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Police Report - December 18
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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     
    Arrests to be published Friday.
             
Bulloch Sheriff's Arrests    
    Ericton Tacoby Coney, 18, Cedarwood Acres Mobile Home Park, Register — probation violation.
    Matthew Scott Beegle, 25, Kennedy Pond Road — probation violation.
    William Campbell Jr., 46, U.S. 80, Garden City — probation violation.
    Michael Lee Ramey, 51, College Street — contempt of court.
    Herve Sirtel Gibbons, 24, Glenn Road, South Gaskin, SC — third degree cruelty to children, battery, criminal trespass.
    Weldon Lucius Bunch, 42, Deloach Church Road, Pembroke — possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
             
Georgia State Patrol Arrests
    Troopers issued 18 traffic violation citations Tuesday.
    Shep E. Taylor, 45, Church Street, Claxton — DUI (refused test).
              
Georgia Southern University Arrests
     No arrests filed.
         
Statesboro Police Incidents    
    Incidents will be published Friday.
    
Bulloch Sheriff's Incidents    
    LAKEVIEW ROAD — (Statesboro) Deputies responded to a burglary where several items of jewelry were taken. The incident was also listed as involving obstruction of a person making emergency phone calls and abuse, neglect or exploitation of an elderly or disabled person.
    ALEX KNIGHT ROAD — (Brooklet) A man and woman recently divorced but who still live together argued and struggled over a cell phone.
    SEED TICK ROAD — (Ellabell) A woman told deputies someone cut her Christmas lights.
    BARN MOBILE HOME PARK — (Statesboro) A woman said someone tried prying open her door.
    STATESBORO HIGH SCHOOL — (Statesboro) A student was caught during a Powderpuff football game showing another student a pocket knife, which is contraband. He was arrested.
    STARLING ROAD — (Pembroke)  A woman told deputies someone took down the fence containing her horse. The horse was still there, but she said it is the second time someone has removed or taken down her fencing.
    CYPRESS LAKE DRIVE — (Register) Deputies responded to a domestic dispute. No further details were listed in reports.
    BURKHALTER ROAD — (Statesboro) A watch, prescription medicine and Ipod case were taken from a vehicle.
    JERUSALEM CHURCH ROAD — (Brooklet) A woman said someone cut the church's phone line.
    EXCALIBUR COURT — (Statesboro) A deputy heard several gunshots coming from Camelot subdivision and went to investigate. He saw two men running from the middle of the road and into a home. He knocked and spoke with the offender, who was charged with discharging a firearm near a highway, discharging a firearm while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and underage possession of alcohol.
    TOUCHDOWN DRIVE — A deputy watched as a driver in a white truck tried to crash into a trash can. He had been dispatched to the area due to calls complaining about the offender. He watched the driver miss the trash can, and stopped him. The driver smelled of alcohol, was only 20 years old and failed sobriety tests.
    
Georgia State Patrol Incidents    
     Troopers issued eight warnings, made one emergency relay of blood or medical supplies, assisted one motorist, and investigated four crashes resulting in one injury Tuesday.
      
Georgia Southern University Incidents
      Officers issued two traffic warnings and assisted two motorists Tuesday.
    
911  Law Enforcement Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Tuesday:
    Bulloch County Sheriff's Department — 13  calls.
    Statesboro Police Department —  22 calls.
    Georgia State Patrol Post 45 — five calls.
    Candler County Sheriff's Department —  eight calls.
    Brooklet Police Department — two calls.
    Evans County Sheriff's Department — two calls.
        
911 Fire Department Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Tuesday:
    Metter Fire Department —  one call.
    Bulloch County Volunteer Firefighters — one call.
        
911 EMS Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Tuesday:
    Bulloch County EMS — two accident calls, one rescue call and 13 medical calls.   
    Candler County EMS — one accident call and 11  medical calls.  
    Evans County EMS — two medical calls.    
    Central 911 operators also routed a call to the Georgia Forestry Commission, two calls t Bulloch County First Responders, and a call to Bryan County 911.
    
— Compiled by Holli Deal Bragg
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