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Man indicted after 4-year-old assaulted

A Conway man was indicted on a charge he sexually assaulted a 4-year-old girl, according to court records.

John William Kinman, 62, was indicted on a charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor that stemmed from incidents that occurred between Oct. 1 and Oct. 31, according to the indictment.

Kinman is being held at J. Reuben Long Detention Center on $50,000 bail.

CONWAY

3 indicted after May home invasion

Two women and a man are indicted on charges related to a Conway home invasion that occurred in May, according to court records.

Julia Maria Navarro-Jacquin, 32, of Conway, was indicted on two counts of accessory before the fact of a felony related to a burglary and kidnapping and criminal conspiracy, according to the incidents.

Veronica Navarro, 41, of Conway, was indicted on a charge of criminal conspiracy and accessory before the fact of a felony related to burglary.

Michael Cornelius Richburg, 48, of Loris, was indicted on charges of kidnapping, first-degree burglary and criminal conspiracy.

The charges against the trio stem from a May 6 incident when police said a woman reported she was bound inside a Conway apartment. The woman went to a salon near her apartment in the 1800 block of Sessions Street with her hands bound and asked for help. Police and EMS responded to the area and took the woman to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

HORRY COUNTY

Man indicted on 4 sexual assaults

An Horry County grand jury indicted a Conway man on charges related to the sexual assault of four different minors under the age of 16, according to court records.

Shannon D. Simmons, 32, was indicted on two counts of criminal solicitation of a minor involving two 11-year-olds; lewd act on a minor involving a 15-year-old and second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor involving a 13-year-old, according to indictments.

The charges stemmed from incidents that occurred between March and April 19, according to court records.

Conway police arrested Simmons April 19 when he turned himself in to police.

He is jailed at J. Reuben Long Detention Center on $50,000 bail.

MYRTLE BEACH

Police: Robber sought for 2 holdups

Myrtle Beach police are searching for a man suspected in at least two armed robberies, according to Capt. David Knipes.

The most recent incident occurred Wednesday at the Holiday Shores at 7501 N. Ocean Blvd., Knipes said.

A man went into the hotel office and asked about a roomthen left and returned soon afterward.. He pulled a gun from under his shirt and demanded money from the hotel employee, according to police.

The robber took money from the cash register before he ran away.

Knipes said the man could be the same person who robbed a payday lender during the weekend.

In that incident a man armed with a handgun robbed a check-cashing business about 2 p.m. Saturday at 1519 N. Kings Highway, police said.

The gunman forced the employee to the ground and took all the money in the cash drawer before running from the business.

MYRTLE BEACH

N.C. man charged in pharmacy break-in

A North Carolina man was charged with trying to break into the pharmacy inside Myrtle Beach's Kmart, according to a police report.

Roger Lee Williams, 38, of Thomasville, N.C., was charged with second-degree burglary after police were called at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday to the store located at 1403 N. Kings Highway, police said.

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GEORGETOWN

St. Frances Animal Center reopens

The St. Frances Animal Center in Georgetown will reopen today, three weeks after a canine distemper outbreak forced it to close.

Executive director Nancy Campos said last week that the disinfection process was finished and that shelter officials have completed what they needed to do.

The shelter, which closed after two distemper outbreaks occurred within weeks of each other, has remained closed to ensure there are no new outbreaks.

Campos said that in honor of the shelter reopening reduced adoption fees will be offered.

"Our animals are anxious and awaiting the people to come in and see them and provide homes for them," she said.

She said the public has been supportive of the shelter, continuing to call to ask about animals posted on its website.

Campos said they are looking forward to the people coming in "to put their hands on them and meet them face to face, or I might say nose to nose."

Area shelters have had problems the past couple years with distemper, a sometimes fatal canine virus transmitted through the air that can have symptoms similar to an upper respiratory infection.

The Grand Strand Humane Society and the Horry County Humane Society both closed temporarily during the winter of 2009 due to distemper.

The Horry County Humane Society shelter was taken over by Horry County in July 2009, partly because of the distemper outbreak.