Under the Heading of 'What Was He Thinking?'

There's a little beach spot in South Carolina between Murrell's Inlet and Myrtle Beach called Surfside. Never been there, but I'm sure it's quite popular with the vacation crowd during the summer months when there's no school. The town's residential population is listed at 4,119 residents, its beach advertised as 'family friendly'. It boasts a fishing pier, branch of the Horry County library, a zoo, an aquarium and lots of small Mom and Pop diners.

All in all, it sounds like a very nice little community.

Bion Legrand Shoemaker III, one of Surfside Beach's residents, just gave the town...and Socastee High School...a black eye.

Shoemaker, 45, is a teacher there, instructing special needs students. Apparently he was looking for summer income, as many school teachers do, when school is out. He, despite his college education, decided on the sideline of becoming a criminal.

It seems that Shoemaker had a penchant for breaking into vehicles and homes. When school started on August 17th, Shoemaker didn't show up for class; he was arrested by SBPD the next day. “We are pleased to be able to recover some of the victim’s property in these cases. This is still a very fluid investigation,” said Surfside Beach Police Chief Rodney Keziah. “We anticipate recovering more property and possibly making additional charges.”

Shoemaker is currently jailed at the Horry County Correctional Center and is on paid administrative leave from Socastee High School pending the outcome of his trial.