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Police Report - April 13
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Note: All information included in this report is taken from law enforcement incident reports and arrest records, which are public records and available for review at any and all local law enforcement agencies. Not every arrest leads to a conviction. Guilt or innocence is determined by the court system.
    
Statesboro Police Arrests    
    David Ila Wilmouth, 46, Camero Court — criminal trespass.
    Christopher Daniel Atkins, 17, Ridgewood Drive — first degree forgery, theft by taking.
    Donald Kurt Brown, 25, Colonel Dixon Road, Elberton — wanted person, giving false information.
    James Nate Walker, 50, homeless — felony theft by taking, giving false information.
    Dorsey Wilson Jr., 58, Poplar Avenue, Macon — felony theft by taking, felony theft by shoplifting, wanted person.
    Melvina Tharps Burgman, 43, Virginia Drive, Warner Robins — felony theft by taking, felony theft by shoplifting, wanted person.
    Ian Patrick Ryan, 19, Statesboro Place Circle — improper turn, driving with a suspended license.
    Lauren Finney Ricks, 19, Woodlands Drive — theft by shoplifting.
    Leon Tyrone Green, 49, Wild Turkey Road, Savannah — driving with a suspended license, traffic light violation.
    Benjamin Zachary Howard,  19, Fernbrook Court — DUI, failure to maintain lane, underage possession of alcohol, open container, carrying a concealed weapon.
    Erika Lashawn Davis, 24, U. S. 301 North — marijuana possession.
        
Bulloch Sheriff's Arrests   
     Steven Shumpert, 19, Lanier Drive — obstruction, disorderly house.
    Zackery Mims Fountain, 21, Stephen Gerrald Road, Collins — battery.
    Doy Love Jr., 45, Burkhalter Road — criminal trespass.
    Lawrence Anthony Brannen, 24, Morris Street — simple assault, disorderly conduct.
    Herve Sirtel Gibbons, 22, Maria Sorrell Road, Clito — criminal trespass.
    Farren Ted Moore, 45, Nevils-Groveland Road, Pembroke — theft of services, damaging or interfering with public utility property.
    Roy Edward Woods, 55, Railroad Street, Portal — bench warrant.
    Javis Jabor Oglesby, 23, Aline Avenue, Metter — bench warrant.
    Dawn Newton Martinez, 25, Pretoria Rushing Road — second degree cruelty to children.
    Deborah Cecilia Martucci, 50, Rocky Ford Road, Portal — willfully obstructing or hindering of law enforcement officers.
    Michael James Martucci, 51, Rocky Ford Road, Portal — simple assault, obstruction safety officials.
    
Georgia State Patrol Arrests
    Troopers issued 14 citations Wednesday for traffic violations.
    
Georgia Southern University Arrests
      Teetee Rebecca Kanneh, 22,  Kennedy Hall — financial transaction card fraud.
       
Statesboro Police Incidents   
    EAST GEORGIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER  — Police met a pregnant woman at the emergency room who said she and her boyfriend had been playing around and he struck her in the stomach. Hospital staff called police, but the woman said she did not wish to press charges.
    CAMERO COURT — A woman said her adult son had been drinking for several days and when she told him she wanted him out of the house, he damaged a door y forcing his way in. Police arrested him on criminal trespass charges.
    WAL-MART — A woman left the store without paying for an assortment  of clothing, shoes, jewelry, makeup, health items and household goods.
    SEASONS APARTMENTS — A complainant said someone entered a vehicle through plastic taped over a broken window and took $5 after rifling through the contents of the car.
    FAIR ROAD — A man reported the theft of a  digital camera, DVDs and a championship ring during a burglary.
    WOODLANDS APARTMENTS — A man reported an X-box, controllers and games, as well as a plasma TV, taken in a burglary.
        
Bulloch Sheriff's Incidents   
    SOUTHERN LINKS GOLF COURSE — (Statesboro) Deputies arrested two men for criminal trespass and theft by taking assorted golf balls.    
    As a result of the thefts, deputies were on patrol later and found several juveniles and another man trespassing on the property.  The suspects fled and deputies found a basket of golf balls, a pair of flip flop shoes, a can of Crisco, a container of cake icing and several cracked eggs. Deputies detained the suspects and charged them with an assortment of crimes including loitering, theft by taking, obstruction, unruly juvenile, criminal trespass.
    M. P. MARTIN ROAD — (Ellabell) A man said three men were trespassing in his field and ran when he saw them.
    JOHN GODLEY ROAD — (Statesboro) A woman said a man she knows stole a ring, earrings and a necklace from her jewelry box.
    
Georgia State Patrol Incidents   
    Troopers issued 19 warnings, assisted two motorists and investigated two crashes with one reported injury Wednesday.
    
Georgia Southern University Incidents
    RECREATION ACTIVITY CENTER — Someone reported a fight.
    Officers issued five traffic warnings, investigated one traffic accident, assisted seven motorists and one sick person, and responded to four fire alarms Wednesday.
    
911  Law Enforcement Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Wednesday:
    Bulloch County Sheriff's Department - nine calls.
    Statesboro Police Department — 12 calls.
    University Police Department — one call.
    Georgia State Patrol Post 45 — one call.
    Candler County Sheriff's Department — two calls.
    Evans County Sheriff's Department — three calls.
    
911 Fire Department Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Wednesday:
    Statesboro Fire Department — three calls.
    Bulloch County Volunteer firefighters — one call.
        
911 EMS Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Wednesday:
    Bulloch County EMS — 14 medical calls.   
    Candler County EMS — five  medical call.  
    Evans County EMS — four medical calls.    
    Central 911 operators also routed  a call to Emanuel county 911 and a call to the Poison Control Center.
    
— Compiled by Holli Deal Bragg
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