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Police Reports

Pooler

• An Officer responded around 1:20am to a report of a vehicle in a ditch on Pine Barren Road. She found the driver still sitting in the car stuck in the ditch. He explained that he’d tried turning around and backed up too far, sliding his Chevy Silverado into the ditch. He was arrested for DUI.

• A grocery store manager became suspicious of a customer as the man started to leave the store. In particular, she noticed that he was walking with a stiff leg with his arm down by his side as though he was concealing something in his clothes. She wrote down the license plate number on the man’s Honda Civic, which she said had a wide stripe on the hood, roof, and trunk. She then walked back to the meat department where the man had been first spotted. She discovered they were missing ten ribeye and T-bone steaks. The reporting Officer checked the license plate, which came back to a Ford van. He also noted that he’d received a complaint of someone matching the man’s description trying to sell steaks to a local restaurant. He was unable to find the suspect in the area. (What an idiot! Shoplifting steaks from the Piggly Wiggle and then trying to sell them to the Western Sizzlin’... like no one’s gonna figure that out! Moron!!)

• A store clerk was alerted when the alarm went off as a young woman attempted to leave the store. The clerk had the woman return, and she admitted that she’d placed a $40 bottle of diet pills in her pocketbook. She was allowed to return them and not be charged with shoplifting. The clerk did, however, contact the young woman’s mother and banned her from returning.

• There were several domestic disputes reported this past week. In one case, Officers responded and a woman said they were having a verbal argument when her husband shoved her into a bedroom wall and she fell to the floor and hurt her knees. The husband explained that he’d gotten in bed to go to sleep when his wife stuck an ink pen in his ear in an attempt to get him to listen to her. He admitted that at that point, he shoved her off the bed. The man decided to leave the residence for the night.

• A man with a gray beard, a grandfatherly type, walked into a local bank, and handed a note to the teller demanding money. The teller handed over the money, and the man calmly walked out the north door of the bank and escaped before Officers could arrive. (My wife said she’d seen on the news that night that the same man had robbed a bank in the St. Simon’s area earlier that day. He’s got some big ones!)

• A woman was walking her dog through the neighborhood when two dogs, one black and the other black and white, charged towards her. The woman was able to get back into her home with her pet, but the dogs stayed on her porch growling and barking. They finally left to chase other dogs in the neighborhood. An Officer arrived on the scene and the dogs charged him as well. The dog’s owner saw what was happening and called his dogs, and they retreated back inside his home. The man will have to appear in court to answer to dog at large charges.

Garden City

• The manager of a trucking company told Officers that a driver had been told to take one of their Freightliner trucks with an orange container to Cordele Georgia to make a pickup. He said the driver never arrived, so he began checking. He found the trucker has made nearly $1000 in diesel fuel purchases around Garden City. He’s since deactivated the trucker’s fuel card, but can’t contact the man and wants his truck and container back!

• A trailer sales business reported that someone had cut the lock on the back gate and stole an $8000 cargo trailer from the lot.

• Would the thin well dressed woman driving the maroon Honda Odyssey please return to the convenience store on Hwy 80 and pay for your $32.09 gas purchase? Your credit card was turned down.

Port Wentworth

• An Officer stopped a Chevy Blazer on Hwy 21 at I-95 when he noticed the improper tail light covers. A check of the license plate returned to a Saturn. The driver was told that the car would have to be towed for having no insurance and not being registered. The man agreed, and then consented to a search of the vehicle. Inside, Officers found three marijuana cigars, one partially burnt. The man and his passenger, who was found to have a bag of marijuana tucked inside the only sock he was wearing, were both arrested for possession of marijuana.

• An Officer made a traffic stop on two Massachusets men on I-95 when he noticed neither was wearing a seat belt. The driver explained that his wallet and the registration had been stolen when someone broke into the car in New York. He provided his name and date of birth to the Officer, but it came back not on file. The man finally admitted his real name and said he was suspended. He went to jail.

• A Springfield man told Police that he’s been getting gas at a Port Wentworth convenience store for several weeks. He said he’s noticed that after he prepays for his gas and gets ready to fill his car, the gas pump automatically jumps up three cents. While he was inside to speak to the clerk, another man was already complaining about the extra charge. He said the clerk replied that “that’s just how the pump is.” (More excess profits for the oil companies!!)

• An Officer stopped a Savannah woman on I-95 when he noticed she and her passenger weren’t wearing their seat belts. A check of the woman’s license revealed that she was suspended and also wanted by the Pooler Police for a bad check. She was arrested.

• A South Carolina man was also stopped for not wearing his seat belt on I-95. A check with dispatch revealed the man was suspended and had been declared a habitual violator. He was placed under arrest, and while being handcuffed, attempted to remove a bag of marijuana from his pants pocket. That went straight to the evidence box for additional charges.

• While an Officer was at a convenience store on Hwy 21, he saw a Garden City man back out of his parking space and hit a car parked at the gas pumps. The man continued to head towards the exit, but was stopped when he noticed Officers running towards him. He went to jail for DUI Refusal, no driver’s license, and leaving the scene of an accident. He was also charged with giving false identity to an Officer when fingerprints at the jail revealed the man’s true identity.

Bryan County Sheriff’s Office

• A Deputy clocked a Pennsylvania woman at 96mph in the 70mph zone of northbound I-95 and made a traffic stop. The woman was arrested when her license came back suspended.

• A Deputy was running stationary radar on Hwy 17 when he clocked a blue Buick at 73mph in the 55mph zone. He activated his lights and siren and pulled out behind the car. The driver didn’t slow down until the Deputy got right behind him. The Deputy then asked for the man’s license and registration. The man produced his Illinois license and the Deputy noted the Wyoming license plate. His car was insured through an agency in Savannah. The Deputy asked the man where he lived, and the man became loud and agitated, and a little confused. The Deputy then had him exit the car and step to the rear. The man immediately put his feet together and held his hands out to the side and asked what tests the Deputy wanted him to perform. With the traffic fairly heavy at 9am, the Deputy simply had him blow into an alcosensor, which registered positive for alcohol. He placed the man under arrest and took him to the Richmond Hill Police Department, where the man blew a .227. He was then taken to jail. (Sounds like he’s been through that before!)

• A Deputy noticed the woman in front of him on Hwy 17 around 3am was weaving within her lane of travel. He made a traffic stop after she made a U-turn to go southbound. The Columbus, Georgia woman was arrested for DUI.

• A Deputy stopped a blue Chevy that ran the stop sign while turning onto Hwy 17. He immediately noticed the odor of burnt marijuana coming from inside the car. The driver was arrested for DUI-Drugs.

• Around 9:30pm, a Deputy responded to an Ellabell convenience store for the report of a suspicious red car in the parking lot. The Deputy arrived and noticed the car, straddling two parking spaces, with the driver asleep inside. The car had moderate damage to the front end and extensive damage to the driver’s side of the car. The Deputy knocked on the window and woke the man up. He asked the man if his door could open, and the man said of course it could open. He then tried and couldn’t get, and had to crawl out through the passenger door. The man admitted he’d been drinking in Savannah earlier in the night, and said he was on his way to Beaufort. A check with Savannah Metro revealed that no one had reported a red vehicle involved in a hit and run. The man was arrested for DUI. (Talk about the long way to Beaufort...)

• A Deputy was on patrol in Ellabell around 2am when he observed a tan Oldsmobile that pulled onto the road behind him, then pulled quickly into a nearby driveway. A short time later, the Deputy spotted the car on another street, and again, the driver pulled into a driveway. The Deputy was able to get the license plate on the car, and dispatch advised that it belonged on a Chevrolet. When he returned to the car, the driver was not on the scene. A little later, the Deputy spotted the car again. This time, the driver jumped out of the car while it was traveling, and the car ended up in a ditch. The driver was able to flee on foot and get away.

• A Deputy turned around to stop a man on a 4 wheeler that was speeding down the road. The driver then turned off on a side road and tried to avoid the Deputy, who hit speeds of 70mph in order to catch up with the man. He finally pulled over and was arrested for fleeing to elude.

• Another Deputy spotted a woman leaving a known drug area off of Black Creek Church Road and speeding towards Hwy 204. The Deputy made a traffic stop, and the woman admitted her license was suspended. He then received permission to search her car, and she was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. She also refused to take a state breath test, and was charged with DUI Refusal.

• Two Deputies were on patrol on Hwy 280 when they spotted a blue Chevy pickup swerve several times in his lane as he turned onto Groover Hill Road. They made a traffic stop and told the man they’d stopped him for swerving in his lane. The man explained that was because he’d had about three beers earlier. He was then arrested for DUI. A charge of possession was added when they found a bag of marijuana in his pocket. (Like, ...don’t you swerve a little when you’ve had a few beers and try drivin’?)

• At 3:20am, a Deputy was passed by a westbound car at a high rate of speed on Hwy 204. He turned around and saw the car try to turn onto Hwy 280, where he drove up over the raised median. The driver stopped and began walking back to the Deputy’s patrol car, and was quickly arrested for DUI.

• A Deputy stopped a black Honda that was speeding 73mph in a 55mph zone of Hwy 280 around 9am. The woman was asked for her license, and she handed over a yellow Recorder’s Court receipt from Chatham County. The Deputy asked if she was the person on the receipt, and the woman said she was. He then called that information into dispatch, who advised that the woman should be about 5’ 2” tall, and about 240 pounds. The Deputy took a good look at the nearly 6’ tall woman in front of him, and guessed she was closer to 300 pounds. He then received permission to search her car, and found pay stubs from Carey Hilliard’s where the woman had said she used to work. He checked the name on the pay stub with dispatch, which came back at 5’ 11” and 280 pounds. She finally admitted that was her real name and was taken to jail for lying to a law enforcement officer, speeding, and driving while suspended.

• A Bloomingdale Police Officer explained to a Deputy that he was on his way to work when he nearly ran into a tan Honda that was sideways in an intersection. He approached the driver and she was pressing the gas pedal, but nothing was happening. He added that he couldn’t get a coherent response from the driver. The Deputy spoke to the woman and asked her to turn the engine off, but the woman was too confused to figure out how to turn the key. The woman was taken to jail for obstructing an intersection. Jail personnel located several pills in her pockets, and she was charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Bloomingdale

• An Officer was northbound on Cherry Street approaching the intersection with Hwy 80 when a Guyton man made a right turn onto Cherry, nearly striking the Officer’s patrol car. The Officer stopped the man who said his license was suspended for child support. After confirming that through dispatch, the man was arrested. (If you’re driving while suspended, wouldn’t you try avoiding patrol cars rather than trying to run into them?)

• Around 2:45am, an Officer was approached by a man at the intersection of John Carter Road and Little Neck Road. The man said that two men with ski masks on had just attempted to come in the back door of his home. Fortunately, the man sleeps with a shotgun next to his bed, and he chased the suspects away. A search of the area proved negative. (I think I’d’ve taken a shot anyway, just to reinforce the idea that they shouldn’t come back!)

• An Officer responded to a Pine Barren Road address around 1:30am. A man there explained that a dark colored heavy duty pickup with a gray stripe down the side had stopped in the roadway near his house, and that two men then shot a deer that was standing in his front yard. The men quickly loaded the deer into the bed of the pickup and sped away. (Night hunters! Be sure to explain that little tidbit when you’re bragging to your friends about killing a deer...)

• A Cobbtown man told Officers that his Ford F250 had been at the dealership for repairs for two weeks, and he’d just picked it up a week ago. He was traveling on John Carter Road when the truck began running rough. He pulled over to the side of the road, and the truck caught fire, totally engulfed in flames.

• An Officer was on patrol on John Carter Road around 4pm when he got a notice to be on the lookout for a red Cougar eastbound on I-16 with a possible drunk driver. The Officer proceeded to I-16 and set up facing the eastbound car, then was notified that the car had exited onto Bloomingdale Road and was now stopped at the stop sign. The Officer pulled up and found the Cougar was sticking out into the intersection. He pulled in front of the car and walked up to the driver, asking what the problem was. The driver mumbled that he was drunk. He then tried to start his car, which was already running. The Officer asked him to switch the car off and step out. The man was taken to jail after admitting he’s had two DUI’s in the past, and that he’s an alcoholic and needs help.

Effingham County Sheriff’s Office

• A Deputy turned onto Hwy 17 southbound after a Ford Taurus had just passed by the intersection. The Deputy noted the driver was having a hard time keeping the car between the fog line and the dotted centerline. He made a traffic stop after the driver rode about an eighth of a mile with both passenger side tires on the road shoulder. The Guyton man admitted he’d had three or four beers at the turkey shoot, and was arrested for DUI.

• There were at least three instances of some jerk shooting vehicles in a Faulkville neighborhood with a paintball gun.

• A man called Deputies around 11pm and told them he’d been sitting in his living room when his dogs started barking. He looked out a window to his back porch and saw a man standing there dressed in all black. The man said he grabbed a wooden pole and exited through the front door, heading around the side of the house to confront the man. The man had decided to get out of there, and ran into the man while coming around the same side of the house. The homeowner said he hit the man with the wood pole and the man got up and fled the area on foot. (I hope you hit him once for me, too!)

• A Deputy was in the process of responding to a call on Sandhill Road, traveling on Blue Jay Road when another driver flagged him down. The woman said a white Chevy Tahoe had just passed her and nearly struck her head on. While there, another driver pulled up and told him the same SUV had just run himand several other vehicles off the road. The Deputy turned around and caught up with the Tahoe as the driver approached a railroad crossing. The driver again crossed the centerline and into the oncoming lane of traffic, coming with two feet of hitting the railroad crossing signal. The Deputy activated his lights and siren, and the driver slowed to about 20mph, finally stopping in a ditch after another quarter of a mile. The Deputy approached the driver who said “I’m not drunk!” The Deputy told him he’d never said he was drunk. The man then explained that he thought he was being pulled over for speeding. The Deputy asked if he’d had any prescription medication, and the man said he’d taken a Lorcet for pain from a recent neck surgery. The Deputy then attempted to give the man a field sobriety test, but he couldn’t keep his eyes open long enough for the nystagmus test. In the walk and turn test, the Deputy stopped the test early because the man kept closing his eyes while trying to walk the required nine steps. He was arrested for DUI Drugs and taken to jail. The Deputy asked him to sign his citations, but the man could not remain alert enough to hold the pen. (Sounds like they need to give him some No-Doze intravenously!)

• A Deputy responded to the assistant principal’s office of a local high school. The assistant principal asked him to escort a student to In School Suspension, so the Deputy directed the student to the hallway. At that point, the student began yelling that he wasn’t going to ISS. The Deputy tried to get him to calm down, but the student kept yelling. He was returned to the principal’s office, then handcuffed and Juvenile Justice was notified. He was eventually turned over to his next of kin. (I wouldn’t’ve been able to sit down for a week!)

• A woman was traveling along McCall Road in her Chevy Blazer S-10 and reached over to pet her dog in the passenger seat. When she looked back at the road, she saw a row of mailboxes dead ahead. She attempted to miss them, but struck 15 of them. Her Blazer then flipped over, landing upright, and she was able to exit without assistance. She was cited for not using due care.

• A Deputy stopped a Chevy Malibu on McCall Road after the driver struck the fog line with his passenger side tires twice. Dispatch advised that the driver was wanted on a felony marijuana distribution charge. He placed the Rincon man under arrest and told him he needed to search him for weapons and drugs. The man said he had some “weed” in his pockets, and the Deputy found two bags of marijuana, one in each jacket pocket. (Lock him up in the “They’ll never learn” wing of the jail.)

• Around 2am, Deputies responded to a Springfield address and found a woman wearing headphones and singing loudly in the middle of the street. One approached the intoxicated woman and asked her to turn her headphones down, then advised her there’d been a complaint and she needed to go inside her home for the rest of the night. The woman simply put her headphones back on and began singing again. The Deputies then arrested her for public intoxication and disorderly conduct after she became combative, screaming and yelling that she hadn’t done anything. (Go directly to jail, do not pass Go! You can lead your fellow inmates in a rousing rendition of Kum Bah Yah when you get there!)