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Police Report - December 2
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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   
    David Charles Rushing, 42, Buck Creek Road — burglary.
    James Stacey Lanier, 37, Cliponreka Road, Clito — wanted person.
    Willie James Shingleton, 60, Oak Circle, Millen — speeding, no insurance.
    
Georgia State Patrol Arrests
    Sandra Marvel, 47, B. L. Kendricks Road, Brooklet — DUI (.205).
    Troopers issued 19 traffic citations Thursday.
    
Georgia Southern University Arrests
     Lake Tyler Dawson, 19,  Eagle Village — underage possession/consumption of alcohol and public intoxication.
   Aaron James Phillips, 18,  Brannen Hall — underage possession/consumption of alcohol and transmitting a false
 report of a fire.
   
Statesboro Police Incidents   
    BB&T — A man cashed $5,000 worth of fraudulent American Express travelers checks.
    WEST JONES AVENUE — A woman said her children were fighting, so she intervened. Then her 16-year-old daughter, who was involved, became unruly and cursed her.
    In a separate incident, a woman reported someone shot her window with a BB gun. She found the BB pellet in the window sill.
    TACO BELL — A man called police because a customer was unruly and used vulgar language.
    RYAN'S — A man said a woman attacked his wife. He received abrasions when he intervened.
    RETRIEVERS — A man said an unknown male struck him in the nose, breaking it.
    
Bulloch Sheriff's Incidents   
    HARMONY CHURCH ROAD —(Statesboro) A man reported the theft of an AK-47, three 30-round clips and a gun case.
    SOUTHEAST BULLOCH HIGH SCHOOL — (Brooklet) A senior female was disciplined for having ammunition in her vehicle. She said her boyfriend had left the rounds in her car from when they had gone hunting and target shooting the previous weekend.
   
Georgia State Patrol Incidents   
    Troopers issued 32 warnings Thursday.
    BULLOCH COUNTY — During the month of November, troopers from Georgia State Patrol Post 45 investigated 85 crashes resulting in 53 injuries and two fatalities. Troopers issued 424 traffic citations including 13 DUI arrests, 251 speeding  tickets, 56 seat belt violations and two child restraint violations. They also issued 521 warnings, said Sgt. First Class Christopher Wright, post commander.
    CANDLER COUNTY — During the month of November, troopers from Georgia State Patrol Post 45 investigated 11 crashes resulting in six injuries and no fatalities. Troopers issued 226 traffic citations including six DUI arrests, 159 speeding  tickets, 13 seat belt violations and three child restraint violations. They also issued 146 warnings, said Sgt. First Class Christopher Wright, post commander.
    EVANS COUNTY — During the month of November, troopers from Georgia State Patrol Post 45 investigated five crashes resulting in five injuries and no fatalities. Troopers issued 111 traffic citations including three DUI arrests, 61 speeding  tickets, 22 seat belt violations and no child restraint violations. They also issued 110 warnings, said Sgt. First Class Christopher Wright, post commander.
    
Georgia Southern University Incidents
    KENNEDY HALL — Someone reported a DVD player  taken .
   Officers investigated one traffic accident and assisted eight
 motorists and one sick person Thursday.
    
911  Law Enforcement Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Thursday:
    Bulloch County Sheriff's Department - eight calls.
    Statesboro Police Department — 20 calls.
    University Police — one call.
    Georgia State Patrol Post 45 — no calls.
    Candler County Sheriff's Department — four calls.
    
911 Fire Department Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Thursday:
    Statesboro Fire Department — six calls.
    Metter Fire Department — one call.
        
911 EMS Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Thursday:
    Bulloch County EMS — two accident calls and 12 medical calls.   
    Candler County EMS — one medical call.  
    Evans County EMS — two medical calls and a fire call.    
    Central 911 operators also routed a call to Emanuel County 911 and a call to Bryan County 911.
— Compiled by Holli Deal Bragg
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