the charges had to be dropped. Unfortunately, the man thought it would be a good idea to try to escape, which he did manage to do briefly before being apprehended again. Had he just stayed in jail, he would have gone free, but now he is facing escape charges and when found guilty will serve out that sentence at a much higher security facility.

West Columbia

t McSwain Drive, 100 block Police were called to a motel at midnight Friday after a woman said a bloody man in his underwear was pounding on her door. When officers arrived, they found the man wielding a baseball bat in his briefs and bleeding from the head. The bloody man said he was looking for another man who caused him to wreck his moped, and he was going to use the bat to beat that guy up. When officers found the other man, he said the moped was his, and he didn’t cause the man with the bat to wreck it, but that man had attacked him for no reason. When officers suggested that the man with the bat could possibly have wrecked the bike due to being intoxicated, the man said that wasn’t possible because he had only had half a bottle of vodka. The other man told officers he wasn’t entirely sure how much he had to drink but he thought it was “a lot.” Both men were charged with public drunkenness and arrested and also trespassed from the motel.