The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office is investigating two separate incidents of young children coming into contact with hard drugs.

Both of the incidents resulted from complaints filed by the Cherokee County Department of Social Services.

According to a police report from Sheriff's Office Det. Tracy Fowler, it's alleged that an 8-year-old Kraft Street boy was allowed to be in a situation where he was able to intake a quantity of cocaine some time between Oct. 2 and Oct. 17. The young boy tested positive for cocaine Oct. 17.

Both of the boys parents are listed as subjects in the report but police did not say if any charges had been filed.

In a second police report from Fowler, it's alleged a 9- year-old Wilcox Avenue boy was allowed to be in a situation where he was able to intake a quantity of methamphetamine between June 26 and Sept. 26. Police said the boy tested positive for methamphetamine Sept. 26.

The Gaffney Police Department reported the theft of a trailer from a hotel parking lot.

According to a police report, employees of Concord, N.C.-based CESI had parked in the lot of the Sleep Inn from 8 p.m. Oct. 29 to 7 a.m. Oct. 30 and discovered someone had stolen a trailer they were towing.

The black-colored trailer was 5 feet by 10 feet with a wood floor and wire mesh tailgate. The trailer contained a red 1997 Honda TRX 400 four-wheeler and an air tank.

Police said they reviewed security camera footage that showed two currently unknown white males in a blue or teal-colored Mercury Cougar approach the trailer and subsequently tow it away. The trailer was taken between 12:02 a.m. and 12:11 a.m. Oct. 30.

The trailer had a North Carolina license plate of BM66543.

About $1,100 in electronic and household items were stolen from an East Montgomery Street home between Oct. 24 and Oct. 28.

The Gaffney Police Department said the burglar( s) gained entry through a window and took a 19-inch Bat Man television, a Playstation 2 video game system, an Emerson DVD player, a white-colored microwave, and a purple, green and beige area rug with dragonfly patterns.

Two self-storage units at a West Floyd Baker Boulevard storage business in the 1100 block were burglarized recently.

According to reports from the Gaffney Police Department, someone broke into one storage unit between Oct. 20 and Oct. 29. The only thing missing was a Hewlett Packard computer hard drive that was valued at $700.

Between Oct. 10 and Oct. 28, another self-storage unit was broken into and police said the renter of the unit was missing a jewelry box, a yellow-colored tool box and a blue duffel bag embroidered with Burlington Township Falcons. Theft losses were estimated at $625.

About $5,000 in wire was reported missing from an Old Georgia Highway business after it was discovered someone had cut through a fence at a storage yard.

According to the Gaffney Police Department, someone cut through the fence at Sanders Brothers, 1601 Old Georgia Hwy., between 5 p.m. Oct. 26 and 2 p.m. Oct. 28. The wire was the only thing reported missing. Fence damage was estimated at $900.

Police said someone broke into a home on Lockhart Lane on Oct. 29.

According to the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, someone knocked loose a window from a rear door on a home in the 400 block to gain entry and the homeowner found the door open. Nothing appeared missing from the interior of the home but door damage was estimated at $100. The break-in occurred between 6:15 p.m. and 8 p.m., according to police.

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office reported the recovery of a stolen truck.

According to a police report, an officer on routine patrol found a truck owned by Fox Pools of Spartanburg parked on Martin Lane near the Ivy Wood Apartments. Police confirmed the vehicle had been reported stolen out of Spartanburg County.

A stove was reported stolen from a home in the 300 block of Jumping Branch Road, Blacksburg.

According to the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, the stove was taken from a residence between 11:30 a.m. Oct. 29 and 2:30 a.m. Oct. 30. The stove was value at $400.

- Tim Gulla