Blue Light Special | Rounding up the area’s weirdest, wildest crime

Doctor’s orders

The party was over for a North Carolina doctor who was stopped and charged with a DUI after he left the Masters gentleman’s club, authorities said.

Myrtle Beach police stopped Kevin Dul, 54, about 1:45 a.m. near U.S. 17 Bypass and U.S. 501 after seeing him speed by about 15 miles over the area limit in his black Mercedes.

Police said they smelled alcohol after speaking with Dul, and said Dul’s red eyes and slurred speech gave him away even further.

Dul said he was coming from the “Masters Club” and that he had four beers, so cops had him do a classic field sobriety test, according to the report.

Police said Dul struggled to keep his balance during field tests, so he was taken to the Myrtle Beach Jail and charged with DUI.

Dul told cops he had taken the prescription drug Oxycontin for back pain earlier that evening, too.

Officers said Dul refused to give them a breath sample, and he was given a notice of suspension.

Dul is listed as an “MD” on the North Carolina Medical Board website. His profile on the website says he has no convictions for a DUI, but that will probably be changing soon.

Elizabeth Townsend

Food Fight

It’s common in some situations to hurl food at another person in anger.

A little mashed potato on a spoon generally makes a good launcher in the school cafeteria.

In a recent incident, a woman turned the tables and allegedly ran over a man during a fight over a cinnamon bun.

The scrap happened Feb. 25 on 28th Avenue North, police said.

Amy Joe Derepentigny, 34, who is now charged with attempted murder for her part in the food-based scrabble, told police that she warned the man she was about to run over him.

The two were arguing over the cost of a cinnamon bun, she said.

Well, that explains it.

Reports say that she also had a child with her when the argument became heated.

After a warning, Derepentigny reportedly accelerated her 2000 Ford Explorer and nearly hit the man, police said.

In addition to attempted murder, she is also charged with disorderly conduct and unlawful neglect of a child.

Kelly Fuller

Bag of Bones

Residents of the Earles community were startled this past week when a tarp containing skeletal remains were found in a swamp off McCants Road.

The discovery in an isolated area of Williamsburg County sent numerous investigators scrambling to the scene.

The black plastic tarp, with “bones and other debris,” was found when a beaver dam was being cleared from the area.

Creepy.

Police combed the area and sent the remains to the Medical University of South Carolina for closer examination. Experts from the Center for United Effort, from Wilmington, (N.C.) also became involved in the case.

It was unknown at the time whether the bones were animal or human, investigators said.

By Friday, it was revealed that the remains were not human.

SLED officials said the bones were likely either “deer, or bobcat.’’

No word on why someone would dump a deer, or a bobcat, in a swamp.

Kelly Fuller

Lottery Losers

Nine people, including six from Horry County, are now going to the slammer after being sentenced in federal court for cheating older people.

The scammers also have repay the money they took from innocent people from across the country, according to information from Bill Nettles, the U.S. Attorney for South Carolina.

The amount they need to pay back is around $1 million, according to prosecutors.

Darn right, they should repay it.

The fake lottery involved a lot of unwary, older people, who were told they needed to pay a tax or fee to collect their prize.

The prison sentences range from 156 months in prison to six months, plus six months of home detention.

At least 18 people were involved, investigators said. Some have already been sentenced.

Local people recently sentenced were: Wayne Duffus, 30; Jaclyn Freeman, 24; Damion McLeish, 34; Denisha Robinson, 27; Cameo West, 27; and Johnte Vereen, 32.

Kelly Fuller

This story was originally published April 9, 2015 at 7:00 AM with the headline "Blue Light Special | Rounding up the area’s weirdest, wildest crime."