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Police Report - August 22
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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     
    No arrests filed.
             
Bulloch Sheriff's Arrests    
     No arrests filed.
    
Brooklet Police Arrests
    Larry Jonathan Lanier, 18, Burkhalter Road — affray, disrupting a public school.
    A juvenile was also arrested on charges of affray and disrupting a public school.
        
Georgia State Patrol Arrests
    Troopers issued six citations Wednesday for traffic violations.
             
Georgia Southern University Arrests
     Officers issued two traffic citations Wednesday.
    Joshua James Stroh, 20, Campus Crossing — underage possession/consumption of alcohol.    
    
Statesboro Police Incidents    
    CLEAN GETAWAY — Video surveillance cameras caught a man trying to pry into the business, but he failed, causing slight damage to the doors.
    CHURCH STREET — A woman heard a noise near her bedroom window and looked outside to see a man running away. The window screen was moved and bent.
    THE AVENUE AT SOUTHERN — A man saw another man inside his friend;s car and confronted him. The offender claimed to know the car owner and fled.
    In a separate incident a woman said someone broke into her apartment by kicking in a door and took a laptop, Ipod and  kitchen utensils.
    CLYDE'S MARKET/GA. 67  — A man shoplifted a beer.
    MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD — A man called police about an unwanted person who was at his home trying to collect a $900 debt.
    COTTON AVENUE — A woman reported a washing machine stolen.
        
Bulloch Sheriff's Incidents    
    GA. 67 — (Statesboro) A man told deputies the daughter of a man who owned a competitor's business called him and used profanity, and a man called leaving a vulgar message. When deputies traced the call and questioned the woman she said the complainant had " spoken poorly" of her deceased father.
    NORTH POINT MOBILE HOME PARK — (Statesboro) A woman paid a man $20 to cut her grass, and when he did he went to another resident and  tried to get them to pay him for cutting their grass as well. The other resident told police she had never seen  the man before in her life. Another witness told deputies the offender goes around the trailer park asking for money. The offender was arrested for outstanding warrants but was released when it was discovered he had been incarcerated when the warrant was issued.  Probation violation charges were dismissed but he was served criminal trespass.
    SABLE LANE — (Statesboro) A woman said her husband grabbed her arm and took her cell phone during an argument.
    KELLY'S POND ROAD — (Statesboro) A woman said a man called harassing her and her boyfriend about talking to the offender's girlfriend. Then  the man came to her house screaming and cursing at her, she said.
    BECKY DRIVE — (Statesboro) A woman told deputies her ex-boyfriend calls her demanding keys back to a residence where she is living, owned by his mother. She said she is moving because of the harassment but wants him to leave her alone while she moves.
    BURKHALTER LANE — (Statesboro) A man reported someone broke into a building that contained 11 refrigerators, and dented the door, but took nothing.
    BULL BAY  ROAD — (Statesboro) A man reported someone entered his vehicle and took a notebook containing company receipts.
    KENDRICKS ROAD — (Brooklet) A woman said a man named Don took a Chevrolet motor, transmission, transfer case, and drive shaft. There were drag marks leading to the man's residence, and he had asked her about the items before, but she told him she was going to use them.
    
Georgia State Patrol Incidents    
    Troopers issued seven warnings and assisted three motorists Wednesday.
         
Georgia Southern University Incidents
    Officers issued 12 traffic warnings, assisted nine motorists, assisted one sick person and investigated three accidents Wednesday.
    
911  Law Enforcement Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Wednesday:
    Bulloch County Sheriff's Department —  11 calls.
    Statesboro Police Department — 35 calls.
    Georgia Southern University Police Department — four calls.
    Georgia State Patrol Post 45 — five calls.
    Candler County Sheriff's Department — three calls.
    Brooklet Police Department — three calls.
    Evans County Sheriff's Department — two calls.
        
911 Fire Department Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Wednesday:
    Statesboro Fire Department —  one call.
        
911 EMS Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Wednesday:
    Bulloch County EMS — 19 medical calls.   
    Candler County EMS — three  medical calls.  
    Evans County EMS — two medical calls.    
    Central 911 operators also routed two calls to Emanuel County 911, two calls to Bryan County 911, a call to the Bulloch County Correctional Institute, a call to Toombs County 911 and a call to Tattnall County 911.
    
— Compiled by Holli Deal Bragg
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