Vandalism of property
On Feb. 8, an officer with the Manning Police Department was dispatched to a residential area within the city limits of Manning in response to a report of vandalism. Upon arrival, the officer made contact with the complainant who explained that while she was inside her home, an unknown individual in a black pickup truck entered her property and threw a flower pot at her vehicle. The officer observed dirt on the driver’s side of the vehicle and noted some scratches. He took picture of the dirt and damage using his bodycam. The officer informed the complainant that a report would be filed.
Damaged Vehicle
On Feb. 8, multiple officers were dispatched to a possible domestic issue at an apartment complex within the city limits of Manning in regards to a female jumping on top of a car in the parking lot as the vehicle was attempting to leave. Two officers made contact with the female while another officer stopped the male party in his car attempting to leave the scene. Identified through his driver’s license, he admitted to an officer that he had indeed been in an argument with his “baby mama.” The two were apparently supposed to be making a child exchange and it turned into an argument and resulted with the female doing actual physical damage to his car. He did not wish to press charges but was told it would be documented. The female had kicked his passenger side door leaving footprints as well as dents in the door. She also bent the license plate on both ends, making it unreadable.
Traffic Offenses
On Feb. 6, an officer was on patrol when they noticed a black vehicle bearing Alabama tags tags in front of them with two defective brake lights. A traffic stop was initiated and the driver and officer came to a stop at the Westwood Apartments entrance. Contact was made with the driver, Towana Thompson, and the officer told her the reason for the stop. The officer asked for all driving credentials and then Thompson produced an Alabama ID card. She was asked if she had a license to which she replied she had a license from Texas and provided the license number. The license number was run through local dispatch and dispatch confirmed the license was expired. The officer then made contact with Horace Soloman, the passenger of the vehicle, who provided a SC ID. Neither occupant of the vehicle could provide a valid driver’s license. Thompson was cited for no SC Driver’s License and the vehicle was towed by Bob’s Body Shop.
Theft from motor vehicle, vandalism of property
On Feb. 3, an officer responded to the parking area for McLeod Health Primary Care Clarendon within the city limits of Manning for vandalism of a vehicle. Security officers and the car’s owner met the officer at the scene. Another hospital employee noticed that gasoline was spilling out of the vehicle she parked next to when she returned from lunch and it had not been when she left for lunch parked in the same spot. The vehicle was a 2023 Toyota Sequoia. The owner of the vehicle called the fire department to get assistance cleaning up the fuel spill and then crawled underneath her vehicle to see why it was leaking and discovered that two holes had been drilled into her fuel tank, one in the front and one in the back. Hospital security was able to review surveillance footage and found a suspect and vehicle driving around hospital property off and on between 10:32am and 1pm. An gray older model Dodge Dakota extended cab with a black hood and a black stripe on the lower part of the body was first parked beside the owner’s vehicle at 10:32am. A white male was seen pulling the door handles of her vehicle and at least two other vehicles parked in the same row around 10:49am. He left the parking lot at 10:52am and went into another parking area where he drove through and turned around in front of the hospital maintenance shop around 10:53am. He returned to park beside the Toyota after 12pm and remained there for 20-30 minutes. When he left the parking lot he went south on Church Street toward Bozard Street. Hospital security has several different cameras that picked him up at different times between 10:30am and 1pm. They will be sending that video footage to the Manning Police Department. The truck also had a red box resembling that of a portable fuel tank and several other large container looking objects in the bed of the truck. The vehicle did not appear to have a license tag on it. The victim was given the case number.
