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Police Report - October 20
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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    
     Heather Leigh Hedrick,  23, Players Club Apartments — possession of a Schedule IV drug, marijuana possession.
    Randy Lowery, 42, North College Street — driving with a suspended license, seat belt violation.
    Michael Shane Edenfield, 31, Cobbtown — violation of a temporary protective order.
    Savar Morell Reed, 27, Statesboro Lodge — wanted person.
    Anthony Kennedy Verde, 20, Deloach Church Road, Claxton — failure to appear in court.
    William Joe McCraw, 25, Palmetto Court — theft by taking.
    Virginia Lynn Trahan, 42, Norwood Drive — simple battery.
    Matthew Pierce Hancock, 20, Bermuda Run Apartments — DUI, following too closely, violation of law requiring prescription drugs to be kept in original container, and possession of a Schedule IV drug.
    Terry Edward Baitman, 26, U.S. 301 North — giving false information.
    Jennifer Michelle Coleman, 24, North Pointe Drive, Lexington, S.C. — DUI, failure to maintain lane.
             
Bulloch Sheriff's Arrests   
     Porfirio Garcia Perez, 40, Pintail Lane — theft by conversion, bench warrant, wanted person.
    Willie Joseph Butler, 20, Georgia Avenue — theft  by deception.
    
Georgia State Patrol Arrests
    Troopers issued one traffic violation citation Wednesday.
    
Georgia Southern University Arrests
     Officers issued one traffic citation Wednesday.
      
Statesboro Police Incidents   
    CHANDLER ROAD — A man said his girlfriend struck and scratched him.
    EAST VINE/SOUTH MAIN STREETS — A woman said a white car bumped her bicycle. She was not injured.
    UNKNOWN LOCATION — Someone at the Georgia Southern University Health Services contacted police when a complainant claimed to have been raped. The victim listed the location the alleged rape occurred as an "unknown apartment).
    NORTH MAIN/EAST PARRISH STREETS — A man said his girlfriend struck him during an argument.
    SECURITY FINANCE — An employee told police a customer came in, cursed and threw a payment at the employee.
    UNIVERSITY PINES APARTMENTS — A complainant said someone took $300 worth of steaks, chicken and alcohol.
    EAGLE VILLAS — Police confiscated two marijuana plants.
    PARK PLACE APARTMENTS — Police responded to a reported domestic dispute and discovered a man violated a protective order.
    STATESBORO HIGH SCHOOL — Two juvenile females were found fighting.
    MIGHTY MIKES — (West Main Street) A man reported someone stole his brown 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and said he had left the keys in the ignition. The Jeep was found later on College Lane, doors open, music playing loudly, but no one around.
    HILLCREST APARTMENTS — A woman told police she and her husband fought after she caught him doing what she believed was illegal drugs.
        
Bulloch Sheriff's Incidents   
    Incident reports unavailable.
    
Georgia State Patrol Incidents   
     Troopers issued six warnings, assisted three motorists and investigated five accidents with five reported minor injuries Wednesday.
    
Georgia Southern University Incidents
      JOHNSON HALL — In two separate incidents, someone reported a dry erase board and some clothing was taken from a dryer at Johnson Hall.
         Officers issued seven traffic warnings,  investigated two traffic accidents, assisted 11 motorists and responded to one fire alarm Wednesday.
      
911  Law Enforcement Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Wednesday:
    Bulloch County Sheriff's Department - 14 calls.
     Statesboro Police Department —  six calls.
    Georgia State Patrol Post 45 — two calls.
    Candler County Sheriff's Department — three calls.
    Evans County Sheriff's Department —  one call.
    
911 Fire Department Reports   
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Wednesday:
    Statesboro Fire Department — three calls.
    Metter Fire Department — one call.
        
911 EMS Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Wednesday:
    Bulloch County EMS — an accident call and eight medical calls.   
    Candler County EMS — two medical calls.  
    Evans County EMS —  two medical calls.    
    Central 911 operators also routed the following calls Wednesday: two calls to first responders and a call to Screven County 911.
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