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.
ARRESTS/CITATIONS
Statesboro Police Department
Benjamin Michael Martin, 24, Tuscany Trail — suspended license.
Ralph Joshua Merritt, 53, Brittany Way, Chesapeake, Va. — begging/soliciting, wanted person (Richmond County).
Duane Keith Smith, 50, Lanier Drive — simple assault (family violence).
Wayland Dejamar Dickerson, 38, Johnson Street — cocaine possession DUI/less safe, suspended license.
Demetria Janae Hodges, 27, Johnson Street — driving without a license, tag/registration violation.
Woodrow Allen Lariscy, 42, Halcyondale Road, Sylvania — possession of a schedule II controlled substance.
Jacquetta Shamon Tarver, 22, Saxon Street, Dublin — wanted person (Jefferson County).
Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office
Decorian Demoray Davis, 21, Statesboro Place Circle — sale, purchase, manufacture or distribution of marijuana; possession of drug-related objects; conspiracy to commit a felony; use of communications facility in commission of a felony involving controlled substances.
Tayla Lashae Starr, 20, Statesboro Place Circle — sale, purchase, manufacture or distribution of marijuana; possession of drug-related objects, conspiracy to commit a felony, use of communications facility in commission of a felony involving controlled substances.
D’Andra Dashaud Duhart, 22, Ardwick Drive, Hephzibah — possession of marijuana, possession of drug-related objects.
Jammell Antwan McCoy, 36, Felt Drive, Savannah — bench warrant.
Wayne Anthony Smith, 49, J.U. Williams Lane. Pembroke — felony probation violation.
INCIDENTS
Statesboro Police Department
THE LODGE APARTMENTS — A man said another man damaged his car tires and threatened him with harm. The offender was arrested.
GATA’S — Two victims claimed to have been assaulted by a man. Officers gave them information on taking warrants.
COOKOUT — A man who had been warned previously about begging and soliciting was arrested for a second offense.
STADIUM WALK APARTMENTS — A man was arrested for threatening to harm a woman.
Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office
ROBERTSON ROAD — A man told deputies he believed his wife, from whom he is divorcing, took his favorite dog from a kennel.
SWALLOWTAIL DRIVE — A woman told deputies she discovered texts between two suspects about poisoning her dog with antifreeze.
PATRIOT INN — A woman reported a man calling about a room and asking her to show it to him. When she told him she could not leave the counter, but he could check out the room himself, he began cursing and made a vulgar comment about his sexual needs. He called again the next night and she hung up, she said.
Georgia Southern University Police
Officers issued two traffic citations and no traffic warnings and assisted eight motorists.
BULLOCH 911 REPORTS
Law Enforcement Agencies
Brooklet Police Department — one call.
Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office — 27 calls.
Candler County Sheriff’s Office — nine calls.
Claxton Police Department — no calls.
Evans County Sheriff’s Office — six calls.
Georgia State Patrol — 10 calls.
Georgia Southern University Police — three calls.
Metter Police Department — three calls.
Portal Police Department — no calls.
Statesboro Police Department — 34 calls.
Fire Departments
Bulloch County Fire Department — 10 calls.
Statesboro Fire Department — three calls.
Metter Fire Department — one call.
Evans County Fire & Rescue — three calls.
Georgia Forestry Commission/Bulloch — one call.
Georgia Forestry Commission/Candler — one call.
Emergency Medical Services
Bulloch County EMS — five accident calls, three first-responder calls and 14 medical calls.
Candler County EMS — four medical calls.
Evans County EMS — six medical calls.
Other Agencies
911 hang-ups — 55 calls.
Bulloch County Humane Enforcement — one call.
Bryan County 911 — one call.
Bulloch County Correctional Institute — five calls.
Excelsior EMC — two calls.
Tattnall County 911— one call.
— compiled by Holli Deal Saxon
Police report -2-26-16; A man told deputies his his wife took his favorite dog from a kennel.