Crime & Public Safety

High-end handbags stolen from Hilton Head apartment

A Hilton Head woman is without over $10,000 in items after her apartment was burglarized over the weekend.

The woman’s Folly Field Road home was broken into between 5 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office report.

When she arrived home, she found a an outdoor key safe open and her closet in disarray. The only items missing were an iPhone 7 valued at $700 and two Louis Vuitton purses with a combined value of $10,000.

The woman told a deputy that she suspected an ex-boyfriend who, she said, “had not taken their breakup well,” the report said.

The deputy found no signs of forced entry.

Caitlin Turner: 843-706-8184, @Cait_E_Turner

This story was originally published April 5, 2017 at 1:36 PM with the headline "High-end handbags stolen from Hilton Head apartment."

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