Reports taken from Sept. 26 to Oct. 4

Bad choices

A Mount Pleasant man on Sept. 30 reportedly harvested several sweetgrass plants in front of a U.S. Highway 17 bank, loaded up a not-so-inconspicuous green moped and headed north. The “dozens” of security cameras surrounding the bank’s property captured the man, the moped and his license plate, officials said — but couldn’t spot any common sense. The investigation is ongoing.

That’s not so bad … right?

Charleston police on Sept. 26 stopped a West Ashley driver for suspected driving under the influence on Interstate 526. The driver told officers he consumed two cases (yes, cases) of beer, or roughly 24 bottles. He reportedly blew a .23 on a blood-alcohol test (about three times over the legal limit). Yeah, man. That’ll do it. He was arres

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