Police

MYRTLE BEACH

Three women report assault

Three women said a 31-year-old man assaulted them, according to a police report.

Edward David Yoskovich of Myrtle Beach is charged with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature and two counts of third degree assault and battery, according to Myrtle Beach police.

Police were called for a domestic dispute at an apartment on the 2000 block of S.C. 15 in Myrtle Beach Friday morning. The three victims were outside and said Yoskovich was in the home. He answered the door, but refused to lie on the ground when police told him to and instead tried to enter the kitchen, the report said. Police used a Taser on him and restrained him.

A 20-year-old woman said she woke up cold, laying next to Yoskovich and asked for the blanket when they started arguing. Yoskovich is accused of ripping her clothes off and using her shirt in an attempt to strangle her, according to the report.

Police said the woman ran into a room where a juvenile girl was sleeping and phoned her mother, who became the third victim. The mother came to the house and found her daughter and the juvenile locked in a bedroom. She said Yoskovich threw a laundry basket that hit her in the lip.

The juvenile told police her 20-year-old friend came into her room naked with red marks on her chest and neck and was followed by Yoskovich. She said she got in front of him and told him to stop, but he pushed her to the floor, the report said.

All three victims declined medical treatment. Police found bruises on the neck of the 20-year-old along with several cut marks on her upper body. The other two did not have apparent wounds, the report said.

Yoskovitch has two prior convictions on criminal domestic violence charges in the last 10 years according to Myrtle Beach police.

MYRTLE BEACH

Accused shoplifter wanted in Charlotte

Myrtle Beach police arrested a man wanted in Charlotte, N.C., after he was caught shoplifting in the city, according to a police report.

Juan Miguel Lopez, 27, of Charlotte, was taken into custody after officers were called at 12:05 a.m. Friday to the 900 block of North Ocean Boulevard for a shoplifting incident, police said.

MYRTLE BEACH

Sisters assaulted with flat iron

Two women told Myrtle Beach police they were injured when a 21-year-old man hit and burned one of them with a flat iron because they refused to allow him to drive without a license, according to a police report.

Officers were called about 9 p.m. Thursday to the LaQuinta Inn at 4709 N. Kings Highway where the trio was staying, police said.

A 21-year-old woman and her 25-year-old sister were staying with the younger woman’s boyfriend from Akron, Ohio, in the room, according to the report. The younger victim told officers the man wanted the car keys to go out with friends, but the victim refused because he does not have a valid driver’s license.

The victim said the man, grabbed her by the neck, choked her and punched her in the face several times, according to the report. The 25-year-old woman told the man she was calling police, and the man hit her in the chest several times, according to police.

The woman said the man then grabbed a flat iron and burned her on the chest. The man fled when the older victim called police.

Police planned to seek an arrest warrant from a judge.

Local

LORIS

Precinct changing for runoff election

The east Loris polling place will move from the Loris Elementary School to the Loris High School and will affect voters in the upcoming June 26 runoff election, according to information from the Horry County Voter Registration office.

Construction was the reason for the move. The high school is located at 301 Loris Lions Road in Loris.

For questions or more information, call the voter registration office at 915-5440.

From staff reports