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Police Report - November 3
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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    
     Charles Lorenzo Robinson, 25, East Olliff Street — probation violation, failure to report an accident involving extensive damage.
    
Bulloch Sheriff's Arrests   
    Harry Lee Woodruff Jr., 39, U.S. 301 South — seat belt violation, giving false identity, wanted person, violation of law requiring medicines to be held in its original container, possession of a Schedule II Controlled Substance.
    Douglas Dewayne Nesmith, 41, North Easy Street — battery, third degree cruelty to children, obstructing or hindering persons making an emergency phone call.
    Randy Lee Swinson, 43, R. L. Lee Road, Clito —  battery, third degree cruelty to children.
    Nekey Chiffon Odoms, 29, South Mulberry Street — bench warrant.
    Jacob Anthony Gomez, 21, Grant Street, Englewood, CO — open container, DUI, failure to maintain lane.
    Dinah Sherelle Taylor, 29, Cedarwood Avenue — no proof of insurance, intent to conceal license plate.
    Karen Rebecca Griner,32, U.S. 301 North — theft by deception, expired tag, no proof of insurance.
    Ronqualis Ceron Goodman, 25, Frink Road — driving with a revoked or suspended license.
   
Georgia State Patrol Arrests
     Adrian Garcia Orasco, 26, G. W. Oliver Road — DUI (refused test).
    Troopers issued nine traffic violation citations Wednesday.
    
Georgia Southern University Arrests
        Author Rashad Morris, 19, Chandler Road — theft by receiving stolen property.
        
Statesboro Police Incidents   
    EAST GEORGIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER — A woman told police she surrendered her purse to a hospital employee prior to having a procedure done. When she prepared to go home,  she signed a receipt for the return of her purse. When she got home she realized $321 was missing from the purse.
    COLLEGE BOULEVARD — A woman said someone destroyed a John Barrow campaign sign in her yard.
    UNIVERSITY PLACE — A woman said a female she knows made rude comments about her, pushed her in her face and punched her in the mouth.
    SUMMITT APARTMENTS — A woman said her husband called her, harassing her, and followed her around town for 30 minutes.
        
Bulloch Sheriff's Incidents   
    EMIT GROVE CHURCH ROAD — (Denmark) A man told deputies someone took two amplifiers and 250 music CDs from his unlocked vehicle.
    BUTTERMILK ROAD — (Portal) A man said someone took a brown American bulldog with a shock collar from his yard. A neighbor said she saw a woman with a similar dog in the area and gave a vehicle description of the suspect.
    PAMELA WAY — (Statesboro) Deputies responded to a reported burglary in progress and found people outside of an apartment arguing. One man told deputies he wanted another male removed from his residence who was angry because the first man struck his mother. A woman came out with an ice pack on her cheek and said she and the first man argued over money and  he struck her. Deputies arrested the man for battery.
    HENDRIX CIRCLE — (Statesboro) A man said his girlfriend struck him several times in the face, so he left and called 911. Deputies noted visible injuries to the man's face. Upon questioning the female involved, the deputies discovered both had been drinking and argued over the fact that the man wanted to go to bars and continue drinking, but she did not.
    U.S. 25 — (Portal) A man said he came home from hunting and his girlfriend was throwing his clothes in the yard. He left and called deputies, who questioned the woman. She said she was tired of the man never helping with their son.
    SPELL MINCEY ROAD — (Portal) A woman told deputies her stepmother refused to allow her to pick up her daughter. The stepmother told deputies she did not refuse to allow the mother to get her daughter, but suggested she keep her because the child's mother did not take care of her and had left her with the stepmother for four days without checking on the child. A deputy suggested the stepmother contact the Department of Family and Children Services, then followed up by contacting DFCS himself.
    CHOCTAW HUNT — (Statesboro) A woman said she entered an apartment where a party was being held and another woman struck her in the eye with her fist.
    KING ARTHUR DRIVE — (Statesboro) A man told deputies someone tried to pry open his door.
    EVERETT LANE — (Brooklet) A woman said a man came uninvited to her home to speak to her daughter, and was told several times not to come onto the property. He kicked a door open when it was shut in his face, then fled.
    JOHNS LANE — (Statesboro) A man said a house key and a jug filled with $3,000 in change was missing.
    OGEECHEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE — (Statesboro) A man reported the theft of two hubcaps from his vehicle.
    SOUTHEAST BULLOCH HIGH SCHOOL — (Brooklet) An administrator reported vandalism to the school grounds including toilet paper everywhere, removable paint on the school sign, and doors glued shut by super glue being placed inside the locks.
    LANDINGS WAY — (Statesboro) A man said someone used green paint to spray paint his car grill and headlight.
          
Georgia State Patrol Incidents   
     Troopers issued seven warnings and assisted one motorist Wednesday.
    
Georgia Southern University Incidents
     EAST GEORGIA COLLEGE OFFICE — Someone reported a wallet was taken from the office.
         Officers issued five traffic warnings, investigated one traffic
 accident, assisted five motorists and responded to four fire alarms Wednesday.
    
911  Law Enforcement Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Wednesday:
    Bulloch County Sheriff's Department - 15 calls.
     Statesboro Police Department — 10 calls.
    University Police — one call.
    Georgia State Patrol Post 45 — two calls.
    Candler County Sheriff's Department — four calls.
    Evans County Sheriff's Department —  one call.
    Claxton Police — one call.
    
911 Fire Department Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Wednesday:
    Statesboro Fire Department — 11 calls.
            
911 EMS Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Wednesday:
    Bulloch County EMS — one accident call and 13 medical calls.   
    Candler County EMS — three medical calls.  
    Evans County EMS — one medical call.    
    Central 911 operators also routed the following calls Wednesday: two calls to Effingham County 911.

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