HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — An Horry County couple remains in jail after authorities said they left a child alone in their apartment with no electricity, food or furniture while they went to get their cellphones fixed.
Thomas Cornelius Mitchell, 51, and Sharlyn Mitchell, 48, were arrested on Saturday and charged with unlawful conduct toward a child. They are being held on $1,000 bonds, according to online records for the J. Reuben Long Detention Center.
Police were called to the apartment on Brookfield Drive at about 5:30 p.m. on Saturday after getting a call about the child being left alone in the home…