An Horry County grand jury has returned several indictments, including those against a couple already facing multiple kidnapping and armed robbery charges in Myrtle Beach and a former Waccamaw EOC board member on a weapon charge, according to court records.
Geri Elizabeth Hamilton, 44, of Simpsonville, and Bernard Foster, 39, of Greenville, were each indicted on a charge of armed robbery related to an Aug. 10 robbery at the Budget Inn in the unincorporated area of Horry County, according to the indictments.
Each was indicted last month on nine kidnapping charges and six armed robbery charges related to robberies in July and August, according to court records.
The crimes the two are accused of include the July 27 robbery of the Sea Palms Motel; the July 31 robbery of a Check Into Cash; the Aug. 4 robbery of the Holiday Shores; the Aug. 5 robbery of the Sun Fun Motel; and the Aug. 9 robbery of the Boardwalk Beach Resort, according to the indictments.
Police arrested the couple on Aug. 12 after they were stopped on unrelated traffic charges. Hamilton also faces charges of turning unlawfully and disregarding a stop sign.
In the robberies, a man armed with a gun demanded money from the clerk or employee, police said. At the motels, the man first inquired about getting a room.
Foster is being held without bail, while Hamilton's bond was set at $240,000. Both are being held at J. Reuben Long Detention Center.
Abdullah Mustafa, 46, of Conway, was indicted on a charge of pointing and presenting a weapon.
Horry County police arrested Mustafa on Sept. 7 on the charge that stemmed from an incident that occurred three days earlier, according to authorities.
An Horry County police report says that Mustafa went to the home of a former girlfriend in Little River at about 5:30 a.m. Sept. 4, and confronted her and a male friend in her bedroom.
The report says that Mustafa allegedly held a pistol to the woman's forehead "yelling and screaming obscenities at them both."
The noise awakened the woman's daughter who walked into the bedroom and began to cry, the report says.
At that time, according to the report, Mustafa fled from the apartment.
The woman told police that Mustafa later telephoned her to say that she would have to rely on her male friend if she wanted to go anywhere during the day. She looked into the parking lot, she said, and saw that her car was gone.
The report said the woman told police that Mustafa had keys to her apartment and car because "he helps her out from time to time."
The report said that police later contacted Mustafa by telephone and he denied he had a gun.
He admitted he spoke to the woman, but claimed there was no altercation.
Mustafa also told police that he did not have the woman's car, according to the report.
The woman did not want to press charges, the report said, but her male friend did.
Mustafa was at the center of the controversy over improper board actions at the Conway-based Waccamaw EOC.
The agency gives federal funds for weatherization, rent and mortgage assistance and other entitlements to low-income residents in Horry, Georgetown and Williamsburg counties.
Jonathan Allen Miller, 20, of LaGrange, Calif., was indicted on charges of assault and battery with intent to kill and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, according to indictments.
The charges stemmed from an incident that occurred on May 30 in Myrtle Beach.
Miller is being held at J. Reuben Long Detention Center on $40,000 bond.
Harold C. Stevenson, 34, of Little River, was indicted on a charge of ill treatment to animals, according to indictments.
The charge stemmed from an incident on June 17. Stevenson was arrested by Horry County police.
Elena Skeens Huggins, 45, of Conway, was indicted on three counts of impersonating a law enforcement officer and two counts of obtaining prescription drugs by fraud or deceit, according to the indictments. The charges stemmed from an incident on Aug. 1 and Huggins was arrested by Aynor police on Aug. 17.
She was released the next day on $3,500 bail from the detention center.
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