A 15-year-old Union County High School student’s refusal to surrender his cell phone and his expressing a desire to hit a school official won him a trip to the Union Public Safety Department and a charge of disorderly conduct.

The incident occurred shortly before noon Monday when a public safety officer was summoned to the assistant principal’s office. When he arrived, the officer was told the student had become disorderly over surrendering his cell phone in accordance with school policy. Despite the presence of the officer, the student continued to refuse to surrender his phone and said he should have hit the assistant principal in the face.

The teen was taken into custody and transported to the public safety department where he was charged and later released to his mother.

Investigations

The public safety department is investigating the theft of some fire-damaged items from a residence at 115 Highland Drive. The victim told officers someone had entered his home sometime between 7 p.m. Oct. 30 and 4 p.m. Sunday and stole a Gateway computer, Nintendo WII, X-Box 360, a metal detector, a Dell laptop, Bango, an electric leaf blower, a weed eater, some drinking glasses and a 22-inch monitor. The items had been damaged in an Oct. 17 fire.

Also under investigation is the theft of $300 worth of vehicle parts. The victim told officers sometime between 1 p.m. Saturday and 9:25 a.m. Monday, someone stole a tire and rim from a vehicle parked next to a building at 312 South Pinckney St.

Other Investigations

The Union County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of $1,000 from a residence at 426 Pineland Road. The victim told deputies the money was stolen from her home sometime between 7-10 a.m. Oct. 22.

Deputies are also investigating an act of malicious damage to a vacant house at 211 Drugstore St. The incident occurred sometime between 3 p.m. Oct. 29 and 11:50 a.m. Monday. The owner told deputies he'd recently installed new windows. Two window panes were broken and a screen was ripped, causing $90 worth of damage.

Arrests

Trent Demario Murphy, 19, 401 Kaleb Mart Drive, Spartanburg, charged Monday by the public safety department with no S.C. Driver’s License and speeding.

Thomas J. Elston, 18, 206 Hancock St., Union, charged Tuesday by the sheriff’s office with minor consumption of liquor.

Clyde Henry Gilliam, 58, 406 Fairforest Apts., Union, charged Monday by the sheriff’s office with trespassing after notice.

David Sanlin, 17, 1418 Peach Orchard Road, Union, issued a citation Monday by the sheriff’s office for breach of peace.