A South Carolina Police Department has honored one of its officers for rescuing a woman who was allegedly forced to take a suspect from a crime site by driving her away.
The North Myrtle Beach Police Department posted a Facebook message for “Way To Go Wednesday” to recognize Officer Wallace‘s actions during her patrol of U.S. Highway 17 at North Myrtle Beach in the early morning hours on May 28.
Wallace stopped a white Jeep at a highway intersection that morning around 5:30 am. The Jeep had driven through a stop sign.
Wallace was talking to the other passengers in the car when he noticed that the woman driving appeared “distressed.” When the man sitting in the passenger’s seat didn’t look at her, the woman mouthed the words “help me” several times.
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North Myrtle Beach Police Officer Wallace has been praised for her “proactive patrolling” that led to the rescues of a kidnapped driver and a wanted man in connection with an incident.
The officer heard the woman’s voice and took the man out of the car. She placed him on the back seat in her patrol vehicle.
Wallace returned to the Jeep to speak to the woman who told him “franticly” that the man just shot someone.
A BOLO (Be On the Lookout alert) was broadcast over the radio shortly afterward for a vehicle that had been involved in an incident outside The Waterway House restaurant in the Myrtle Beach region.
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According to WMBF, the man was later identified as Collins Bates. He was arrested for his involvement in the shooting. North Myrtle Beach Police reported that a pistol found under the seat was illegally carried.
Collins Bates is facing multiple charges including kidnapping, attempted murder and more in connection with an incident that occurred outside The Waterway House on May 28, 2023.
According to a Horry County Police report obtained by WMBF, Bates allegedly shot a person in the stomach in front of the restaurant and then forced the woman driving the Jeep away from the scene.
WMBF reported that, according to the same police report, the gun found inside the vehicle matched the caliber found on the scene.
Bates is being held in the J. Reuben Long Detention Center on multiple charges, which include attempted murder and kidnapping. He is being held in jail without bond.
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Wallace was praised by the department for “proactively patrolling the city’s roads” “even in the last 30 minutes of [her] shift.”
North Myrtle Beach Police wrote: “Our department and community are lucky to have Officer Wallace.” “Great Job!”
