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Police Report - June 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    
    Jarred Blake Giesey, 22, Rucker Lane — battery.
    Justin Scott Giesey, 23, Rucker Lane — simple battery.
    Brandon Marshall Sellers, 22, Railroad Avenue, Springfield — obstruction.
    Justin Tyler Celeste, 19, Woodlands Apartments — five counts of financial transaction card fraud. (Related GSU arrests listed below).
    Jessica Hope Stephens, 25, Woodlands Apartments — five counts of financial transaction card fraud. (Related GSU arrests listed below).
    Nemeka Sierra Jackson, 21, South College Street — theft by shoplifting.
    Prentice Micah Cotnam, 18, Knight Drive — marijuana possession.
    Ken Thompson, 27, Bulloch Street — marijuana possession, excessive motor vehicle volume.
    Tabitha Lauren Burgstinger, 21, Old Dixie Highway, Springfield — battery, obstruction, public intoxication.
    Yativia Monique Moody, 26, Claxton Avenue, Claxton — financial transaction card fraud.
    Michael Leon Deloach, 20, Foxlake Drive — possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.
    Richard Shane Abbott, 25, Buchan Road, Pembroke — possession of a Schedule III drug (Hydrocodone) and illegal possession of a prescription drug.
    Julia Bell Hagans, 39, Holiday Inn, Sylvania — disorderly conduct, obstruction.
    Tamisha Fransha Mincey, 20, Swallowtail Drive — failure to appear in court.
    Ronnie Leon Tremble, 46, Eastview Apartments — open container, no brake lights, DUI.
    Aaron Gabriel Pridgeon, 19, East Inman Street — battery.
    Marrieo Patrize Davis, 27, Loretha Street — entering auto, criminal damage to property, obstruction.
    Matthew Graham Hopkins, 19, Riverside Drive, Savannah — DUI.
    James Cameron Lynch, 23, Aldred Avenue — reckless driving, marijuana possession, possession of a drug-related object, DUI.
    Charles James Lake Jr., 44, Johnson Street — battery, criminal trespass, obstructing or hindering a person making emergency phone calls, obstruction.
        
Bulloch Sheriff's Arrests   
    Bruce Shannon Bradford, 37, Brookwood Drive — battery (family violence), criminal trespass (family violence), probation violation.
     Queen Melissa Roberts, 26, Grady Saunders Road, Portal — probation violation.
    
Georgia State Patrol Arrests
     Troopers issued 17 traffic violation citations Wednesday.
    
Georgia Southern University Arrests
      Justin Tyler Celeste, 19,  Woodlands Drive, — entering auto and theft by receiving stolen property.
      Jessica Hope Stephens, 25, Woodlands Drive — entering auto and theft by receiving stolen property.
     Officers issued two traffic citations  Wednesday.
        
Statesboro Police Incidents   
    BUTLER HOMES — A woman said her former boyfriend injured her during a physical struggle when he came to her house in violation of a previous criminal trespass charge. She suffered a cut on her lip.
    PEG WEN BOULEVARD — A woman said her ex-boyfriend called her several times, threatening to pay someone to kill her.
        
Bulloch Sheriff's Incidents   
    JESSICA LANE — (Statesboro) A woman said someone covered the inside of her vehicle with a "black, powdery substance."
    OLLIFF HILL ROAD — (Statesboro) A woman called deputies when an unknown female tried to enter her home. When deputies arrived they found the offender in a ditch, soaking wet and intoxicated, so they arrested her.
    PO JO's GAS AND GO — (Register) A woman said a man shoplifted a box of Swisher Sweet cigars.
    RAILROAD BED ROAD —(Brooklet) A woman said she heard loud music outside her home, and when she stepped outside, two car left from where they were parked near her home. The next day her two-year-old was playing and picked up a small plastic bag deputies said contained marijuana and a pill determined to be Ecstasy.
    OGEECHEE DRIVE EAST — (Statesboro)  Deputies performing a welfare check at a woman's request regarding her adult daughter found the daughter to be fine, but arrested man at the scene who threatened another man with killing him if he harmed his sister.
    THOMPSON LANE — (Statesboro) A man reported the theft of a CD layer from his vehicle.
    CHERRY STREET — A man said he suspected a Glennville man took a utility trailer from his property.
    MOORE ROAD — (Portal) A man reported a burglary, telling deputies someone took $200 from a cowboy piggy bank, using a flash light to break it.
    SAHARA SMOKE COMPANY — (Statesboro) A woman told deputies a Rackley Street man took $200, a debit card and Social Security card from her purse. The man denied knowledge of the theft.
    SANDPIPER DRIVE — (Statesboro)  A woman said a man injured her during an argument. The man admitted doing so because he was stressed over bills. He said he grabbed her and attempted to pull her close so she would listen while he was talking. The woman said he used abusive language, pushed her several times while yelling and grabbed her wrists, leaving red marks.
    
Georgia State Patrol Incidents   
    Troopers issued 17 warnings, assisted one motorist and investigated two crashes with no reported injuries Wednesday.
    
Georgia Southern University Incidents
    Officers issued two traffic warnings, assisted two motorists and one injured person, and responded to one alarm Wednesday.
    
911  Law Enforcement Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Wednesday:
    Bulloch County Sheriff's Department - 10 calls.
    Statesboro Police Department — seven calls.
    University Police Department — one call.
    Georgia State Patrol Post 45 — four calls.
    Candler County Sheriff's Department — four calls.
    Evans County Sheriff's Department — two calls.
    Claxton Police Department — two calls.
    
911 Fire Department Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Wednesday:
    Statesboro Fire Department — two calls.
        
911 EMS Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Wednesday:
    Bulloch County EMS — one accident call and 10 medical calls.   
    Candler County EMS — one  medical call.  
    Evans County EMS — five medical calls.    
    Central 911 operators also routed  two calls to Bryan County 911.
    
— Compiled by Holli Deal Bragg
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