By Mike McCombs
The Island News
As a result of forensic evidence uncovered in their investigation, on Thursday, March 21, the Town of Port Royal Police identified a suspect in relation to a Summer 2023 car theft.
According to a Friday news release, warrants for Kidnapping and Grand Larceny of a Motor Vehicle have been obtained for 33-year-old Quantrell Hills of Beaufort.
Anyone with information on Hills’ whereabouts is advised to call the Port Royal Police non-emergency dispatch number at 843-524-2777 or file an anonymous online tip at https://www.portroyal.org/285/Submit-a-Police-Report. Please reference case #23PR16136.
Last summer, Hills allegedly stole a car with an occupant inside and crashed it before fleeing on foot.
Around 9:40 p.m., Thursday, July 13, Town of Port Royal Police officers were assisting the Beaufort Police with a single-vehicle accident on Battery Creek Road.
While on that scene, Port Royal officers were dispatched to a stolen vehicle report from Yummy restaurant at 1370 Ribaut Road. As more information was dispatched to officers, it was discovered that the vehicle involved in the accident on Battery Creek was the vehicle that had been stolen, and that there was an adult occupant in the vehicle when it was taken.
According to the occupant, he was waiting in the backseat of the vehicle that had been left running while the driver went into the restaurant. A subject entered the vehicle and drove off toward Battery Creek Road.
When the vehicle crashed, the suspect got out of the vehicle and fled on foot. The suspect was described at the time as a Black male with a skinny build, about 6 feet tall, with short unkempt hair and a close cut beard. The subject was wearing a dark t-shirt with grey on it. The occupant of the vehicle was unharmed during the incident.
Mike McCombs is the Editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.
