Pool 25' round, 10,500 gal. Doughboy, new pump & liner, $950 or best offer. Call 858-5166.

Set of Engraved Samurai Swords and 8 piece Engraved Knife collection set. Asking $175. Call 858-5052.

Stuffed animals, dolls, small toys, baby clothes to size 6, a few housewares, VHS recording tapes, knick-knacks, & books, all $ .50 to $3, old 3-wheel beach bicycle. 7 days a week ‘til sold! Hwy 80, west of Pooler in Eden, Call 748-0994, 10AM-10PM only, please.

Bowflex Ultimate 2 Home Gym, used very little, asking $1,000, obo. Call 964-6413 after 6 PM, Pooler.

25 HP Briggs & Stratton 42” riding mower, good shape. $500. Call 748-9226 or 604-1885.

THE SPIRIT WORKS!

Police Reports

Bryan County Sheriff’s Office

• Deputies responded to an Ellabell residence for a domestic dispute. The man and wife explained that he wanted to go hunting, and she wanted to go shopping, and neither would stay with the kids while the other went out. (I bet we could have a report like that ‘bout every week ‘round here!)

• A woman told Deputies that they’d had their car repaired at a local shop, and they called to say it was ready. They went to pick it up and paid the $550 repair bill, but the workers couldn’t find her key. They tried every key in the building, but none worked, and now the ignition won’t turn. The shop owner explained that there would be additional charges for repairing the ignition. The woman asked the Deputy for a report so she could take out warrants on the business.

• Other drivers alerted Bryan County dispatch of a drunk driver in a gray Ford Mustang westbound on I-16. A truck driver stayed on the phone with them behind the Mustang, and told them it had pulled off at the Weigh Station and was in the line of eighteen wheelers. The Deputies pulled in behind the Mustang, activated their lights, and walked to the driver’s window. They found the Richmond Hill woman passed out, slumped over the center console with the car still running. She was arrested for DUI after blowing a .215.

• Deputies clocked a Claxton man at 94mph in a 55mph zone of Hwy 280 in Ellabell. The man was taken to jail for not having a driver’s license.

Bulloch County Sheriff’s Department

• A woman filed a report with Deputies after she found someone had opened her car and poured ketchup, ranch dressing, and relish inside. (What’s she driving, ...the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile?)

• Deputies were working a safety checkpoint set up on Hwy 301 North when a Buckhead man pulled up with no license plate on his car. A K-9 unit alerted on the car, and the man was arrested when Deputies found a crack pipe in his back pocket. The checkpoint resulted in several arrests for no driver’s license and at least one arrest for DUI.

• Deputies responded to a Brooklet trailer park for a report of loud music coming from one of the residences. The Deputy noted that they’ve responded to the same lot over ten times in the past year. As they arrived, they found four men drinking in the back yard with the music playing loud. Another man ran into the trailer as they approached, and they found him laying in bed pretending to be asleep. He could’t explain why he went to sleep with his shoes still on. Three people were arrested for maintaining a disorderly house, and one man was charged with obstruction and giving a false name to law enforcement officers. He was taken into custody for parole violation from Savannah, and for an open warrant from their department for driving while unlicensed.

• Around 2:30am, a Deputy made a traffic stop on a man after seeing him run a stop sign onto Westside Road. The man admitted he’d been drinking, and was arrested for DUI. His two passengers were arrested for underage drinking.

• Also around 2:30am, another Deputy stopped a red Ford Ranger for having only one working tail light. A check of the cab of the pickup turned up four bottles of wine and a fifth of vodka that was half full, if you’re an optimist, or half empty if you’re a pessimist. The driver and passenger were both arrested for underage drinking.

• The owner of a Pit Bull kennel told Deputies that a car was waiting for him in his yard when he returned from lunch. The car had seven men in it, and they said they wanted to look at the puppies and possibly buy one. The man told them he could only let three of them inside the kennel at one time, and three men followed him in. Once inside, one of the men grabbed him from behind and held him while the other two each grabbed a Pit Bull puppy and ran for their car. The man also stole his cell phone to delay him calling Deputies.

• A Deputy was westbound on Hwy 46 when he was passed by an eastbound truck that he clocked at 75mph in the 55mph zone. He made a traffic stop, and the Pembroke man was arrested for driving while suspended. (Duh! Twenty miles over the limit on a suspended license! What, were you begging to get stopped?)

Pooler

• An employee happened to be watching as a Garden City man took two Latin music CD’s and placed them beneath his coat as he walked through the electronics department. He was stopped when he tried to leave the store without paying for them, and arrested for shoplifting. He was given a $1000 bond for the attempted theft of the $31.76 worth of Latin music.

• If you’re missing a large plastic box full of your old Christmas decorations, they were found along Pine Barren Road near Hwy 80. You can pick them up after identifying them at the Pooler Police Department. And... Merry Christmas!

• A woman called Police to report a red pickup had driven past her home and someone threw several eggs at her vehicles in her driveway. The Officer arrived and couldn’t locate the red truck. He did find three empty egg cartons that had contained two dozen eggs each. He also noted that, out of 36 eggs, none actually hit the woman’s cars. (Sounds like he throws like a girl! ...No offense girls!)

• Officers responded to a residence on a report of a fight. They found two women there who had obviously been fighting, as both had scratches and red marks on their faces and hands. One of the women became very belligerent as the Officers tried to question them to find out what had happened. That woman was soon arrested for disorderly conduct. After she tried to kick one of the Officers in the groin, a charge of battery on a Police Officer was added.

• Officers responded to another residence for a domestic dispute. There, the man of the house said he’d come down to the kitchen that morning to cook his son a hamburger. His wife was sleeping on the sofa at this time. While the burger was cooking, the woman poured a cup of dirt from a potted plant on the man’s hamburger. Officers separated the two, and the woman said she would be moved out when the man got home from work that night.

• A police officer pulled over a speeding car on I-95. The officer says, “I clocked you at 85 miles per hour, sir." The driver says, "Gee, officer I had it on cruise control at 65, perhaps your radar gun needs calibrating."

Not looking up from her knitting, the man’s wife says: "Now don't be silly dear, you know that this car doesn't have cruise control.”

As the officer writes out the ticket, the driver looks over at his wife and growls, "Can't you please keep your mouth shut for once?"

The wife smiles demurely and says, "You should be thankful your radar detector went off when it did."

As the officer makes out the second ticket for the illegal radar detector unit, the man glowers at his wife and says through clenched teeth, "Darn it, woman, can't you keep your mouth shut?"

The officer frowns and says, "And I notice that you're not wearing your seat belt, sir. That's an automatic $75 fine." The driver says, "Yeah, well, you see officer, I had it on, but took it off when you pulled me over so that I could get my license out of my back pocket."

The wife says, "Now, dear, you know very well that you didn't have your seat belt on. You never wear your seat belt when you're driving."

And as the police officer is writing out the third ticket the driver turns to his wife and barks, "WHY DON'T YOU PLEASE SHUT UP??"

The officer looks over at the woman and asks, ”Does your husband always talk to you this way, Ma'am?"

"Only when he's been drinking."

Port Wentworth

• An Officer stopped a black Ford pickup on I-95 for speeding 82mph in the 65mph zone. The driver, a Daytona man, handed over his license but didn’t have an insurance card. The Officer was getting ready to write the man his citation, and noticed the man was extremely nervous. He asked why, and the man replied that he was going to lose his job. The Officer then asked if he had any illegal drugs in the truck, and the man replied “a little bit of marijuana.” He was taken to jail on charges of possession and given a $1100 bond.

• A Guyton man was stopped after an Officer spotted him weaving on Hwy 21. He was arrested for DUI.

• An Officer responded to Hwy 21 and Bonnybridge Road for a report of a woman acting suspicious. He found the blonde Savannah woman sitting in her car parked on the south side of Bonnybridge, knocked on the window, and asked her to step out of the car. She said she didn’t want to, and asked the Officer to just sit in her car with her. The Officer, suspecting she wasn’t quite right, called for a female Officer to come and perform a pat search. When she arrived, the woman got out of her car and removed her shirt, exposing her bare breasts to passing traffic on Hwy 21. She was then arrested for disorderly conduct. (Turn your flashers off!)

• An Officer stopped a Rincon woman for speeding 61mph in a 45mph zone of Hwy 21. The woman said she didn’t have her license with her, and explained her speeding was a result of her dashboard not being illuminated. A check with dispatch returned with nothing showing up for the woman and date of birth she’d given. She insisted that was her accurate spelling of her name and her accurate date of birth. The Officer then checked the jail records on his computer in his patrol car, and found her photo with her five previous arrest records. The woman agreed that was her picture, and she was arrested for giving false identity information to an Officer. That led to a search of her car and additional charges of open container and possession of a crack pipe.

Effingham County Sheriff’s Office

• An Eden man went outside and started his wife’s van for her on a cold morning last week. The woman then discovered her Liz Claiborne purse, which contained over $2000 in cash, was stolen while the van was warming up.

• A man told Deputies his wife called him at work after she found the neighbor’s dogs had attacked, and killed, 17 of their chickens in their backyard pen.

• A Deputy was at the checkpoint entrance to the Effingham Courthouse when a woman approached with her boyfriend, who had business at the court. She handed over her big, blue purse and the Deputy looked it over for contraband. Inside, he found a glass smoking device and a bag of marijuana. The woman was arrested on possession charges. (Note to self: Remember to remove and hide all my dope, crack pipes, needles, etc. before trying to go to court!)

• A Deputy was just arriving in front of Effingham Middle School on Hwy 119 to direct traffic when a large black and brown German Shepherd appeared on the other side of the highway. As the Deputy began directing traffic, the dog became more aggressive, getting closer to the Deputy. The Deputy finally pulled her OC Spray and gave the dog a squirt when he got within a foot of her, ignoring her orders to back off. Animal Control retrieved the dog in a nearby neighborhood.

• A Deputy was on patrol near the cemetery in Meldrim when he noticed two men hanging out. He approached them and noticed that each had a bottle of Budweiser with them. Both men were soon arrested for public intoxication and for open container when more beer was found in their pickup truck.

• Deputies responded to a traffic accident on Hodgeville Road. They found a man wearing a bulletproof vest with a badge hanging from a chain around his neck that identified him as a member of the Air Force Security Police. The man also had blue and red emergency lights attached to his rear view mirror and strobe lights inserted with his headlights on his Honda Accord. The Deputy questioned the man, asking for his military ID card and what unit he was serving with. The man couldn’t answer their question or produce a military ID card, and was eventually arrested for impersonating a law enforcement officer. He explained that he “just had a great love for law enforcement and wanted to be in law enforcement.” That was right before he was arrested for driving while suspended in an uninsured vehicle.

• Deputies responded to a traffic accident on Sandhill Road. One of the men involved was speaking with the Deputies, explaining that the pickup he’d rear ended was just stopped in the middle of the road. The Deputy pointed out the stop sign that the truck was actually stopped for, and the man was soon arrested for DUI Refusal.

• A woman told Officers she’d left home around 7:30am, and had put her two pit bulls in her backyard at that time. When she returned home, her dogs were missing. The Officers inspected her fence, and found foot prints and paw prints leading away from the southwest corner of her property. The dogs were valued at $600 each.

• Police responded to a small restaurant for the report of an armed robbery. The owner told them a young man entered the business and demanded the money from the cash drawer. He jumped over the counter to force them to open the drawer, and as he did so, his gun went off, sending a bullet into the side of the cash register. He grabbed as many bills as he could, jumped back over the counter, and fled with a female companion into Chatham City Apartments.

• Officers responded to an alarm call at a local pawn shop. They found the front door lock had been drilled out. The business is missing over $10,000 worth of jewelry and stereo equipment.

• Officers responded to a local motel to assist members of the Counter Narcotics Team with an investigation. A man and woman were being detained, and a female Officer found a crack pipe and a rock of crack where only a female Officer would be allowed to look. Both were taken to jail. (Hope it wasn’t lit!)

• An Officer was monitoring traffic on Hwy 21 as it turns into I-516 and clocked a silver Mustang accelerating to 93mph. He activated his lights, and the driver slammed on brakes and pulled over. As the Officer got out of his patrol car and approached the driver, the driver quickly put the car in gear and fled the stop. The Officer did not pursue the man, but obtained his license plate number which returned to a Greensboro, North Carolina company.

• Around 10:30pm, an Officer was westbound on Hwy 80 when he noticed a car behind him that was erratically weaving over the centerline and over the fog line. He slowed to 30mph, but the driver wouldn’t pass him, so the Officer pulled into the center turn lane and the man passed by. The Officer then pulled in behind him and made a traffic stop when the driver again crossed the centerline. The man was arrested for DUI.

• Around 3am, the Officer was eastbound on Hwy 80 and noticed a westbound driver weaving over the centerline. He turned around and activated his lights to make a traffic stop. The driver slowed, but continued westbound. At one point, he began to pull into a driveway, but then turned on the shoulder of the road and continued westbound. He then stopped for the Officer, and immediately began pleading for him to let the woman passenger drive him home. The man was taken to jail for DUI after blowing a .184.

• An Officer made a traffic stop around midnight after clocking a westbound car on Hwy 80 at 63mph in the 45mph zone. The 6’6” 245lb. man was quickly arrested for DUI. He asked the Officers to call someone in Richmond Hill to come get his puppy, but he couldn’t provide a phone number for them. The Officers called information, but they didn’t have a listing for the name the man had given. The man then became enraged and began pounding his head into the back of the cage in the patrol car. The Officer advised him that he would only make matters worse for himself if he didn’t calm down. The man replied “I’ll show you what a problem is...” He was taken to jail, and his puppy was taken to Animal Control.