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Police report - 8-6-15; A man was visiting a friend when they argued over Facebook posts.
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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 DEPARTMENT
Reported Tuesday
Arrests/citations
    Raymundo Ortega-Fuentes, 48, Hwy. 80 West — driving without a license, defective equipment.
    Christopher Scott Whorley, 43, Salem Church Road, Metter — defective headlight, suspended license.
    Johnny Lee Hagins Jr., 32, Broad Street — open container, marijuana possession.
    Jehu Laparra, 20, Hwy. 80, Portal —violation of the Move Over law (passing a stationary emergency vehicle), driving without a license.

Incidents
    EAST GEORGIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER — A man said he brought his father into the hospital in a wheelchair, but when they went to go home, the wheelchair was missing and the one they used for his father was not his own.
    STADIUM VIEW APARTMENTS — A man was visiting a friend when they argued over Facebook posts, and the friend shoved him to the ground.
    DONALDSON STREET — A man told police an unknown man rang his doorbell and fled.
    BAYMONT INN & SUITES — A woman said a man with whom she was arguing struck her and shook her violently, causing injuries. The offender fled the scene when she called police.

BULLOCH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Reported Tuesday
Arrests/citations
    Robin Leann Smith Bright, 29, Hwy. 80 East, Claxton — failure to have prescription drugs in their original container, possession of schedule II and IV controlled substances, speeding, wanted person.
    Taylor Leigh Irving, 18, Ridge Drive, Claxton — possession of drug-related objects.
    Ronderick Botran Brown, 26, West 8th Street, Waynesboro — bench warrant.
    Kenneth Jason Moore, 38, Hwy. 280, Claxton — marijuana possession, obstruction.
    William Brandon Wright, 24, South Boulder Court, Savannah — felony bench warrant.

Incidents
    RED FERN LANE — A woman said she hired a man to renovate a building into a hunting lodge, but told him not to show up Monday because she would not be there. She found someone had broken into the building, and the man’s tools were gone, but another worker’s tools were still there. There were other clues that someone had been inside, but the worker denied entering the building.
    PONDSIDE DRIVE — A woman reported an air conditioner unit wire had been cut.
    OLD DILL ROAD — When a woman fired her father’s caregiver due to unacceptable behavior and leaving him alone, the caregiver threatened to call the state officials on the complainant. The complainant felt that was a threat and arranged to give the woman her final pay at the Jenkins County Sheriff’s Office.

GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY POLICE
Reported Tuesday
Arrests/citations
    Officers issued four traffic violation citations.

Incidents
    Officers issued no traffic warnings and assisted one motorist.

BULLOCH COUNTY 911 CALLS
Reported Tuesday
Law Enforcement
    Brooklet Police — three calls.
    Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office — 16 calls.
    Candler County Sheriff’s Office — one call.
    Claxton Police — two calls.
    Evans County Sheriff’s Office — one call.
    Georgia State Patrol — six calls.
    Georgia Southern University Police — no calls.
    Metter Police — five calls.
    Portal Police — one call.
    Statesboro Police — 24 calls.

Fire Departments
    Bulloch County Fire Department — no calls.
    Statesboro Fire Department — three calls.
    Metter Fire Department — one call.

Emergency Medical Service
    Bulloch County EMS — four first-responder calls and 14 medical calls.
    Candler County EMS — six medical calls.
    Evans County EMS — three medical calls.

Calls to other agencies
    911 hang-ups — 67 calls.
    Air Evac — one call.
    Effingham County 911 — one call.
    Emanuel County 911 — one call.
    Tattnall County 911 — one call.

— compiled by Holli Deal Saxon