Police Reports

Bryan County Sheriff’s Department

• Deputies were alerted to a possible drunk driver on I-16 eastbound.
A Deputy was near the intersection with Hwy 280, and soon spotted the
white Ford pickup. He made a traffic stop, and the driver was
arrested for DUI, driving without a license, and speeding.
• A Deputy was eastbound on Hwy 280 in Pembroke, approaching the
intersection of Hwy 119 when a red Ford pickup turned left onto Hwy
119 in front of him, causing him to slam on brakes to avoid a
collision. The man handed over his Arkansas license and the Deputy
noticed his slurred speech and glassy, bloodshot eyes. He admitted
he’d had “a few” drinks earlier in the night, and was soon on his way
to the Bryan County Jail.
• Deputies responded to the landing at Morgan’s Bridge on Hwy 204 and
met with DNR agents who had detained four subjects for drinking
alcohol on state property. One man was taken to jail for underage
drinking.
• A Deputy happened to be on Hwy 204 at Hwy 280 when a call came in
to be on the lookout for a white Ford pickup that was all over the
roadway westbound on Hwy 280. The truck passed by the Deputy just a
moment later, and he pulled in behind the pickup. He observed as the
driver crossed the centerline, and made a traffic stop when both
passenger tires crossed off the roadway. The driver, a Tybee Island
man, was arrested for DUI.
• A county employee contacted Deputies when he discovered that
someone had dumped 60 tires along Dublin Road. They also found 20
tractor tires that were dumped in a creek off Stubbs Road. (Lowlife
scumbag!)

Rincon

• Some young punk with the 555 Mafia has been spray painting
vulgarities and gang symbols on fences and buildings in Rincon with a
can of gold spray paint. Samples of the paint have been turned over
to CSI Effingham to determine where the paint was purchased. Area
stores have already agreed to let Officers review surveillance
videotape to identify the person who’s purchased, or stolen, that
specific can of spray paint. Expect an arrest for next week’s paper!
• A local thief will be needing air conditioning where he’s going
since he stole a 2.5 ton air conditioning unit, valued at $1500, and
a 4 ton unit, valued at $2500, from a Rincon area church.
• A 29 year old man has been banned from all the public libraries in
Effingham, Chatham, and Liberty counties after two women complained
that he was using the library computer to visit porn websites.
• A woman called Police and reported that “Sometime during the night,
someone put plastic wrap around my truck and the front porch of my
home, plastic forks all in my yard, bathroom tissue in my trees and
yard, and toothpaste of my front door knob and on top of my mailbox.”
• A man called Police to report that someone had come on his property
and stole 150 feet of copper wire from a spool left beside his
garage. The man said he was going to post “No Trespassing” signs on
his property, and if they, the Police, see anyone on his property
after hours, he wants them arrested. (“Or shot. It don’t matter to me.”)

Pooler

• A Pooler woman told an Officer that she was selling a vehicle on
the Craig’s List website. She was contacted by a man from the state
of Washington, and he sent her a check for $9,900. Of course, the
check was no good, and she’s been trying to get him to respond to her
emails to no avail. (Yeah..., put it on a website so some guy on the
other side of the country, who can’t find a similar vehicle on the
Pacific Coast, can send you a check and come pick your car up. That
makes a lot more sense than trying to sell it in the local paper,
especially when it costs you a whopping $20 to advertise it for up to
six months to give you your best chance at selling it!)
• A Pooler man filed a credit card fraud case after a man in New
York, who spells his name Dimitrios rather than Demetrios, tried to
use his credit card to make a $6000 purchase. Thankfully, the bank
turned it down.
• A man walked into WalMart to return some jewelry he’d purchased
earlier. He asked if he could try on some other jewelry, and then
asked if could look into another mirror to “check myself out!” He
then took off running out the front door with $400 worth of new
jewelry wrapped around his neck.
• That really nice golf course at Savannah Quarters... some jerk
drove a car or truck out there damaging the greens on number 6 and
number 4. They also wrote “Skyler was here,” along with some
initials. (What a shame! Let’s take a three wood to his crotch when
we catch him!)
• An Officer was checking license plates passing by Old Louisville
Road on Hwy 80. The tag on a Dodge Stratus returned with no
insurance, and the Officer made a traffic stop. The driver, a Garden
City man, was arrested for driving while suspended, and his car was
towed to be held for proof of insurance.
• A Brooklet man told Officers he’d been southbound on I-95 the day
before, but became concerned and worried that his ‘97 Chevy Cavalier
wasn’t safe to drive. He pulled over and left the car parked until he
could come and pick it up the next day. When he got back, the car had
been stolen.
• The owner of a local hotel asked a Savannah woman to leave his
hotel. A short time later, he sent a maid to clean the room, and she
found the woman still in there. The woman began yelling curse words
at the maid and slammed the door in her face. The owner then gave her
an extra hour to remove her personal belongings and get out. The
woman again became very argumentative and the owner finally decided
to call Police to come help the woman out of his building. An Officer
then explained to the woman that she had to leave, and attempted to
hand her a business card with her case report number on it. The woman
threw the card to the floor and yelled that she didn’t want it. A
short time later, the woman called dispatch and said she wanted a
copy of the report. The Officer then found her in the Sam’s Club
parking lot and again handed her the card she’d thrown down earlier.
She threw it down again, saying she didn’t want a card, she wanted a
report. The Officer explained that reports aren’t available the
moment of the incident, and that she would have to wait and pick it
up the next day. The woman then began screaming that the Officer was
violating her rights. The Officer then placed her under arrest for
disorderly conduct, and had to use open hand compliant techniques get
the woman under control. As soon as he did that, she kicked him in
the groin with her foot. She was also yelling profanities the whole
time. She was charged with disorderly conduct, obstruction by
resisting arrest, and battery on a Police Officer. Her license was
also seized as it was suspended and she’d never sent it in. (Man...
the judge is gonna have a good time with you! I’m gone have to take
off work and come watch this one!)
• A Garden City man drove all the way across Dean Forest Road on Old
Louisville Road to dump several loads of construction waste material
just off the roadway in a wooded area. Officers haven’t pressed
charges yet, waiting on the man to go clean up his mess.
• Police are currently reviewing surveillance videotape to identify
the chump that stole a $270 coil nailer from Lowe’s.
• Officers arrived at a Pooler landscaping business to serve a
warrant from Screven County on a Port Wentworth man. They were
speaking with the man they were looking for, who gave them a false
name while he talked with them. The Officer began to question him
more intently when he gave two different years for his birth date.
The man finally tookoff running, dropping his cell phone on the way.
The Officer picked it up, and later got two calls for the man they
were serving the warrant on. The man is now faced with dealing with
another warrant for his arrest.
• An Officer was just clearing from a traffic stop on Quacco Road
near the Risen Saviour church when he clocked an approaching Pontiac
at 68mph in the 45mph zone. The Officer called it in to dispatch and
turned around to give chase. Another Officer was a little further
north on Pooler Parkway and clocked the Pontiac at 106mph in the
50mph zone. The Pontiac then struck the guardrail and crossed over
into the southbound lane of traffic, finally coming to rest on the
guardrail on the other side of the roadway. The man got out of the
Pontiac and fled on foot. Unfortunately for him, the Officer behind
him regularly runs in marathon events, and the man was soon returned
to his car. Officers found a loaded .38 Smith & Wesson beneath the
driver’s seat, along with an open bottle of E & J Brandy, an
electronic scale, and a large baggie of marijuana. The charges facing
the man wouldn’t fit on just one page of the Police Report. (“If you
run, you’ll just go to jail tired!”)
• Officers were conducting a roadside safety checkpoint on South
Pooler Parkway when a man pulled up on his Harley. He was unable to
produce a driver’s license or proof of insurance, and the bike had to
be towed. The man decided he wanted to ride to the impound yard with
the tow truck and his Harley. Once there, the tow truck driver said
the man told him he wanted to unload the bike himself due to the
Harley’s value. He said the man didn’t pay attention to his
instructions, slipped and fell, along with the bike.
• Another website shopper told Police he’d purchased a swing set on
Ebay for $1200, but the Rhode Island woman, who’s already cashed his
check, has yet to ship the swing set to him. (For $1200, he could’ve
called one of our advertisers and had him custom build a swing set at
his Pooler home, and probably gotten change back!)
• Police responded to a Garden Acres home where a man said he heard a
tapping on his window. He walked over to see who was there and a
homemade bomb exploded, sending glass and pieces of silver foil
flying everywhere. The man said he has no idea who would want to
target him, but his mother gave Officers a couple of people’s names.
• A Pooler woman told Officers she normally parks her tractor trailer
rig in the parking lot of a large Pooler retail business where it’s
underneath a light, hoping she can prevent it from being broken into.
Someone was able to break the locks on her diesel tanks, and stole
$250 worth of diesel fuel.

Port Wentworth

• An Athens man called Police around 9am, and they responded to his
hotel. He said he’d arrived and parked in the rear parking lot around
midnight. He said he woke up that morning and walked outside to get
something from his 2006 Nissan Xterra, but all he found was his
small, black Hide-a-key case with the key missing.
• Around 8pm, an Officer made a traffic stop on an Isuzu pickup when
he noticed the bumper was obstructing the license plate. The driver
admitted his license was suspended, and he was placed under arrest.
The man’s girlfriend was frantically trying to dispose of her
medications in her purse, and was arrested for posssession of
controlled substances.
• A Dublin truck driver had stopped for fuel at a Port Wentworth
truck stop, and while the truck was filling up, he walked inside to
get a pack of cigarettes. When he returned, his $70,000 Kenworth was
missing. (If you won’t quit smoking for $70,000, what’s it gonna
take???)
• A woman told Officers she’d gone to a convenience store and layed
her purse on the counter, and then turned around to grab a pack of
crackers. When she returned, her purse, including $70 cash, was
missing. The clerk doesn’t always stay behind the counter at the
store...
• An Officer noticed a man waiting in the drive-thru line at
McDonald’s in his Ford Explorer when the SUV caught fire. The Officer
got the man to pull over away from the building and then got him out
of the Ford. The Fire Department responded, and bystanders used fire
extinguishers to contain the flames until they arrived.
• An Officer was working off duty undercover at a local convenience
store when he saw a man grab a bottle of Purell hand cleaner and a
box of condoms from a shelf and then walk around the store. He
suspected the man was going to shoplift the items, and followed him
outside. He confronted him and asked about the items, and the man
replied “What? Are you a cop?” “Well, yes, in fact I am,” he said to
the surprised man. He then showed his wallet badge and stated his
name and “Port Wentworth Police Department.” The man tjem said, and
this is classic, “Oh, okay... I thought you was but I wasn’t sure...
I just wanted to see if you was... That’s why I was acting
suspicious!” The Officer then checked the man’s pockets and found the
Purell and the condoms, and the man was taken to jail on charges of
shoplifting.

Effingham County Sheriff’s Office

• A man called Deputies to report that he was on his way home when he
passed a neighbor’s house, and the young man that lives there shot
him a bird. The man said he stopped and yelled out his window that he
was going to call the Police. At that point, the boy’s father, who
was doing yard work at the time, came at his car with a weedeater.
The man said the main reason he was calling Deputies was because
Juvenile Justice had told him they were wanting to pick the boy up.
The Deputy then explained that it probably wasn’t a good idea for him
to tell the boy he was calling the Police.
• Among the items reported stolen this past week in Effingham
County... somebody broke into a pickup truck parked at a service
business, and stole a plastic clipboard!
• A Guyton man was fishing in the pond behind the Sandhill Recreation
Department when he noticed a safe several feet into the pond. The
water level has recently dropped, exposing the safe. It had been
broken into, and Deputies hauled it out to check for possible
fingerprints.
• Speaking of finding things in the pond... a Guyton man called
Deputies to Ebenezer Landing where he’d tried to launch his boat in
the river. As he was unloading his boat, his 2004 GMC Sierra pickup
began to roll backwards. He was unable to stop it, and explained that
he either forgot to put it in park or may have accidentally put the
gear shifter in reverse. Deputies called his towing company to the
scene, but at the time of the report, neither the truck nor the
trailer had been located. (It’s gonna take a lot of fish to make up
for that!)
• A Rincon area woman told Deputies she was awoken by what she
thought were gunshots. She went outside and found that someone had
fired two bullets through the windshield of her Olds Cutlass. (I did
that once trying to scare a cat off my car!)
• A Deputy responded to a Rincon residence as the result of an
investigation into why a young man was buying so much Sudafed,
extremely large quantities of it. The Deputy found the young man
passed out in his pickup truck at his parent’s house. Both he and his
parents were taken into custody for manufacturing meth.
• Deputies were dispatched to Meldrim where a tree had fallen across
a road. On his way there, a Deputy spotted a brown Cadillac
approaching a stop sign, ...too fast to stop in time. The Deputy
pulled the man over and noticed his bloodshot eyes, and asked if he’d
been drinking. The man finally admitted he’d had a couple of beers.
The Deputy instructed him to turn his car off, but instead, the man
put it in drive and took off. The Deputy notified dispatch that he
was in pursuit, and clocked the man at 70mph on Old River Road. The
Deputy still had the man’s driver’s license and insurance card, so he
stopped his chase due to safety concerns for the general public. He
went to the man’s house and found the Cadillac parked there, but the
man was nowhere to be found. Warrants have been issued for his
arrest. (In the pinball game of life, this guy’s flippers are a
little farther apart than most!)
• Deputies responded to an animal complaint at an Eden residence
where a man complained about a golden retriever tearing up his screen
porch door. The man had the golden retriever tied to a tree in his
back yard at this time. The male had been trying to get to the man’s
female dog that he keeps on his porch. Animal Control was called to
take the retriever away. (Poor Fido... he’s just answering nature’s
call, and wasn’t going to let a screen door stand in his way!)
• A man and a woman told Deputies they’d both warned a Rincon man to
stop exposing himself while they had children around. The man refused
to stop, so the Deputies took him to jail on indecent exposure
charges when the lady agreed to prosecute. (As I understand it, the
prisoners don’t take kindly to guys that expose themselves in public
around little children. You take care now...)
• A Deputy was dispatched to a Rincon Stillwell Road home where a
woman explained that she was outside putting her cigarette out when a
black and white tomcat attacked her lower right leg. The Deputy was
able to see the abrasions on her leg. Animal Control said they’d be
out the next day to get the cat or to speak with the cat’s owner.
(The cat sounds like he might be a reformed ex-smoker.)
• An off duty Garden City Officer called for Deputies to respond to
a possible drunk driver on Hwy 30 in front of the high school. A
Deputy arrived and reviewed the videotape in the Officer’s car,
seeing the Guyton man driving all over the road. He was taken to jail
for DUI.
• A Deputy responded to a Faulkville address for a domestic dispute
that began when the husband got home from a ball game, and found
dirty dishes still in the sink!!! (Man, I know just how you feel!!!)
• A Deputy was in Meldrim and noticed a Mazda pickup with a broken
tail light as it turned onto Central Avenue. The driver then ran off
the side of the road, so the Deputy made a traffic stop. The driver
continued west on Central Ave., passing several streets before
finally pulling to the side of the road. The Deputy walked up to the
driver’s window, and had to knock on it to get his attention. The man
was soon on his way to jail for DUI.
• Among the other items stolen in the past week... a 14” white
concrete pot and a synthetic fiberglass angel from a Guyton front
yard. The thief also tried to steal a bird feeder in the center of
the yard.
• And a special note for those of you trying to mail marijuana to
inmates at the prison, the guards are finding that now. One person
tried gluing two photographs together with an envelope containing
marijuana stuck in between. Another did the same thing with two
pieces of paper. (The inmates you’re trying to mail it to are going
to be some kind of mad when they get out. The guards would be upset
with me if I told you what they’re doing to them...)

Garden City

• Just a little past 4:30am, an Officer was called to a residence on
8th Street where the homeowner was upset because the trashman had
come so early and woke her up. The Officer found the garbage truck
and spoke with the operator, advising him of the city noise ordinance
and how he couldn’t be out working before 7am. The man said he
understood, but hadn’t been told about that by his supervisors.
• Around 10pm, a woman was leaving a grocery store, pulling out onto
Minus Avenue when two men stopped her car, banging and beating and
kicking her vehicle and demanding money so they could buy some more
crack. The woman pulled out her pistol and shot them both... sorry,
I’m daydreaming again. The woman was able to drive away and called
Police. They responded to the area, and eventually found one of the
men. The woman returned to the scene and positively identified him,
and the man was taken to jail for disorderly conduct and public
intoxication.