Unlocked door alert leads to finding a Lady’s Island church damaged

A member of Grace Chapel AME Church on Lady’s Island received an alert that a door was unlocked Friday afternoon, leading to the discovery of some costly damages.

Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office deputies met the key-holding member at the Holly Hall Road church around 1 p.m. when the man found about $5,000 worth of damages to an awning, according to a Sheriff’s Office report. The man told deputies the damages had not been there when he left the church around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.

The man told deputies the reverend would review the church’s surveillance cameras to see if they revealed anything about the damages.

This story was originally published July 16, 2017 at 1:09 PM with the headline "Unlocked door alert leads to finding a Lady’s Island church damaged."