in Davis' murder

Staff Writer

A Newberry woman is accused of aiding murder suspect Derrick Ruff.

Laquidra Monique Eigner, 22, of 1590 Oxner Road, was charged Thursday by the Union County Sheriff's Office with being an accessory after the fact of a murder. Her arrest warrant, signed by Lt. Kenneth Riddle, said she assisted Ruff by taking him to Commerce, Ga., and getting a motel room for him in her name on Aug. 21.

Ms. Eigner was released from the Union County Jail Friday on $40,000 surety bond.

Deputies are still looking for Ruff, 27, of 146 Grant Acres Way, Prosperity, who will be charged with murder in the Aug. 18 shooting of Kelvin Davis. Davis, 19, was killed at his home on 147 Woodberry Drive during a home invasion and robbery.

A second suspect in the case, 25-year-old Patrick Troy Rice, of 617 Evans St., Whitmire, surrendered to deputies Thursday morning.

Miriam Elise Dickert, 17, of 508 Eaves Road, was charged Tuesday with accessory after the fact of a murder. She is accused of assisting Rice as he left the area for Thomasville, N.C., staying with him and helping him avoid law enforcement.

Sheriff Howard Wells said authorities want to question two more men in Davis' death.

Thefts

On 470 Rogerstown Road, Jonesville, a victim told Cpl. Jeff Wright that someone took two vehicles from the woods behind his house sometime between Aug. 15 and Aug. 21. The stolen vehicles are a 1969 Volkswagen worth $400 and a blue and gray 1990 Chevrolet Blazer worth $2,000.

On 109 Morris Farm Road, a victim told Deputy Roxie Belue Thursday that someone took four mobile home axles from the edge of his property. These are worth $200.

Also on Thursday, a woman told Wright that someone took her portable Polaroid DVD player from her car while it was parked in front of the Salvation Army Community Center on Buffalo-West Springs Highway. It is worth $250.

Counterfeit bill

Someone passed a counterfeit $10 bill at Li'L Cricket on 803 South Pinckney St. A clerk told Cpl. Dell Mitchell with the Union Public Safety Department that she received the bill sometime between 11 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. on Thursday.

Teacher's phone stolen

At Union County High School, a teacher told Cpl. Jerome Beatty that someone took her cell phone from her classroom Thursday. The pink Blackberry phone is worth $200.

Vandalism

Also on Thursday, a woman at Fairforest Apartments on 221 East Main St. told Mitchell that someone damaged her clothes. The woman said she put her clothes in the washing machine on the second floor. When she came back, someone had put bleach on her clothes. They were worth $100.