The Myrtle Beach man accused of throwing a firework into a teenage delivery boy's car was in court Tuesday afternoon.
Sgt. Robert Kegler with Horry County Police says 24-year-old Marcus Rush of Myrtle Beach has been charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. Tuesday, a judge set his bond at $30,000 and placed him under home detention.
The delivery driver, 16-year-old Myrtle Beach High School student Jacob Robinson, was delivering food to a home in the area when police say Rush ran up to the car and threw a firework inside.
Police said they believe the firework to be a Roman candle and it burned Robinson in the small of his back and left him with 15 percent of his body burned, according to the police report.
Robinson’s father, Zach, told News13 in a telephone interview from the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, that his son continues recovering and is talking to visitors and family as of Monday afternoon.
Zach Robinson said his son has severe burns up his back, his left leg, left arm, buttocks, and his left hand that doctors said was the most severely burned, according to Zach.
Jacob underwent his first surgery Saturday and doctors performed a skin graft over the weekend, according to the boy’s father.
Count on News 13 and scnow.com for more on this story as it becomes available.
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