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Bryant Shawn Young was charged with aggravated assault, pointing and presenting a firearm, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was at the Beaufort County Detention Center on $75,000 bond Friday afternoon.
A 20-year-old man said he was driving down Broad River Boulevard on Thursday afternoon when he noticed a white SUV following closely behind him, according to a news release from the Sheriff's Office.
The man told investigators he drove to a friend's house at the mobile home park and upon getting out of his car, noticed the driver of the SUV, believed by police to be Young, get out of his car, carrying a handgun.
When the man's friend did not answer the door, the man told deputies he ran into the woods to get away from Young, at which point Young allegedly told the man that he'd "kill him the next time he saw him," then left.
A deputy responding to the area spotted a white Toyota SUV matching the description of Young's vehicle and stopped the vehicle. Young was arrested, and police say they found a .40-caliber handgun in the SUV.
Carjacking, assault suspect extradited to Beaufort
A suspect wanted in connection with a 2008 Burton car-jacking has been arrested, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff's Office news release.
Jonathan Mitchell, 35, was extradited to Beaufort County on Friday morning after being identified as the suspect in a car-jacking this past December on Goethe Hill Rd. Mitchell had been previously arrested on unrelated charges in Savannah and at the time of his arrest was found to be driving the car-jacking victim's car.
Mitchell also will face charges of assault and battery with intent to kill in connection with the Dec. 15 attack.
Authorities say just before 8 p.m. that night, Mitchell approached a 30-year old man as he left a convenience store on Robert Smalls Parkway and asked for a ride. The alleged victim agreed, and the two men left the store in the former's 2004 gold-colored Honda Civic.
Mitchell asked the driver to turn down Goethe Hill Road off Parris Island Gateway, then asked the driver for money. When the driver said he had none, Mitchell pulled out a hammer and began striking the victim about the head, according to the release.
The driver pulled over in the area between Munch Road and Singleton Hill Circle, and Mitchell demanded he exit the vehicle. Mitchell then drove off in the car, leaving the victim on the roadside with severe facial and head injuries, the release said.
Mitchell will remain in custody in the Beaufort County Detention Center awaiting a bond hearing.
Island jewelry, accessory store hit by armed robber
Officials are looking for a man wanted in connection with an armed robbery at a jewelry and handbag store on the south end of Hilton Head Island just before 6:15 p.m, Thursday, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff's Office release.
No one was injured in the incident.
The Bird's Nest employee who was in the store at the time of the incident told investigators she was standing behind the counter when the suspect entered, pointed a pistol at her and demanded money, according to the release.
After the employee turned over an undisclosed amount of cash from the register, the suspect ordered her to the ground and fled the store, according to the report. There were no customers or other employees in the store, located at 1 North Forest Beach Drive, the report stated.
The suspect is described as a white man who had been wearing a floppy hat and glasses.
Anyone with information should contact Investigator Cpl. M. Florencio at 843-842-4111, ext. 259, or the Beaufort County Dispatch Center at 843-524-2777.
Middle schoolers busted for pot possession
Two Hilton Head Island Middle School students were arrested May 1 on charges of simple possession of marijuana after they were found with the drug at school, according to two Beaufort County Sheriff's Office incident reports released Friday.
The students' ages were not released because they are juveniles.
Hilton Head Middle assistant principal Mike Sanz called the Sheriff's Office in both cases, according to the reports.
One student stashed the marijuana in the cap of a dry erase marker, while the other hid it in a wallet, according to the reports.
The following reports were released Friday from the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office:
HILTON HEAD ISLAND
Theft
• Disney Beach House, 11 Ocean Lane: Bicycle worth $150 stolen.
• Jiffy Lube, 96 Mathews Drive: Nintento handheld game worth $200 stolen from 2008 Nissan Xterra.
BLUFFTON
Vandalism
• Bluffton House Apartments, 20 Simmonsville Road: 2003 Dodge Caravan scratched with keys. Damage: $800.
• 103 Southside Parkway: Screen cut. Damage: $40.
Shoplifting
• Marshalls, 1460 Fording Island Road: Clothing worth $100 stolen.
BURTON
Theft
• Battery Creek High School, Blue Dolphin Drive: Student reported jewelry worth $50, a cell phone worth $50 and other goods worth $2 stolen from gym locker.
• Broad River Drive: Bikes worth $200 reported stolen from home, which suffered $300 in structural damage.
• Dowlingwood Drive: Gun worth $200 reported stolen from home.
LADY'S ISLAND
Theft
• Brindlewood Drive: Electronics worth $125 reported stolen from home.
Vandalism
• Robin Way: Home broken into and a lawnmower worth $250, motion light worth $35, an electrical panel worth $1,000 and door locks worth $35 reported damaged. Nothing reported stolen from home.
Car break-in
• Summer Field Court: Gun worth $550 reported stolen from home.
• Doe Drive: Electronics worth $80, consumable goods worth $20 and other goods worth $10 reported stolen from car.
Theft
• Colony Gardens Road: Electronics worth $400 reported stolen from apartment.
ST. HELENA ISLAND
Car break-in
• Ernest Drive: Electronics worth $530, a wallet worth $15 and other goods worth $30 reported stolen from car.
Theft
• McTeer Drive: Gun worth $600 reported stolen from home, which suffered $300 in structural damage.
• Ball Park Road: Tools worth $100 reported stolen from county-owned field.
Compiled by Patrick Donohue and Renee Dudley
