320 Commercial Batteries Missing from TWC

A Time Warner Cable employee told Summerville Police that 320 commercial batteries, valued at $200 each, are missing from the facility on 410 Trolley Road.

On Jan. 4, police arrested James Laprade of North Charleston and Paul Romon Watson after a neighboring resident witnessed them allegedly at the facility after hours and driving a sedan through a cut hole in the fence. Executing a traffic stop, police found $3,000 worth of commercial batteries — or 15 batteries — in their possession, according to the incident report. 

"Those batteries are from my work ... I'm not supposed to have them," Laprade allegedly told the police. 

When police searched the TWC property, what appeared to be human feces was also located between two vehicles, according to the report. The report does not state whether or not Laprade was employed by the company. 

Both suspects were placed under arrest for grand larceny and malicious injury to real property. In addition to those charges, both face charges of obtaining nonferrous metals unlawfully and possession of implements of a crime.

Their court date is Feb. 2. Watson also had an outstanding bench warrant with North Charleston Police for simple possession of marijuana.