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Police Report 12-11-11; A woman was robbed when a man snatched her purse and ran.
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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. Arrest photos are available for viewing at statesboroherald.com/arrests/


ARRESTS
Statesboro Police, Bulloch County Sheriff, Georgia Southern University, and Georgia State Patrol arrests made Friday through Sunday will be reported Tuesday.

Statesboro Police
    Tracy Carlton Wallace, 42, Turner Street – simple assault, criminal trespass.
    Vincent Edward Reese, 21, Chandler Road – failure to appear.

INCIDENTS
Statesboro Police, Bulloch County Sheriff, Georgia Southern University, and Georgia State Patrol incidents occurring Friday through Sunday will be reported Tuesday.

Statesboro Police
    TURNER STREET – A man was arrested for threatening a witness to a family dispute where he broke some ceramic figurines.
    STADIUM WALK APARTMENTS – Someone reported the theft of a Playstation 3, laptop computer, and other items.
    CHOW TIME – A woman was robbed when a man snatched her purse and ran.
    SOLOMAN CIRCLE – A woman reported receiving threatening phone calls.
    WALMART – Two men were captured on camera shoplifting about $1,500 worth of cell phones, $450 worth of digital cameras and$500 worth of e-readers. The case is under investigation.

Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office 
    CEDARWOOD ACRES – (Register) A woman and her 16-year-old son argued about religion and alcohol, and things became heated. Someone called deputies and the son spent the night elsewhere.
    THOMKIN DRIVE – (Statesboro) When deputies knocked on a door to speak with a resident about whom neighbors complained, he used vulgarity and was warned that kind of language could get him arrested. Then deputies explained that neighbors reported damages caused by guests at his parties, which were reportedly excessive, and told him the neighbors had been advised to have the vehicles towed when parked in their property.
    OLD HAPPY ROAD – (Brooklet) A man was sitting in his vehicle in his driveway when another man challenged him to race. When he told the offender to leave, the unknown man struck him and left.
    U.S. 301 SOUTH – (Statesboro) A man reported the theft of two TVs.
    TWIN FORKS ROAD – (Nevils) Deputies stood by while a woman retrieved her belongings from a home. Things became heated when the woman and her father expressed their views of the complainant having ended a relationship between himself and the woman.

Statesboro-Bulloch County Animal Shelter 
    Reports will be published Tuesday.