Police Blotter: Garden Tool Assaults, Love Shack, Knife Attack

These items were selected from several hundred Mount Pleasant Police Reports filed over the last few weeks of February. All charges are pending and accused parties are presumed innocent until found guilty in court.

Shovel, Axe Handle Used in Assaults

Police investigated separate assaults involving garden tools within a 24-hour period, according to reports.

The first happened when a bicyclist was forced from his bike on Hamlin Road by a motorist. The driver got out of his van and continued the assault on the cyclist.

In an attempt to scare the suspect, the victim pretended to reach into his pocket, as if he had a phone or weapon. That's when the suspect went to his vehicle and grabbed an axe handle.

The suspect fled before he ever used the tool on the alleged victim. Police tracked down the suspect, Ernest Kinloch. He faces third degree assault and battery charges, according to the report.

The second incident started as a fist fight. The two men broke apart and went their separate ways.

But then one man came back with a shovel. He allegedly swung the tool at the victim, but missed. The victim was able to take the shovel from the suspect and he struck the man several times in the head with the garden tool, according to a police report.

The suspect retaliated by busting out the windows in the victim's truck. Both men declined to press charges, and said they simply wanted the incident documented.

Teens Make Love Shack in Couple's New Home

A house under construction on Hatchway Drive was apparently doubling as a love nest for some juveniles.

A Mount Pleasant couple found pornographic drawings, and various products used for sex, along with a pair of boxer shorts, in an upstairs closet in the home.

There were no suspects, and police ordered extra patrols for the home.

Knife Pulled at Pool Table Argument

A fight over a pool game at Shelter Bar on Coleman Blvd. took a violent turn when one man allegedly pulled a knife, according to police reports.

It happened just after midnight on Feb. 19. The alleged victim said he was making a joke with the suspect, but it was interpret ted incorrectly and the suspect got angry and pulled a knife.

Neither man wanted criminal charges, but the bar's operator said he wanted both men barred from the establishment. Police placed them on "trespass notice."