Jailed Pair Released After Weekend Shooting

By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Jun. 3–POLICE

LONGS

Jailed pair released after weekend shooting

Two Longs men were released from jail Monday on $5,000 bail each after a shooting that sent one man to the hospital, according to jail officials.

Willie Jeff Edge, 21, and Lamarcus DeCarlos Vereen, 23, both of Longs are charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. They were held at J. Reuben Long Detention Center in Conway. Two other individuals are also wanted in connection to the shooting: Joseph Alexander Christopher Myers, 17, and Gilbert Markette Mines, Jr., 21; both of Longs. Myers and Mines are charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, police said. Police learned of the shooting after a gunshot victim was reported Saturday night at Seacoast Medical Center in Little River, according to Lt. Myron Creel of the Horry County Police Department.

The extent of the victim’s injuries were not known Monday morning, Creel said. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Myers or Mines is asked to call the police at 248-1300.

MYRTLE BEACH

Suspect in motel robbery remains in jail

A Myrtle Beach man facing assault and burglary charges stemming from a motel room robbery remains jailed Monday at J. Reuben Long Detention Center, according to a jail official.

Joshua Wade Ingram, 29, is charged with first-degree burglary and assault and battery with intent to kill.

Ingram was arrested Saturday night at the Admiral Motel on 200 N. Ocean Blvd., according to a Myrtle Beach police report. Police recovered $76 from Ingram, the report states.

MYRTLE BEACH

Man reports he was stabbed near beach

A Myrtle Beach man was hospitalized Saturday after being stabbed, according to a report from Myrtle Beach police.

The man told police he was walking near the beach access on Third Avenue North when he was stabbed by an unknown man, the report states. The victim was taken to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center with unknown injures, the report states.

LOCAL

HORRY COUNTY

Evacuation exercise scheduled Wednesday

A hurricane evacuation exercise will be held Wednesday to test lane reversal plans, said Sid Gaulden, spokesman for the S.C. Dept. of Public Safety.

The exercise will last from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Hurricane season began Sunday and ends Nov. 30.

Law enforcement personnel and traffic control devices will be deployed on Interstate 26, U.S. 501 and U.S. 278 as if the roads were reversed for a hurricane evacuation.

The U.S. 501 exercise will begin near Conway at S.C. 22 and end at S.C. 576 and Marion Bypass. Lanes will not be reversed as part of the exercise, Gaulden said.

The exercise should not interfere with the flow of traffic and intersections will not be blocked, Gaulden said.

The S.C. Highway Patrol is asking drivers traveling I-26, U.S. 501 and U.S. 278 to use caution because officers and Department of Transportation employees will be on the shoulders of the highways and at exits, Gaulden said.

GEORGETOWN COUNTY

Breast health clinic offered for uninsured

Georgetown Hospital System has a new program designed to expand access to screening mammography, ultrasound and education for uninsured, underserved women in a series of special breast health clinics, according to a statement released Monday.

The first “It’s All About Me” breast health clinic will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m June 28 at Georgetown Hospital Systems Imaging and Breast Health Center at Waccamaw Medical Park, located on U.S. 17 in Murrells Inlet, across from Waccamaw Community Hospital. Women must meet certain eligibility criteria to participate and appointments are required in order to access services. For more information about eligibility and to make an appointment please call 527-7154.

MYRTLE BEACH

Businesses asked to support Memory Walk

Local businesses are invited to attend a drop in from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Grand Strand Senior Center at 1268 21st Ave. N. in Myrtle Beach to learn how to get involved in the 2008 Grand Strand Memory Walk fundraiser sponsored by the S.C. chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.

From staff reports

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