I swear, I was nowhere near there! :-)

Myrtle Beach Police Department Incident Report (pdf)
(File# 01-06-058085, 15 Jul 2006)

OFFICERS CLEARY AND PRESTON RESPONDED TO 204 11TH AVE. N.,( IN THE CITY LIMITS OF MYRTLE BEACH ) IN RESPONSE TO A REPORT OF AN ASSAULT, WHERE BOTH PARTIES WERE STILL ON SCENE. UPON ARRIVAL OFFICERS MET WITH THE SUSPECT ( SAMUEL MINTER ) AND THE VICTIM ( KAREN JACKSON ). MS. JACKSON REPORTED THAT MR. MINTER AND SHE HAD BEEN ARGUING BECAUSE MR. MINTER HAD BEEN HIGHLY DISRUPTIVE AS A RESULT OF CONSUMING BEER SINCE THE PREVIOUS DAY. MS. JACKSON ALSO REPORTED THAT MR. MINTER THREW A CIGARETTE LIGHTER AT HER AND SAME MADE CONTACT WITH HER UPPER LIP. TWO OTHER WITNESSES ON SCENE CONFIRMED MS. JACKSON’S STATEMENT AND ALL COMPLETED WRITTEN WITNESS STATEMENTS.

MS. JACKSON STATED THAT MR. MINTER HAS BEEN HER BOYFRIEND FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AND THAT THE TWO OF THEM LIVE TOGETHER IN FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.. MR. MINTER WAS ARRESTED ON SCENE FOR CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

MR. MINTER WAS HIGHLY INTOXICATED AND HAD DIFFICULTY ANSWERING QUESTIONS. MS. JACKSON PROVIDED MR. MINTER’S FULL NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH. THIS INFORMATION WAS USED TO OBTAIN MR. MINTER’S CRIMINAL HISTORY WHICH SHOWED NO PRIOR CONVICTIONS FOR CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. MR. MINTER WAS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 1ST OFFENSE.

MS. JACKSON DID HAVE A VERY SMALL AREA OF DISCOLORATION TO HER UPPER LEFT INNER LIP, WITH NO SWELLING. MS. JACKSON DENIED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A MYRTLE BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PACKET AND VICTIMS’ ADVOCATE PAPERWORK WERE COMPLETED. CORPORAL HUNT WAS ADVISED.