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HORRY COUNTY

Man wanted in shooting returned to Horry

A Tennessee man wanted in connection with a 2008 fatal shooting has been returned to Horry County after being charged earlier this month.

Charles Henderson Mullins, 26, was booked into J. Reuben Long Detention Center on Friday on charges of murder, first-degree burglary and armed robbery, according to jail records. He was arrested by the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office in Tennessee.

The charges stemmed from the Sept. 15, 2008, homicide of Kelly Joe Elliott, who was found dead in his Loris area home from a gunshot wound.

Also facing the same charges in the incident are Bradley G. Mullins, 32, Anthony Earl Ray, 33, and Arlie Eugene Mullins, 34. They will be formally charged upon their extradition to Horry County.

Bradley Mullins is an inmate at the Red Onion State Prison in Virginia on unrelated charges. He will be extradited to Horry County upon completion of his sentence there.

Ray was arrested by the Johnston County Sheriff's Office in North Carolina and is also awaiting extradition to Horry County.

Arlie Mullins was arrested by the Monongalia County Sheriff's Office in West Virginia and is currently awaiting extradition.

MYRTLE BEACH

Police search for car driver in bike wreck

Myrtle Beach police searched for the driver of a vehicle that caused a motorcyclist to drop his bike while stopped along Ocean Boulevard, according to a police report.

A 31-year-old man told police he was driving his 2007 Harley Davidson motorcycle about 7:20 p.m. Sunday when a vehicle started following him too closely along North Ocean Boulevard, police said.

The man said when he pulled up at Fifth Avenue North the vehicle tapped the motorcycle, which caused the man to drop it, according to the report. The man was hurt during the incident, but the motorcycle had scratches and a broken mirror.

Police searched the area, but did not locate a suspect.

MYRTLE BEACH

2 men charged in woman's kidnapping

Myrtle Beach police charged two men after a 22-year-old woman said she was held against her will inside a motel room with them, assaulted by one of the men and shown a video of a baby being put inside a microwave, according to a police report.

Scenca Devon Benning, 33, was charged with kidnapping and first-degree assault and battery and David Wayne Keeno, 54, was charged with disorderly conduct, police said. Benning is being held at J. Reuben Long on $70,000 bond, while Keeno was released Saturday.

The woman told officers at 11 p.m. Friday she had been held against her will inside a room of the White Sands Motel at 708 N. Kings Highway, according to the report.

The woman said she knew Benning through friends and had met him as she walked to visit another friend at the motel.

The woman said Benning carried her through a grassy field to avoid sand spurs and was friendly to her until they got to near a room where he pulled her inside and held her there for three hours. The woman said he showed her a video of the baby and told her gang members did that to his child and he was going to do the same thing to her.

The woman said Benning threatened to stab her with scissors, threatened to drown her in a bathtub and hit her in the face when she called out for help, according to the report.

The woman said Keeno was in the room, but appeared to be afraid of Benning during the incident.

The woman pulled away from Benning and ran for help. Witnesses reported the woman ran out screaming and Benning ran out and fled the area.

MYRTLE BEACH

Man arrested on peeping Tom charge

A Myrtle Beach man was arrested on a charge of being a peeping Tom after police saw him looking through a window and then found him hiding in a ditch after he ran from officers, according to an Horry County police report.

Landon Steve Boiling, 29, was arrested after officers were called to a home in Horry County for the incident, police said. The report did show the address of the location where the incident occurred.

An officer drove through the area at 2:30 a.m. Saturday and did not see any suspicious activity. At 3:15 a.m. the officer was sent back to the area for someone looking in a window and saw Boiling looking through a window of a trailer.

The officer tried to approach Boiling, but he ran and officers later found him hiding in a ditch, according to the report. A woman in the home identified Boiling as a former boyfriend.

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MYRTLE BEACH

Average price of gas climbs 3.4 cents

The average retail price of gasoline increased 3.4 cents per gallon last week with prices an average of $3.63 per gallon on Sunday, according to

MyrtleBeachGasPrices.com.

The national average increased 3.7 cents per gallon with the price averaging $3.80 per gallon. Prices were 95.1 cents per gallon higher than the same time a year ago and 23.5 cents per gallon higher than a month ago, according to the site.

The national average has increased 27.4 cents per gallon during the past month and stands 93.5 cents per gallon higher than a year ago.