By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL A Rock Hill woman told police that a hooded man held a gun to her head and demanded money as she got out of her car early Monday.Around 6 a.m., police were called to a Clarinda Street home, where they met with the 56-year-old woman. She said as … Continue reading
CHICAGO (AP) – Authorities say a 73-year-old ex-convict told investigators he became accustomed to life in prison and wanted to get caught when he robbed another bank so he could live his final years behind bars. A federal complaint says Walter Unbehaun walked into a suburban Chicago bank with a pistol and used the novel stickup … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — Winthrop University officials have accused the supervisor of a Subway sandwich shop on campus of stealing at least $200 from the restaurant despite her claims that she noticed the money missing months ago and planned to replace the lost funds. On Thursday, the university’s food services director told police that … Continue reading
A worker at the Cherry Road Auto Zone in Rock Hill is accused of stealing $4,000 from the store. David Eric Stephenson, 42, of Rock Hill was charged Wednesday with breach of trust with fraudulent intent, according to Rock Hill police records. The store’s loss prevention manager told police he investigated several unusual return logs. … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden —jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — Police arrested a man they say walked into a Rock Hill Chinese restaurant Wednesday night and held the owner and his daughter at gunpoint before fleeing with all the money in the cash register. Rodrick Alexander Jefferson, 21, of 1683 Davenport Court, is charged with armed robbery, according to a … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — A Rock Hill Kmart worker was arrested Sunday after police say she exchanged real money in a cash register with counterfeit bills. Kessha Lynn Dowd, 26, of 1204 California St. in York, is charged with breach of trust with fraudulent intent, according to Rock Hill police documents. By early Monday … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — Four car break-ins were reported at two Rock Hill restaurants just off Interstate-77 Monday night, police say. Police were first called to Amber Buffet & Hibachi on Dave Lyle Boulevard at 6 p.m., where a Texas man, 39, said someone broke the back window of his rented SUV and stole … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com YORK — More than two months after police accused Alicia Johnson of fatally stabbing a man with a pair of scissors and then leaving his bloodied, nude body in the breezeway of a Rock Hill apartment, a York County magistrate ruled there wasn’t enough evidence to charge her with murder. Instead, Judge Mandrile … Continue reading
By Staff Reports — The Herald ROCK HILL — Thieves stole nearly $1,000 in change from a Coke vending machine at a Rock Hill motel, according to a Rock Hill police report. An employee of Microtel Inn and Suites on Riverview Road noticed the vending machine on the first floor had been moved from its usual spot. … Continue reading
The Herald ROCK HILL — Rock Hill Police on Thursday released surveillance video of an armed robbery at a 7-Eleven store on Cherry Road. A 51-year-old clerk told police that two masked men pointed guns at him and demanded money just before 3 a.m. Oct. 19. One of the men had a black handgun and the … Continue reading
By Anna Douglas — adouglas@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred early Friday morning at the 7-Eleven convenience store on Cherry Road. A clerk told Rock Hill police officers that two masked men pointed guns at him and demanded money just before 3 a.m. Friday. The employee, 51, said one of the men … Continue reading
By Anna Douglas — adouglas@heraldonline.com KERSHAW — Police have arrested two people accused in a daytime armed robbery at a bank Thursday in Kershaw. The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office has charged Aaron Donaldson, 19, of Rock Hill with armed robbery and possession of a weapon during the violent crime, according to a police press release. His alleged … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — Two Rock Hill women say they were forced to the ground and robbed at gunpoint in a vacant parking lot Sunday night by three men who asked for directions to Charlotte. The women, both 20, told police that while they were in the area of Cherry Road and Hearn Street … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — The man who robbed Little Caesar’s Pizza in Rock Hill on Sunday and locked employees in a freezer stole $2,000 in cash and took one of the employees’ cell phone. A police report released Monday shows that the gunman, described as an unshaven black man who wore gray pants, an … Continue reading
By Jonathan McFadden — jmcfadden@heraldonline.com ROCK HILL — Loose change was the target for thieves who broke into several cars in a Rock Hill neighborhood on Friday, police say. Around 11 p.m. Friday, police were called to a Torrington Circle home where a 54-year-old man said someone entered into his unlocked Chevrolet truck, ransacked the interior and stole … Continue reading