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Police report, 3/16/19
A man who was terminated by phone for “unprofessional conduct” made indirect threats of harm, including that someone would “get hit in the head with something.”
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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.


ARRESTS/CITATIONS

➤ Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office

▲ Purlay Tashawn Johnson, 41, Bobby Donaldson Avenue — two counts of felony probation violation.

▲ Aaron Colby Whitaker, 31, Grady Saunders Road, Portal — probation violation.


➤ Statesboro Police Department

▲ Zoe Elizabeth Burns, 20, Lakeside Drive, Hazlehurst — DUI/less safe, following too closely.

▲ Matthew Mark Frazier, 22, Kayley Court, Lawrenceville — bench warrant.


INCIDENTS

➤ Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office

▲ GREAT DANE — A man who was terminated by phone for “unprofessional conduct” made indirect threats of harm, including that someone would “get hit in the head with something.” A complainant said the man had shown up at the work place earlier that week, when he was off schedule, and acted strangely.  Deputies gave him a criminal trespass warning.


➤ Statesboro Police Department

▲ WAL-MART SUPERCENTER — Someone was cited for shoplifting about $88 worth of clothes and beauty items.

▲ PARKER’S/LANIER DRIVE — Someone reported a vehicle stolen.

▲ LANIER DRIVE — Officers responded to a verbal dispute.

▲ OFFICE MAX — A woman told police another female took pictures of her and her vehicle without permission. The incident was listed as stalking.

▲ RIDGEWOOD DRIVE — Police responded to an allegedly physical tussle between two women, but issued no charges.

▲ JULIA P. BRYANT ELEMENTARY — A student threatened another, violating school policy.


➤ Georgia Southern University Police

▲ Officers issued no traffic citations and no traffic warnings and assisted three motorists. 

▲ CENTENNIAL PLACE — Someone reported a criminal trespass incident.

▲ THE HAMPTONS — Officers responded to a report of a suspicious person.

▲ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BUILDING —Someone reported a theft.

▲ BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BUILDING — Officers responded to a report of carrying a concealed weapon. No arrest was noted.

▲ NEWTON BUILDING — Someone reported a suspicious person.


BULLOCH 911 REPORTS

➤ Law Enforcement Agencies

▲ Brooklet Police Department — five calls.

▲ Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office — 19 calls.

▲ Candler County Sheriff’s Office — seven calls.

▲ Claxton Police Department — two calls.

▲ Evans County Sheriff’s Department — one call.

▲ Georgia State Patrol — seven calls.

▲ Georgia Southern University Police — two calls.

▲ Metter Police Department — one call.

▲ Statesboro Police Department — 22 calls.

 

➤ Fire Departments

▲ Georgia Forestry Commission/Bulloch — one call.

 

➤ Other Agencies

▲ 911 hang-ups — 34 calls.

▲ Bulloch County Humane Enforcement — one call.


➤ Emergency Medical Services

▲ Bulloch County EMS — one accident call, one first-responder call and 27 medical calls.

▲ Candler County EMS — six medical calls.

▲ Evans County EMS — four medical calls.


— compiled by Holli Deal Saxon