Russel C. Geisller is the White Machette

Credit: WSPA

He’s not so much a pro-race war, communist, open borders propaganda tool as just a jerk who likes to threaten people with machetes in bathrooms. But when am I going to get to use that title anyway?

From WSPA:

Landrum, SC — Greenville County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating an overnight robbery.

They said a man with a machete held up the Celtic Tavern at 22349 Asheville Highway in Landrum around 2:30 a.m. Friday morning and took off with cash.

Deputies say the suspect was arrested in a gas station parking lot at the intersection of Highway 176 and Highway 14.

They say a Landrum police officer saw the suspect in a vehicle at the Hot Spot.

The officer approached the car and told the man inside to get out of the vehicle. The suspect ran.

Officers caught him, arrested him and took him back to the victim who told police he was the man who robbed them earlier.

Another criminal mastermind foiled by the being easy to identify and too dumb to lay low after committing a crime. He’s in Landrum getting charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, but they’re going to ship him to Greenville at some point so he can get charged with robbery and kidnapping. Maybe some of you jailhouse lawyer friends of Geisller want to clue him into the fact that if you pull a weapon on someone then make them move from one place to another cops will hit you with kidnapping charges.

Between claiming he’s innocent and a good guy of course.

Surprise! Roofing Company Turns Out to Be a Scam

No way!

You’re better off buying a book on home improvement and putting your own shingles up than hiring the “travelers” who work in the roofing business.

James Duck Charged with DUI in Fatal Wreck

James Michael DuckThe driver who fled the scene of a fatal car wreck near the intersection of Tugaloo Road and Highway 11 Monday night has been charged with felony DUI.  James Michael Duck, 25, of Lyman turned up at Greenville Memorial Hospital where his mother had taken him for medical attention early Tuesday.  He was arrested upon release by Greenville County deputies.

The victim of the wreck has been identified as Kandys Darlene Batson, 25, of Lyman.

Troopers said she was not wearing a seat belt. Batson was partially ejected and the Honda came to rest on her upper body, the coroner said. The medical examiner said she died from blunt force trauma to the chest.

James Duck was also not wearing a seat belt.  He is being held at the Greenville County Detention Center, and has been charged with driving under the influence resulting in death and leaving the scene of an accident involving a death.

WYFF4 notes that records indicate Duck and Batson shared the same address. It is unclear if they were married, although sources confirmed Batson was married.

Update, Dec. 9, 2009: [Reader Holli confirms what one of our sources  says: Duck and Batson were cousins. Sometimes alcohol runs thicker than blood.]

Driver Sought in Fatal Greenville County Wreck

An unidentified woman was killed in a northern Greenville County car wreck just after 8 p.m. Monday.  Authorities are seeking the driver who fled the scene.  GreenvilleOnline.com reports:

The car was westbound on Tugaloo Road off State 11 at 7:40 p.m. when it went off the left side and ejected the female passenger, whose name wasn’t immediately available, said Lance Cpl. Kathy Hiles.

The driver of the 1991 Honda Accord left the scene of the accident on foot.   Lance Cpl. Hiles of the South Carolina Highway Patrol described the driver as a white male wearing a white t-shirt with cut-out sleeves, according to News Channel 7. The vehicle had a temporary paper tag which was slowing down the efforts to identify the driver Monday night.

Anyone with information about the accident may call the Highway Patrol at (864) 241-1000.

Update, December 8, 2009: [The driver, James Michael Duck, has been arrested and charged with felony DUI and leaving the scene.]