2 arrested in connection with Loris cemetery robbery on Christmas Eve

A 21-year-old North Carolina woman and a 25-year-old man from Conway have been arrested in connection with the Christmas Eve armed robbery at a Loris cemetery, where a woman was reportedly choked.

Police have charged Chelsea Jordan Scott, of Wilmington, and Zackery Gage Faircloth with armed robbery, online jail records show. They were both arrested Thursday and remain behind bars at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center as of Friday afternoon.

After a 47-year-old woman caught a ride to a Loris cemetery on Christmas Eve, she told police she was choked and robbed by two suspects, one a man and one a woman.

According to an Horry County police report, an officer responded to Fowler School Road in Loris around 8 p.m. When he arrived, a woman told him she was approached by another woman at the Speedway gas station at 5370 Broad St.

The victim then told the officer she caught a ride in a red Ford Explorer with the woman to Graham Cemetery, located off of Wigley Road in Loris.

When they arrived at the cemetery, a man jumped out from the back of the Explorer and told the victim he had a gun, according to the report.

The man then choked the woman, demanded her belongings and stole her phone and wallet, she told police.

Inside the woman’s wallet was $90 in cash, her driver’s license, debit card, medical card and social security number.

This story was originally published December 29, 2017 at 4:01 PM with the headline "2 arrested in connection with Loris cemetery robbery on Christmas Eve."