“JUST USE THE TOWN CARD TO FILL UP THE TANKS”!!! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AUTHORITIES SAY A FORMER PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE AND THREE OTHERS USED MUNICIPAL FUEL CARDS TO STEAL ABOUT $10,000 IN GASOLINE… AND ALL FOUR ARE NOW JAILED ON CRIMINAL CHARGES.
Between April and June 2026, government-issued fuel cards belonging to the Town of Kingstree were allegedly used to acquire approximately $10,000 worth of fuel.
The alleged unauthorized transactions took place in Kingstree, South Carolina.
According to authorities, a former municipal employee and three other individuals were involved in using the cards.
Lakilyis Jawara Ceasar, 24, is a former Town of Kingstree Public Works employee.
Ceasar allegedly obtained WEX fuel cards belonging to the municipality.
He also allegedly obtained a personal identification number assigned to a Public Works employee.
Authorities said Ceasar used the town cards and PIN during his employment with the town.
And authorities said he and his co-defendants continued using the cards and PIN after he separated from the town.
Three other individuals were also accused of taking part in the unauthorized fuel purchases.
Shamir Cheatique Bradley, 24, is accused of obtaining the town-owned fuel cards and the employee PIN.
Bradley allegedly used the cards and PIN alongside the others to obtain fuel.
Tyhiem Da’Shawn Malik Hopkins, 24, is also accused of obtaining the fuel cards and the employee PIN.
Hopkins allegedly used the cards and PIN with the group.
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Then, another transaction occurred at a local business in June.
On June 5, 2026, 23-year-old Davonte Antwan Green allegedly acted at the direction of a co-defendant.
Green allegedly used one of the town’s fuel cards and the PIN to fill multiple vehicles.
That incident occurred at George’s Truck Stop on Eastland Avenue in Kingstree.
That specific transaction totaled $167.19.
But across the three-month period, the total fuel obtained allegedly reached approximately $10,000.
Authorities subsequently brought criminal charges against all four men.
Ceasar was charged with embezzlement of public funds valued at $10,000 or more.
Ceasar was also charged with criminal conspiracy.
Bradley was charged with criminal conspiracy.
Green was charged with criminal conspiracy.
Hopkins was charged with criminal conspiracy.
All four men were booked into the Williamsburg County Detention Center.
The charges are allegations and have not been proven in court.
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