Assembly Street CVS robbed on Saturday
The CVS store located at 900 Assembly St. was robbed around 9 p.m. on Saturday, The State reported.
According to the clerk, the man acted like he was armed but never showed a weapon. He demanded money from a clerk at the pharmacy, but no one was injured.
The man was described as white, estimated to be between the ages of 35-40 and wearing a beard. He was wearing a long-sleeve green shirt, khaki pants and a dark blue baseball clap emblazoned with gold letters spelling out the word ‘Navy.’
The Columbia Police Deparment is currently investigating this robbery.
The amount stolen has not been specified.
According to The State, the CVS store located at on the 3500 block of Harden St., about a mile away from the Assembly Street location, was robbed on Sept. 20. Police are currently working to determine if the robberies are connected.
Police officer accused of pawning weapon
Police officer Tybee Stuart Stroman, 24, of Orangeburg, SC was accused of pawning his service weapon, WLTX reported.
Stroman has been charged with one count of breach of trust with fraudulent intent valued at $2,000 or less.
Stroman’s arrest warrants states that he went to a pawn shop and pawned his Remington shotgun and Glock pistol for money on Sept. 15. Officers also reported that he pumped gas into his personal vehicles and charged it to the Norway Police Department throughout August and September.
According to the warrant, the gas and guns were valued at a combined total of $1,600.
Funeral held for Tucker Hipps Sunday
More than 1,000 people attended Clemson student Tucker Hipps’ funeral at Rock Springs Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon, The State reported.
Hipps, 19, was reported missing last week after an early morning run with his fraternity brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon and was found dead in Hartwell Lake later that day.
Hipps’ fraternity brothers and other participants from Boys State were among the funeral attendees. The funeral was full of orange floral arrangements.
“This time last Sunday, Tucker was here with us in body and spirit ... as surreal as that seems now,” Rock Springs pastor David Gallamore said.
After the two-hour service, hundreds of mourners followed the hearse to a cemetery adjacent to the church for final words at the gravesite.
Investigators from Oconee County are still working to determine what happened, but Sheriff Mike Crenshaw stated that foul play does not seem to have been involved. Fraternity officials at the university and national levels are also conducting an investigation.