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Police Report - May 1
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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    
    Jose Alfredo Linares, 25, Fair Road Apartments — bench warrant.
    Larry Jonathan Lanier, 17, Burkhalter Road — felony theft by taking motor vehicle.
    Kenneth Keron Milton, 27, Lanier Drive — marijuana possession, sale of marijuana.
    Clifton Frederick Allen, 20, Johnson Street — financial transaction card theft, financial transaction card fraud, entering auto, burglary.
            
Georgia State Patrol Arrests
    Troopers issued five traffic violation citations Tuesday.
            
Georgia Southern University Arrests
     Christian Richard Freeman, 22, Ga. 119, Brooklet — DUI, reckless driving, and laying drag.
    Thomas Richard Randall, 19, Lanier Drive — underage possession/consumption of alcohol.
    Officers issued two traffic citations  Tuesday.
         
Statesboro Police Incidents    
    STATESBORO PLACE CIRCLE — A woman complained about a tenant throwing trash off a balcony and exposing himself. Police met with the offender,whom they said was intoxicated.
    NORTHSIDE DRIVE EAST — A woman flagged down a police officer and asked for a ride home. Instead, she got a ride to jail, because the officer ran a check on her and discovered she was wanted on outstanding warrants.
    EAGLES LANDING —  An officer investigating a report of a self-inflicted, accidental knife wound heard shots fired. Witnesses in the area heard the shots as well, but an investigation resulted in no offenders found.
    GNATS LANDING — A man reported someone entered his vehicle and took a CD player and amplifier.
    HARVEY'S — (Northside Drive West) A man slid a pack of steaks into his waistband and fled the store, taking off on a bicycle once outside.
    PINE STREET — A woman struck a juvenile during a fight over placing trash in a garbage can.
    APPLEBEES — Someone called police after seeing a man strike his wife upon leaving the restaurant. The man was arrested.
    
Bulloch Sheriff's Incidents    
    ARCOLA ROAD — (Brooklet) A man told deputies someone took a starter rod from a Ditch Witch boring machine, a boring head, beacon meter, locking collar and drilling bit off the machine,  and a 300-foot roll of copper phone cable.
    In a separate incident a woman reported the theft of an aluminum dog box from her yard.
    OLD RIVER ROAD SOUTH — (Brooklet) Deputies were involved in a vehicle chase, and a man who arrived at the scene to recover a vehicle involved in the chase was arrested on charges of driving with a suspended license.
    EPHESUS CHURCH ROAD — (Register) A man reported  the theft of 250 feet of copper wiring from an irrigation pivot.
    LAKEVIEW ROAD — (Statesboro) A woman said she suspects a man took several power tools from her carport and thinks she found one tool at a local pawn shop. Deputies are investigating.
    EAST GEORGIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER — A local doctor said his wife called him " in fear" and said another man was at their home for no reason. The man told deputies the suspect left, but was later seen at the hospital. When deputies located the suspicious character, he said he worked for a process serving company called "U Are Served." Deputies explained to the man the proper ways to serve civil papers and then served him - with criminal trespass.
    BECKY DRIVE — (Statesboro) A woman told deputies she fought with another female, who was subsequently arrested for battery.
    HOME ROAD — (Brooklet) A woman told deputies she fled her home on a bicycle after a man struck her in the face, grabbed her and hit a table with her head. The violent acts occurred in the presence of juvenile children. The man was not at the scene but later turned himself in to deputies and was charged with battery and third degree cruelty to children.
    WHITAKER MOTORS — (Statesboro) Deputies discovered a hole cut in a chain link fence and followed footprints to Viracon.
    PAUL SMITH ROAD — (Brooklet) A man told deputies he moved out of a residence and left a floor jack, two jack stands, two framing hammers, a car radio and speakers, a bicycle, paint roller extension pole, a brindle pit bulldog worth $100 and another dog, a red-nose pit bulldog, which sheriff's reports listed as valued at $2,500. When the complainant returned to get his belongings, they were missing, he said. The new tenants told deputies they were instructed by the landlord they could get rid of the items while cleaning the house up.
    
Georgia State Patrol Incidents    
    Troopers issued one warnings, assisted one motorist and investigated two crashes with one reported injury Tuesday.
        
Georgia Southern University Incidents
    RUSSELL UNION — Someone reported a book bag taken from the building.
    C PARKING LOT — A complainant reported a vehicle was damaged.
     Officers issued two traffic citations and one traffic warning and investigated three traffic accidents Tuesday.
        
911  Law Enforcement Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Tuesday:
    Bulloch County Sheriff's Department — 15 calls.
    Statesboro Police Department — 22 calls.
    University Police Department — two calls.
    Georgia State Patrol Post 45 — one call.
    Candler County Sheriff's Department — five calls.
        
911 Fire Department Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Tuesday:
    Statesboro Fire Department — four calls.
    Metter Rescue Unit — one call.
        
911 EMS Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Tuesday:
    Bulloch County EMS — 13 medical calls.   
    Candler County EMS — one accident call and four medical calls.  
    Evans County EMS — no medical calls.    
    Central 911 operators also routed  a call to Bulloch County First responders, a call to Bulloch Humane Enforcement, and a call to Emanuel County 911.
    
— Compiled by Holli Deal Bragg
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