Phone store armed robbery leads to 20-year prison sentence
March 2, 2026
On Feb. 25, Charles Crib pleaded guilty to the armed robbery of a Verizon store off Broad River Road. The Honorable Daniel Coble sentenced Crib to 20 years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
On Jan. 14, 2024, Crib and a co-conspirator held a Verizon employee at gunpoint and forced the employee to the back of the store. While one robber pointed the gun, the other held a bag open and ordered the employee to place the phones inside. The robbers took approximately 40 cell phones.
A female associate of Crib’s was in the store before the armed men entered. Video surveillance from outside the store captured the license plate numbers of the vehicles involved. One vehicle was registered to Crib’s friend, and the other was registered to a car stolen in North Carolina.
Cell tower records placed Crib in North Carolina at the time the vehicle was stolen and showed him traveling from Dillon County, where he resided, to the store, then back to Dillon with his female friend.
The Fifth Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office prosecuted the case. Senior Assistant Solicitor Kathryn Cavanaugh led the prosecution.