Three Men Arrested for Pelham Road Purse Snatching
Left to right: Gabriel Donaldson, Recardo Thompson, & Kenneth Burnside
A 21-year-old Marietta man is behind bars at the Greenville County Detention Center for allegedly snatching the purse of a 60-year-old woman. Even worse, this gutless sleazeball, sorry, allegedly gutless sleazeball needed two accomplices to help him pull off the violent robbery:
The incident happened around 1 pm Friday afternoon in front of Dallas Skye Salon on Pelham Road. Greenville Police say that 21-year old Gabriel Lamont Donaldson, of Marietta, admitted to snatching the purse of a 60 year old woman and causing massive bruises to the victim’s shoulder.
Donaldson, who police say also admitted to being the driver of a 1996 Ford Crown Victoria that was involved in the robbery, has been charged with strong armed robbery. Two other men, 20-year old Recardo Darel Thompson and 21-year old Kenneth Jamar Burnside, both of Travelers Rest, have been charged with accessory after the fact of a felony.
All three men have failed to make bond.
Two More AT&T Stores Hit by Smash and Grab Phone Bandits
What’s odd is that so far they have only hit AT&T stores. Either some other retailer is using some seriously unfair tactics to close down the competition or the black market gets some sort of great deal on AT&T service.
Finally a decent crime report from GreenvilleOnline.com:
GREER — Cell phones were stolen from two more AT&T stores early this morning after three suspects entered the businesses, cleared out inventory and left within minutes, authorities said.
Greer Police responded to the first robbery on 215 W. Wade Hampton Bllvd. at 6:04 a.m. Video surveillance showed three men between 21 and 30 years old entering the store dressed in dark hooded sweatshirts and wearing black gloves, according to incident reports.
The suspects took an undetermined number of cell phones of different makes and models, along with phone accessories, one report said.
At 6:12 a.m., officers responded to a second AT&T robbery at 5322 Wade Hampton Blvd. Three male suspects used a crow bar to gain entry into the store and then into a locked room that held inventory, according to a report.
The gang has made off with $30,000+ worth of merchandise and they show no signs of stopping. They have been caught on video and don’t wear masks though so I doubt these are pros.
Fox Carolina has a link to surveillance video of the gang.
WYFF points out that the men seem to be extremely familiar with these stores layouts. They also have more detailed descriptions.
Police Find Stolen A.T.M. in Abandoned Pick-Up Truck
Bad enough that they’re thieves, but littering too? Throw the book at them!
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Greenville police said that an automatic teller machine that was ripped from the ground at a bank in January was found in the back of a truck on Wednesday morning.
Police said that the truck was found parked in a wooded area off Verdae Boulevard just before noon.
Investigators said that the ATM appears to belong to a Wachovia Bank on Woodruff Road that was hit on Jan. 18.
How was this crime scene found you ask? Well according to WYFF it’s a funny story…
Brian Jenkins said he was taking a short when a deer darted in front of his car on Hilton Street.
Jenkins said, “It was a big deer. I hunt, so I stopped and said, ‘I’m going to see where this deer is.’”
Jenkins followed the deer about 80 yards into the woods.
“There were deer bones. It was crazy. Then I could see the back of a truck,” he said.
Jenkins said he hollered for his brother-in-the law and together they approached the truck.
Yeah. Sounds reasonable.
Greer Bank Robbery Suspect Remains at Large
The National Bank of South Carolina at 1324 Wade Hampton Boulevard in Greer was robbed Friday morning, and police say the suspect has not been caught.
The incident took place at about 11:45 a.m. Friday. The suspect demanded an unknown sum of money from a bank teller and did not show a weapon. Here’s more on the man being sought by police:
He was described as a white male, approximately 6 feet tall, wearing a long-sleeved gray shirt, blue jeans and an Atlanta Braves ball cap.
He fled the scene in a white, older model, two-door Chevy Cavalier traveling down Wade Hampton Boulevard toward Greenville, said police spokesman Lt. Jim Holcombe.
Please call Greer police at 864-848-2151 if you have any information related to this crime.
Wedgy’s Pizza Robbed at Gunpoint
Wedgy’s Pizza on South Pleasantburg Drive in Greenville was robbed at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday night by a man with a gun. Deputies say he made off with cash and fired a shot into the air before exiting the restaurant.
A Greenville County K-9 unit attempted to track the suspect, but were unsuccessful and witnesses were unable to describe the robber in detail.
As always, please call Greenville Crime Stoppers at 23-CRIME if you have any information.