IT IS LIKELY TO TAKE AWHILE FOR THE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION AND BEAUFORT COUNTY INVESTIGATORS TO UNTANGLE THE INCIDENT IN THE SQUIRESGATE NEIGHBORHOOD ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND SUNDAY EVENING, THAT BECAUSE IT WAS CAUGHT ON VIDEO THAT WENT VIRAL, HAS BECOME NATIONAL NEWS. THERE APPEARS TO BE QUITE A BIT MORE TO THE INCIDENT OF AN OFF-DUTY DEPUTY PULLING A GUN ON TEENAGERS WALKING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAN IS ON THE VIDEO CLIPS RELEASED BY ONE OF THE FAMILIES INVOLVED. NEIGHBORS INTERVIEWEED BY THE ISLAND PACKET GIVE DIFFERING ACCOUNTS OF WHAT HAPPENED, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY THAT ONE OF THE TEENAGERS WAS ARMED. THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT HAS STILL NOT RELEASED THE NAME OF THE OFF-DUTY DEPUTY INVOLVED WHILE THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. HE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY AND TURNED IN HIS BADGE AND WEAPONS.
BEAUFORT POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING A MONDAY NIGHT SHOOTING IN THE CROSS CREEK CENTER THAT KILLED ONE PERSON. POLICE FOUND THE VICTIM WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND COULD NOT REVIVE IT. NO NAMES HAVE BEEN RELEASED YET. ITS NOT THE FIRST SHOOTING IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER RECENTLY AS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BUSINESS OWNERS GRAPPLE WITH RISING GUN VIOLENCE IN THAT AREA.
WE’VE TOLD YOU OFTEN OF HOW PRISONS ARE TRYING TO BATTLE ILLEGAL CELLPHONE USAGE THAT ALLOWS INMATES TO CONTINUE THEIR CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES FROM BEHIND BARS. THE F-C-C HAS PASSED A RULE THIS WEEK PERMITTING STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES TO USE TARGETING TECHNOLOGIES TO JAM CELL PHONE SIGNALS AS LONG AS THE TECHNOLOGY IS PRECISE ENOUGH TO NOT INTERRUPT REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE VICINITY. SOUTH CAROLINA PRISON OFFICIALS ARE APPLAUDING THE MOVE, SAYING IT WILL HELP CUT BACK ON THE NUMBER OF DRUG OPERATIONS, KIDNAPPINGS AND OTHER CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES THAT CAN STILL BE RUN BY INMATES WITH CELLPHONES FROM INSIDE THE PRISONS. FEDERAL PRISONS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO JAM CELLPHONE SIGNALS FOR YEARS.
AND THAT CURIOUS INCIDENT THAT KILLED A PEDESTRIAN NEAR THE HARRIS TEETER MARKET ON HILTON HEAD’S MAIN STREET OVER THE WEEKEND IS BECOMING MORE CLEAR WITH A FACEBOOK POST BY A GEORGIA TOWING COMPANY THAT SAYS THEIR TOW TRUCK OPERATOR, FLOYD CRESPO, HAD HELPED FREE A SEMI-TRAILER HUNG UP ON A CURB WHEN THE FREED SEMI WENT DOWN TO THE MAIN STREET ROUNDABOUT, TURNED AROUND AND THEN SIDESWIPED THE WRECKER, PINNING FLOYD, WHO WAS ROLLING UP CABLES NEXT TO HIS TOW TRUCK. THERE’S BEEN NO WORD YET ON WHETHER THE SEMI-TRUCK DRIVER FACES ANY CHARGES.