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Police Reports
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Effingham County Sheriff’s Office
• Just before midnight, a Deputy was eastbound on Goshen
Road when he spotted an approaching westbound car at a high
rate of speed. He clocked the Acura at 82mph in the 50mph
zone and made a traffic stop. The Faulkville man was
arrested for driving while suspended.
• Around 5:45pm, a Deputy spotted a Dodge Neon that failed
to stop for the stop sign on Sandhill Road at Central Ave.
He activated his lights to make a stop, and the driver of
the Neon began to slow down. But he suddenly accelerated to
get away from the Deputy, driving recklessly down Sandhill
Road and forcing other drivers off the road. As the Deputy
would get near the rear of the Neon, the driver would slam
on brakes trying to make the Deputy rear end him. The Deputy
called for backup as the driver turned west on Hwy 80,
running through the crowded intersection at Hwy 280 without
yielding to oncoming traffic. Several more vehicles were
forced to the side of the road before the driver finally
decided to stop. The Deputy pulled in behind him and, to
block the Neon from fleeing again, hit the rear bumper with
his patrol car. The Deputy approached with his weapon drawn
and the driver held his hands up, then lunged towards him.
The Deputy gave the driver a front kick, then pulled him
from the car and placed him under arrest with 19 charges,
ranging from littering to driving while suspended.
• Another man also ran a stop sign at Central Avenue in
Guyton, and the Deputy made another traffic stop. A check
with dispatch revealed that the tag on the pickup was
assigned to a Honda Civic. The man was arrested when
dispatch advised the car had no insurance.
• The Deputy made another stop on Hwy 17 near Hwy 30 when
the tag light on the Ford F150 in front of him wasn’t
working. The truck also had a paper drive out tag as though
it had just recently been purchased. The driver handed the
Deputy an ID card rather than a driver’s license. Dispatch
advised that the man’s license was suspended. He admitted
he knew it was suspended as he’d just been served a couple
of weeks earlier. He added that he put the driveout tag on
the truck to make law enforcement think the truck had just
been purchased. (You need to do a little less thinkin’
while you’re in jail!)
• A Deputy was on patrol in a Rincon subdivision when he
spotted two men in a blue van pull up in front of a home
under construction. He knew construction materials had been
stolen from the home recently. The men returned to their van
after a few minutes, got in, and proceeded to another home
in the neighborhood. As they were backing their van out of
that driveway, the Deputy made an investigative stop. The
men said they were trying to find the home where they were
supposed to be hanging drywall. The Deputy ran their
identities through dispatch and it returned with no
warrants. When he returned to the men, they’d called their
boss and found the lot number for where they were supposed
to be working. The Deputy checked back an hour later, and
they were inside hanging drywall. (An ounce of
prevention’s worth a pound of cure!)
• Speaking of which, a contractor reported the theft of
two $400 ranges from two homes almost completed in a Guyton
subdivision.
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• A convenience store clerk told Deputies she waited about ten minutes
before calling 911 due to the amount of customers in the store that she had to
wait on. She said a young man had gotten in line to buy a six pack of beer. He
set the beer down on the counter, walked to the other side and grabbed 23
lotto tickets, a stick of beef jerky, and some change from a charity jar on
the counter, then fled the store in a tan car. (“Just 23 lotto tickets,
...that’s all I need, ...just 23 lotto tickets, ...and some change, ...and
that’s all I need, ...just 23 lotto tickets, some change, ...and a stick of
beef jerky. That’s all I need.” Jerk.)
• A Guyton man told Deputies he’d agreed with a Tennessee company to use
his computer to surf internet websites for them. He was supposed to be paid
large sums of money for surfing the websites of the company’s advertisers.
Instead, he’s missing over $4250 from his own checking account. (Hmmm,
...paying people to visit your advertisers...)
• A Deputy stopped a Guyton man around 10:30pm for driving without his
headlights on. The man was then arrested for DUI.
• A Deputy responded to a report of a disorderly woman in a trailer park. As
he got out of his patrol car, he overheard a female voice saying “Don’t
tell the Deputy I’m hiding behind this van.” The Deputy then walked to the
woman and placed her under arrest after she refused to answer any of his
questions with anything other than vulgarities. (Peepeye!)
• A Deputy was westbound on Blue Jay Road when he was passed by a green
Chevy pickup that he clocked at 93mph. He turned around to stop the truck, but
the driver accelerated with the Deputy following. The driver then turned south
on McCall Road, then south again on Hwy 21. There, he pulled into a shopping
center parking lot and back north on McCall Road. The Deputy had notified
other units by this time, and one had set up a spike strip to stop the truck.
The driver hit the strip and blew both front tires, but continued on at a high
rate of speed. Another Deputy then used the PIT maneuver to bump the truck off
the road onto the shoulder where he came to a stop. The Rincon man was
arrested on charges of reckless driving, driving while declared a
habitual violator, fleeing to elude and about seven other charges.
Pooler
• A landscape contractor on Old Louisville Road told Police that someone had
broken into one of his utility trailers and stolen two John Deere blowers,
valued at $500 each, a John Deere edger, valued at $400, and a John Deere
string trimmer, also valued at $400.
• Officers responded to an armed robbery complaint from a convenience store
where the office is located at the rear of the business. The manager said she
was inside counting the day’s deposit when someone tried to get into the
office door. The Officer went and checked with the clerk inside the store who
explained that she’d given the bathroom key to an older gentlemen who
must have gotten confused about the bathroom door and the office door. (Sounds
like the situation could have been worse!)
• An Officer responded to a neighborhood after complaints of a man stopping
cars and asking for gas. The Officer spotted the man’s truck leaving the
area and made a traffic stop. A Garden City man was then arrested for DUI and
open container.
Garden City
• Officers responded to an alarm at a convenience store around 12:30am and
found a shattered window. The owner was contacted and arrived to see what was
missing. The thief had grabbed the box where the rolled coins were kept
beneath the register, about $350 worth. He also made off with seven packs of
Swisher Sweets cigars and 24 packs of rolling papers.
• A contractor is missing over $1300 worth of tools from a home on Silk Hope
Road where he’s been installing tile. Neighbors reported seeing a red pickup
truck at the home during the night, and one neighbor said she awoke around
midnight to let her dog outside. She noticed the lights on inside the house,
which was odd, and her dog began barking at the home. Police are processing
the home for fingerprint evidence.
Port Wentworth
• An Officer clocked a man in a residential neighborhood at 46mph in the
35mph zone. He made a traffic stop and asked for the man’s license. The man
said he’d left it at home and began explaining that he’d gotten an
emergency phone call from his wife and he needed to get home for a death in
her family. The Officer got his name and date of birth and ran it through
dispatch. He then filled out the citation and had the man sign it. The name
came back from dispatch as not on file. He questioned the man further, and the
man admitted that he’d given his brother’s name because his license was
suspended. He was then arrested for driving while suspended, habitual
violator, and giving false information to an Officer. He was also charged with
forgery for signing his brother’s name to the original citation.
• A woman returned home around 5pm, and her babysitter asked if she could
borrow her car for a little while. Two days later, the woman finally filed a
report on the theft of her car.
• A container and chassis was reported stolen from a trucking company’s
yard. The container held eighteen 22hp tractors at the time.
• An Officer stopped an Acura that was northbound on I-95 after he clocked
it at 85mph in the 65mph zone. He smelled marijuana coming from the car as he
spoke with the driver. Dispatch advised that the driver was wanted in
Hinesville for failure to appear. The Officer had the man sign his speeding
citation, then arrested him on the Hinesville warrant. A search of the car led
to a box of Dutch Masters cigars and some marijuana, and he was also charged
with possession. (Doing 85mph on I-95 through Port Wentworth, ...you’re just
begging to get stopped!)
• An Officer arrived just after 11pm after a mobile home park resident
called to report that someone had just broken his front window. The man said
he looked out and saw a man walking towards a neighbor’s trailer carrying a
baseball bat. As the Officer was speaking with the resident, he heard a noise
behind him and turned to see the man walking towards him, obviously very
intoxicated. He was arrested for public intoxication and criminal trespass for
breaking the man’s window with the bat.
Bryan County Sheriff’s Office
• A Deputy pulled into the parking lot of a convenience store at Hwy 280 and
I-16 around 8pm. He noticed a blue Corsica parked in front of the store. As a
passenger got out of the back seat, several beer cans fell out. The Deputy
also noticed more beer cans in the car, so he approached the driver. The man
rolled down his window, and the Deputy was overwhelmed by the odor of burnt
marijuana. Another Deputy with a K-9 arrived on the scene and the Officer
asked for permission to search the man’s car. The man said he just didn’t
have the time to spare right now. When the K-9 alerted on the passenger side
of the car, the Deputy had probable cause to search the car, and located three
pills and a bag of marijuana in the driver’s pocket. Inside the car, he
found a large bag of marijuana located in a Bud Light box on the center
console, in reach of all the occupants of the car. All occupants were then
arrested on a felony charge of possession of marijuana.
• A Deputy was conducting a roadside safety check when a man pulled up and
learned that his license had been suspended. The Deputy had him pull over into
a nearby driveway and call someone to come pick him up and drive his truck
home for him. After waiting about 15 minutes, the Deputy saw the man get back
into his truck and drive off. The Deputy followed him to his home and placed
him under arrest. (“Do you understand the words that are coming out my
mouth?”)
• Deputies responded to a report of a possible drunk driver westbound on
I-16 near the weigh station. One Deputy began to follow the van as the driver
turned west on Hwy 280. The driver then signalled to make a left hand turn
into a tavern parking lot, but the driver missed the driveway and ended up in
the ditch. The Deputy approached and asked the man how much he’d had to
drink, and he replied “Too much!” He was arrested for his second DUI and
also charged with driving while suspended.
• A Deputy was eastbound on Hwy 204 when he spotted an oncoming car in the
westbound lane swerving over the centerline. The Deputy pulled over while the
car passed, then pulled out behind it with his lights and siren activated. The
driver continued westbound, slamming on brakes several times in an apparent
attempt to get the Deputy to rear end him. The man finally stopped and was
arrested for reckless driving, DUI, and fleeing to elude.
• A Pembroke man pulled up to the roadside safety check and was arrested for
driving while suspended. While inventorying his car before having it towed, a
Deputy located a box of Marlboros with marijuana inside. The man admitted the
cigarettes, and marijuana, were his, and he was also charged with possession.
Bloomingdale
• An Officer was westbound on Hwy 80 when he noticed a car tooling along at
19mph in the 45mph zone. He pulled behind the car and followed it for a mile,
noting that the driver never got faster than 22mph. He also noted that the
driver was weaving in the lane and randomly turning on his windshield wipers.
He made a traffic stop, and the driver stopped in the right hand turn lane in
front of City Hall near Adams Road. The Officer approached and asked the man
to pull into the parking lot behind City Hall. The man then pulled up onto the
curb and again stopped. He said he was trying to get back home to Atlanta. The
Officer finally asked if the man was diabetic and he said he was. EMS was
contacted and took the man to St. Joseph’s Hospital. (My wife says I get
“sugar-stupid” when my blood sugar drops low as his must have done.)
• An Officer was southbound on Little Neck Road when he passed a northbound
truck that he clocked at 59mph in the 45mph zone. He turned around and stopped
the truck on the on ramp to I-16. After writing the man his citation for
speeding, he asked about the smell of marijuana coming from the truck. “I
smoked a joint earlier, dude.” Dude went to jail after he handed over his
remaining marijuana he had hidden in his shoe.
• An Officer was running stationary radar on I-16 when he clocked an
eastbound car at 84mph. He pulled out to make a traffic stop, and the driver
exited onto Bloomingdale Road, then turned west on John Carter Road. The
Officer followed and found the car stopped in a yard with a man walking
towards the driver’s side door. The Officer stopped him and put him in hand
restraints to complete his investigation. The man said he’d been sleeping
and woke up when the car pulled into the grassy yard and stopped. He said the
passenger had been driving and told him to quickly get behind the wheel of the
car. When the Officer questioned him about the odor of marijuana coming from
the car, the man began crying and started begging his partner to tell the
truth. The passenger then admitted he’d been driving and got scared because
his license is suspended. He was taken to jail for that offense and for
possession of marijuana after the Officer found a baggie of pot lying outside
the passenger door. (There’s no crying in drug arrests!)
• An Officer stopped a pickup that was westbound on Hwy 80 around 1:30am
when he spotted the driver weaving in his lane. The driver explained that he
was trying to fix his speaker wires on the passenger side because they were
burning. The Officer noted the odor in the truck, but thought it smelled a lot
more like marijuana that had been burnt. He asked the man if he’d been
smoking marijuana, and the man said he had not. The Officer then noticed the
pack of rolling papers in the ashtray. He asked the man when was the last time
he’d smoked marijuana. The man laughed and said he worked construction and
did smoke marijuana. The Officer asked if he had any in the truck and the man
said he didn’t think so. He then gave the Officer permission to search the
truck, where he found two partially smoked marijuana cigarettes. The Officer
asked him to sit on the curb while he checked the rest of the truck. The man
asked if he could smoke a cigarette while he waited, and the Officer grabbed
the man’s cigarette pack from the truck. He went to hand him one and pulled
out another marijuana cigarette. The man laughed again, but was soon on his
way to jail for possession.
• An Officer stopped a westbound car on Hwy 80 for a shattered windshield.
The driver got out and met the Officer at the rear of his car, and explained
he’d left his license at home. The Officer got his name and date of birth
and told him to sit back in his car while he ran it through dispatch. The man
soon got out of the car again and the Officer again met him at the rear of his
car. The man said his license was suspended. Dispatch confirmed it had been
suspended seven times in the past. The man was arrested and the car was turned
over to his wife.
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