MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – Two men were charged with armed robbery and kidnapping after an incident at an Ocean Boulevard hotel.
According Myrtle Beach Police Department booking records, Derick Scott Perry, 23, and Christopher Dewayne Ford, 23, were arrested.
Perry is charged with armed robbery, kidnapping, and burglary in the first degree.
Ford is charged with armed robbery, kidnapping, burglary in the first degree, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and unlawful carrying of a pistol.
Officers responded to the South Bay Hotel, located at 520 N. Ocean Blvd., around 1:45 p.m. on February 19, according to an incident report from the Myrtle Beach Police Department. Upon arriving, officers spoke with a female victim, who reportedly stated that she was inside her hotel room when an old friend knocked on the door. When she went to answer the door, the victim reportedly saw the two suspects standing in the door and they allegedly forced their way inside.
One suspect allegedly had a gun and pointed it at both victims while inside the room before taking the wallet of one of the victims.
Officers spoke with another victim, who stated he was inside the hotel room when one of the suspects was supposed to come over to play videos games. When the suspect knocked on the door, this victim said they didn’t know the second suspect was there too. Both suspects allegedly forced their way into the room and asked the victims were the money was. This victim reportedly told the suspects that his wallet was in his car.
Both suspects then reportedly started looking through the room and found a wallet belonging to the female victim, before running out of the room, adds the report. The female victim said her wallet had about $200 cash inside.
According to the report, the suspects were seen on security footage entering the hotel, getting on to the elevator, standing at the victim’s hotel room door, running out of the room, and running west on Ocean Blvd., before leaving camera view in an unknown direction.
The report also said that after further speaking with the victims, officers learned that the female victim posted to her Snapchat that she was in town, and that one of the suspects saw it and messaged the victim to hang out. The victim reportedly agreed, and both victims and this suspect met at a bar.
The male victim reportedly stated that while they were at the bar, this suspect saw that he had a lot of cash in his wallet and this was why they asked to hang out.