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Police Report - August 23
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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     
    Grace H. Wilkerson, 55, West Jones Avenue — driving with a suspended license.
    Jonathan Lamar Pickett, 22, East Jones Avenue — battery.
    Latoya Ann Wadley, 23, East Jones Avenue — battery.
    Adreina Alejandra Caslow, 19, Wavell Road, Fairfax, VA —  DUI under 21, underage possession of alcohol.
    Randy C. Watts Jr., 30, Tillman Road — probation violation.
            
Bulloch Sheriff's Arrests    
    Jed Allen Taylor, 22, Cleary Road, Brooklet — theft by conversion.
    Dennis Deion Brown, 33, Preston Drive — criminal trespass, simple battery.
    Thededus U. Palmer, 33, Frank Road — child support lockup (failure to pay child support).
    Carl Calvin Roberson, 44, Sammy Small Avenue, Guyton — burglary, possession of tools for the commission of a crime.
    Jason Smoak Lanier, 30, Patrick Way — speeding, driving with a suspended license.
    Zachary Jordan Sasser, 20, N. Copperfield Drive, Savannah — unregistered vehicle, no insurance, headlights violation, fleeing/attempt to elude officers, tail light violations, failure to signal, simple battery,  reckless driving, failure to yield, open container, failure to maintain lane, littering, DUI under 21, underage possession of alcohol, obstruction, driving without a license on their person.
             
Georgia State Patrol Arrests
    Troopers issued three traffic violation citations Thursday.
             
Georgia Southern University Arrests
       Officers issued 12 traffic citations Thursday.
    
Statesboro Police Incidents    
    HAMPTON INN — Someone broke into a Lance vending machine and took $200 worth of snacks.
    COLLEGE WALK APARTMENT — A woman said her boyfriend tackled her, causing a laceration to her foot and leg and a bruise to her back.
    SOUTH COLLEGE STREET — A resident reported clothing stolen.
    LITTLE LOTTS CREEK APARTMENTS — A woman said her children's father struck her several times. He told police the woman scratched him with her fingernails. Both were arrested on battery charges.
    EAGLE COURT — Police responded to a report of a fight over a cell phone.
    SOUTH COLLEGE STREET — A man complained about a man stealing water from his garden hose.
    STATESBORO HIGH SCHOOL — A teacher in the Cedarwood Psychoeducational program said a student broke a hole punch and tried to hit him in  the classroom.
    THE LODGE APARTMENTS — A man told police suspicious persons were hanging around and one threw a hand gun underneath a porch. Police recovered the weapon.
    
Bulloch Sheriff's Incidents    
    KENDRICKS ROAD — (Brooklet)  A man said his son bought a dirt bike that did not work, and the seller refuses to make the deal good.
    HARDEN'S LANDING ROAD — (Statesboro) A woman reported receiving harassing phone calls from a man with whom she wants no contact.
    SANDPIPER DRIVE — (Statesboro) A woman said her neighbor rides past her house and threatened to harm her if she called police on her kids again. The offender denied doing so.
    HODGES CIRCLE — (Statesboro) A woman told deputies someone siphoned gas from her vehicle.
    HARVEY WILSON ROAD — (Portal) A woman said she argued with her girlfriend and  tried to leave, but her girlfriend slapped her and told her she could not leave.
    
Georgia State Patrol Incidents    
    Troopers issued 13 warnings, assisted eight  motorists and investigated three crashes with one reported injury Thursday.
         
Georgia Southern University Incidents
     Officers issued 12 traffic citations, 13 traffic warnings, assisted two motorists, assisted another agency and investigated one accident.
     
911  Law Enforcement Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Thursday:
    Bulloch County Sheriff's Department —  13 calls.
    Statesboro Police Department — 25 calls.
    Georgia State Patrol Post 45 — four calls.
    Candler County Sheriff's Department — six calls.
    Claxton Police Department — two calls.
        
911 Fire Department Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Thursday:
    Bulloch County Volunteer Firefighters — six calls.
        
911 EMS Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Thursday:
    Bulloch County EMS — one accident call, one fire call and 14  medical calls.   
    Candler County EMS —  four medical calls.  
    Evans County EMS — two medical calls.    
    Central 911 operators also routed two calls to Bryan County 911.
    
— Compiled by Holli Deal Bragg