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ANDERSON

Fired Wal-Mart deli worker throws chickens at customers

Shanay Buie of Clemson may face charges for allegedly going berserk after being fired from the deli at an Anderson area Wal-Mart. According to an incident report, Buie returned to the Wal-Mart after her termination and “threw 2 chickens at 2 customers.” The report also states that the scorned woman destroyed two printers valued at $1,000 each and broke two sets of dishes valued at $400 per set. So far, no arrest has been made.

Liquored up mourner finds trouble en route to wake

An Anderson man pleaded guilty to malicious destruction of property and public disorderly conduct after he allegedly threw a brick through a woman’s window while en route to the wake of his friend’s recently deceased wife.

Ronnie Greer, 28, was found not guilty of an assault and battery charge stemming from allegations that he also grabbed the woman by the arm and tried to force her to drink from a bottle of liquor.

“Me and her are good friends,” Greer told the court, according to the Anderson Independent-Mail. “I was riding my bike to a friend’s and she slaps me with a brick.”

According to April Thompson, 27, she hit Greer in the head with a brick after he grabbed her arm and proffered the bottle. She then ran into her house at which point Greer tossed the brick through her window and fled on his bicycle before police arrived. According to a second incident report, Greer cursed police later that evening when they found him staggering in the middle of Thompson’s street, apparently making his way back home.

FLORENCE/MYRTLE BEACH

Bishopville overrun by buzzards

Like an invading Mongol horde or renegade motorcycle gang, up to 200 large turkey vultures have overrun the town of Bishopville, roosting atop cable TV towers, buzzing area homes and generally unnerving local residents.

“When you first see that many, you worry that there’s something dead—human or animal,” Bishopville resident Judy Morrow told the Sumter Item. The police have so far not found anything that would attract the buzzards and a biologist with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture has assured city officials that the birds are migratory and should move on in a couple of weeks.

In the meantime, town officials decided to send the birds a message last week and with the aid of a USDA official, reportedly hung a dead buzzard in a tree to discourage the birds from roosting there. Though they subsist primarily on carrion and road kill, turkey vultures have been known to tear and sometimes consume roofing shingles, automobile upholstery and window caulking among other things, according to the USDA. Large colonies of buzzards are also notorious for defacing public property and downing power lines with inordinate amounts of dense, foul smelling feces.

“We don’t want any buzzards in Bishopville,” Bishopville City Administrator Gregg McCutchen, told the Item. “They are not welcome here.”

CHARLESTON

Isle of Palms may enact sand castle building ordinance

Isle of Palms city council is considering an ordinance that would require beachgoers to demolish their sandcastles before leaving the beach. Violators could be fined anywhere from $128 to $500, or roughly three years allowance for the average American 7-year-old.

Authorities are still trying to figure out a way to police the ordinance and would have to monitor all phases of a sand castle’s construction and then witness the builder leave the site in order to ticket them. Builders may temporarily leave the job site to splash in the water or eat an ice cream cone, but would be required to demolish any construction prior to leaving the beach for the day. So far, the ordinance would not require authorities to seize the small plastic shovels and pails that are often used in sand construction projects.