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Showing posts with label Rock Hill South Carolina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rock Hill South Carolina. Show all posts

Police: 1-year-old girl found alone in Rock Hill apartment parking lot

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— A Rock Hill woman says she found a 1-year-old child alone and crying in the parking lot of Stonehaven Apartments early Tuesday afternoon.
The woman told police that while she was getting ready for work at McDonalds, she heard a child cry. She looked outside and saw a little girl with a blue shirt and a diaper laying in the parking lot, according to a Rock Hill police report.
The woman said she was unable to find the child’s parent so she called McDonalds and told her boss. Her supervisor told her to bring the child to work with her and then call the police, the report states.
When police arrived on scene, a female customer at the restaurant said the girl was her male cousin’s baby. The woman called her cousin, who drove to McDonalds and said that the child’s mother lived with another man at Stonehaven.
Soon, the child’s mother and her boyfriend arrived at McDonalds. The mother said she was working at Jack in the Box while her boyfriend was watching her daughter. The boyfriend told police that he worked third shift and put the child down for a nap.
He then fell asleep, the report states. He said the apartment was locked and he isn’t sure how the girl got out the apartment.
No arrests were made.

Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/06/27/4076159/police-1-year-old-girl-found-in.html#storylink=rss#storylink=cpy
 

Report: Woman flees purse snatcher in Rock Hill

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Official seal of City of Rock Hill

— A Rock Hill woman says a man threatened to hold her at gunpoint while he tried to steal her purse Tuesday afternoon.
The woman, 55, told police that while she was walking on College Avenue around 3:15 p.m., a man approached her from behind, according to a Rock Hill police report.
The man stepped in front of the woman and demanded her purse but the woman refused, the report states. The robber told the woman he had a gun and he began to reach into his waistband.
The woman ran to a nearby house yelling for help. A taxi driver witnessed the man run toward Strait Street and get into a silver Toyota with a North Carolina license plate, the report states.
The woman described her attacker as a black male, between 5-foot-7-inches and 5-foot-10-inches, 130- 140 pounds, with a light colored shirt, dark pants and dark hat.
Rock Hill and Winthrop police canvassed the neighborhood but couldn’t find the man, the report states. The woman wasn’t harmed and none of her valuables were stolen.


Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/06/27/4076121/report-woman-flees-purse-snatcher.html#storylink=rss#storylink=cpy
 

Area pastors to hoop it up for Emmett Scott Center

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English: The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse i...
English: The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in Rock Hill, South Carolina in 1933. It served as the Federal Courthouse from 1932 until 1983. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
  — A basketball game of heavenly intentions is planned for Saturday as 30 local churches come together to raise money to prevent violence and promote education in York County.
Local pastors will make up the players, the coaches, and even the referees.
C.T. Kirk, pastor of the Sanctuary of Life Outreach Center, predicted the winner will “probably (be) my team because I am on it.”
The event was inspired by Chris Hope's iCHope annual basketball tournament, which brings celebrated athletes to Rock Hill to play for charity. Kirk said he began to wonder why big stars needed to come from the outside in order to make a difference.
“It's kind of sad,” Kirk said. “Why can't we come together and do something for our community also?”
Kirk said that by bringing together churches from different denominations and cultural backgrounds, the event would “have more impact than doing something separately,” he said.
Proceeds from admissions, vendors and sponsors will benefit Emmett Scott Center's educational and non-violence programming, Kirk said.
“Pastor C.T. Kirk came up with the idea to have this game so that it can bring unity and awareness of valuable programs to the community,” said Latoya Mayes, Emmett Scott Center supervisor.
“The money raised at this basketball game will support continuation of educational programs and our building fund,” Mayes said. A big item on the building fund list is an air conditioner for the gym, she said.
The center's many community, health and wellness programs for the Crawford Road area are often “overlooked,” Mayes said.
“These programs are focused on the principles of CRAVE: character, respect, attitude, value and education,” she said. “There are usually no stories that show how these educational programs keep students ranging from (ages) 6 to 18 out of the streets.”
Many families in the Crawford Road community also need financial assistance.
“We don't boast about what we do for families, but we do take pride in being able to provide opportunities that some youth and families don't get,” Mayes said.
Doors open at 6 p.m. Saturday to see the pastors play ball at the Emmett Scott Center, at 801 Crawford Road. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for children.

Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/06/26/4074732/area-pastors-to-hoop-it-up-for.html#storylink=rss#storylink=cpy
 

Police investigate Rock Hill shooting

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  — Police are investigating a Sunday afternoon shooting on Bynum Avenue after a man fired shots at a Rock Hill man and his white Crown Victoria.
2006-2007 Ford Crown Victoria police car photo...

A witness told police that around 3:15 p.m., a 22-year-old man was talking on his cell phone when an unknown silver car passed by. He then told the person on the phone, “I see them now,” according to a Rock Hill police report.
The man on the phone got out a Crown Victoria, while the passenger in the silver car got out with a 9mm semiautomatic pistol, the report states. The gunman, wearing a long white T-shirt and black and red baseball cap, fired his pistol at the man, breaking the Crown Victoria’s back windshield, the report states.
The other man took a .40 caliber pistol from his waist band and fired seven rounds at the gunman, the report states. The initial shooter got back into the silver car and fired two more rounds while he was hanging out the passenger side window.
No one was injured in the shooting.
A child was in the Crown Victoria, according to witnesses.
Officers noticed a silver car parked at a Fargo Street residence and spoke with the woman who owns the car. She told police that she hadn’t driven the car recently. Police searched for the gunman in her home.
Police asked the woman if she knew the gunman. At first, she denied it but an officer noticed a tattoo of the gunman’s name on her chest. The woman then said she broke up with the gunman three months ago.
Police have identified a suspect and are searching for the man.

Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/06/26/4073161/police-investigate-rock-hill-shooting.html#storylink=rss#storylink=cpy
 

Kitchen fire damages Rock Hill home

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English: Handymen can install kitchen cabinets...

  — An overnight fire caused $1,000 in damage to a Rock Hill home.
Around 7:30 p.m. Monday, fire crews were called out to 1596 Crestdale Road in response to a kitchen fire, said Rock Hill Fire Department Battalion Chief Steve Rogers.
Two engines and a ladder, along with Rock Hill Fire Battalion 1, responded to the scene and put out the fire by 8:05 p.m., Rogers said.
Cooking grease sparked the blaze and damaged the kitchen cabinets. There was also light smoke damage throughout the house, Rogers said.
No injuries were reported and the home's residents weren't displaced, he said.

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