Crime reports: Two arrested after found doing laundry in vacant apartment

Two Bluffton men were arrested Wednesday on burglary charges after they reportedly broke into a vacant Buck Island Road apartment to sleep and wash clothes, a Bluffton Police Department spokesman said.

The men, ages 19 and 41, were arrested at about 7:40 a.m. and taken to the Beaufort County Detention Center, according to the jail log. Both had Westbury Park addresses listed on the log.

Bond had not been set as of Wednesday night.

A property manager found the men asleep inside a newly built, vacant unit during an inspection Wednesday morning, Lt. Bryan Norberg of the Bluffton Police Department said.

The men ran out the back door after waking up, Norberg said. The property manager then called 911.

The suspects led police on a short foot chase before being caught, Norberg said.

He said it wasn't immediately clear why the men weren't sleeping at their Westbury Park residence.

They apparently spent just one night at the vacant apartment, where they used the electricity and washed some clothes, Norberg said. The apartment was vacant and clean when the property manager inspected it at about 5:30 Tuesday night, he said.The following reports were released Wednesday at the Beaufort Police Department and the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office:

BEAUFORT

THEFT

• Boundary Street: Dumpster worth $300 stolen.

• ABC Hearing Aid Center, Bladen Street: Television and gold coin worth $650 stolen from business.

BURTON

THEFT

• Eagle Ridge Road: Electronics worth $1,568 stolen from home. Damage to home: $200.

• Moultrie Road: Electronics worth $1,200 stolen.

• McCalley Court: Jewelry worth $1,265 stolen from home.Damage to home: $400.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND

BURGLARY

• Southern Roof & Wood Care, Island Drive: Computer worth $500 stolen. Window shattered. Damage: $200.

THEFT

• Big Oak Street: Jewelry worth $7,200 stolen.

Compiled by Patrick Donohue and Renee Dudley