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Volume 20 • Issue 25
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May 16, 2025
Wow, how quickly four years as Mayor has gone!
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hile much has been accomplished, there is still much more to do, which is why I’m announcing that I will be running for reelection for mayor this fall. I’m grateful for your support during my first term and the encouragement from many of you to go for Mayor Pounds. another four years. As many of you know, my journey serving our city began in 2010, when my wife, Laurie, and I first moved to the island. We joined the IOP Methodist Church, where I served on the Finance Committee. I then became a board member of the Wild Dunes Community Association. Eight years later, I joined the Planning Commission, which is responsible for reviewing large-scale, strategic projects for IOP. During this time, I heard neighbors’ concerns, which weren’t being met, and ran for City Council hoping to help. I was fortunate enough to win a seat on City Council and began serving in 2020— arguably the worst year ever to start a (continued on page 2) political career during
SUNRISE PRESBYTERIAN R E L E A S E S S TAT E M E N T O N M AY 1 I N C I D E N T
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BY REV. DR. VANCE POLLEY
he following statement was released by Rev. Dr. Vance Polley, Pastor of Sunrise Presbyterian Church regarding the May 1 hit-and-run incident on their property: Friends, You may have already heard about the hit and run at Sunrise today. Tragically, it was not an accident. The individual intentionally drove his vehicle at Veritas children on recess in the big field at the church. He drove from Jasper Blvd. across the field towards Middle Street. He then circled back. He hit two children and a mother. One child was treated on the scene (continued on page 2) and released to parents.
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Justin Collin Adams, 36, of Mauldin, South Carolina, was apprehended several hours after the incident in a boat docked behind a home on Jasper Boulevard.
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Sullivan’s Driver Charged with Three Counts of Attempted Murder
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BY BRIAN SHERMAN
wo children and an adult were injured May 1 when a man drove a car at a high rate of speed across the parking lot and into the playground at Sunrise Presbyterian Church on Sullivan’s Island. Justin Collin Adams, 36, of Mauldin, South Carolina, has been charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of assault and battery in the first degree, according to the Charleston County Sheriff’s Department. He fled the scene on foot and was apprehended several hours after the incident in a boat docked behind a home in the 3200 block of Jasper Boulevard. As of May 2, he was being held at the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center in North Charleston. According to Sullivan’s Island Police Chief Glenn Meadows, officers from his department were dispatched to a call at 12:46 p.m. in the 2700 block of I’On Avenue concerning a person who was armed with a knife. Moments later, a call from the Charleston County Consolidated
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Dispatch Center indicated that the suspect had left the scene in a black sedan. A second emergency call reported that a black sedan had struck several victims at the church, which is located at 3222 Middle St. According to the Sheriff’s Department, Adams drove the 2018 black Chevrolet Malibu across the parking lot and into the playground area, where it struck a 12-year-old boy, who was transported to a local hospital. The vehicle, still traveling at a high rate of speed, “appeared to chase the children as they ran,” according to the Department’s description of offense report. The car then struck a teacher, who was thrown over the hood and roof of the vehicle. Adams apparently continued his rampage on a sidewalk where children were running for cover and struck a 10-year-old boy, who was pinned under the Malibu. With the car’s airbags deployed, Adams chose to escape on foot. According to the church’s (continued on page 2)
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