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Police Report December 23
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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 Arrests   
    No arrests filed.
            
Bulloch Sheriff's Arrests   
     Arrest information unavailable due to technical issues.
    
Georgia State Patrol Arrests 
  

Troopers issued eight traffic violation citations Thursday.
    Douglas c. Roposa, 45, Old Hagan Road, Claxton — DUI (.261).
    
Georgia Southern University Arrests
      No arrests filed.
    
Statesboro Police Incidents   
    CORK N' BOTTLE — A clerk sold a beer to a 19-year-old undercover undercover agent. Police checked 10 locations for compliance with city alcohol ordinances and found only one violation.
    F&MB — A Claxton resident reported someone withdrew $100 five times using her ATM card.
    WACHOVIA — A man reported receiving counterfeit checks.
            
Bulloch Sheriff's Incidents   
    SANDPIPER DRIVE — (Statesboro) A school bus driver reported a fight between two students after they exited the bus.
    CEDARWOOD ACRES MOBILE HOME PARK — (Register) An Excelsior Electric Membership Corporation employee told deputies a man took a power meter from a nearby lot and used it to gain power to his own lot.
    STUBBS WRECKING YARD — (Statesboro) A woman reported someone broke into a vehicle and took a CD player, an amplifier and a set of speakers.
    OLD RIVER ROAD NORTH — (Clito) A woman said someone tried to break into her home through a sealed door.
    BRANNEN ROAD — (Statesboro) A woman said she and her daughter argued and she wanted her to leave.
    LAKEVIEW ROAD — (Statesboro) A man reported seeing two men standing near a truck, acting suspiciously. When he turned around to check on what they were doing they sped away. He chased them but lost sight, so he returned to his property to see where the two men had tried to steal some high-voltage cable by cutting it into pieces.
    COACH HOUSE ESTATES — (Statesboro) A woman said a man switched her water off for non-payment of rent in spite of a verbal agreement she had to make repairs in exchange for rent.
    MOORE CHAVERS ROAD — (Portal) A man said      he thought his brother was smoking crack cocaine, so he kicked in his bedroom door and a fight ensued. Both men were arrested for battery/family violence.
    MAY ROAD — (Ellabell) A man said his sister-in-law came to his house, cursing, but he did not answer the door because he knew she was intoxicated. She left spinning wheels and driving erratically, he said.
    WOMACK ROAD NORTH — (Portal) A woman was taking a man hoe when she told him she was giving her ex-husband a second chance. The man became angry while the woman was on the phone with her ex-husband, who overheard the other man threaten the female. He met his ex-wife and the other man and a fight ensued, with the ex-husband punching the other man in the face after a shoving match. The other man pulled a knife so the ex-husband grabbed a shovel, but the fight ended before the weapons were used. Both men were arrested.
    SOUTH WYNN ROAD — (Statesboro) A man told deputies someone stole a blue and white Yamaha dirt bike and left it in a ditch near their home. In a separate incident, another person reported a white Toyota Camry cruising up and down the road, a white Cadillac pulling into a driveway and a man walking down the road at the same time. Another person told deputies a man knocked on her door asking her to complete a survey, and left a card on her doorstep after she refused.
    SLEEPY HOLLOW LANE — (Brooklet) A woman said someone stole things from her mail box on three occasions - a diamond pearl pendant, a pair of sterling silver opal earrings, and a movie.
    FERNWOOD DRIVE — (Ellabell) A man said he, his wife and stepdaughter fought about his stepdaughter's boyfriend.
    U.S. 301 SOUTH — (Statesboro) A man said a "high school boy" choked and struck his son on the school bus.
    CLIPONREKA ROAD —(Clito) A man reported several people in a truck with loud pipes were night hunting. Deputies caught the offenders.
        
Georgia State Patrol Incidents
    Troopers issued six warnings, and investigated four crashes with 10 reported injuries Thursday.

Georgia Southern University Incidents
    No incidents reported.
    
911  Law Enforcement Reports
    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Thursday:
    Bulloch County Sheriff's Department - 14 calls.
    Statesboro Police Department — 18 calls.
    University Police Department — one call.
    Georgia State Patrol Post 45 — six calls.
    Brooklet  Police Department — one call.
     Candler County Sheriff's Department — two calls.
    Evans County Sheriff's Department — one call.
    Claxton Police Department — one call.
    
911 Fire Department Reports   

    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Thursday:
    Statesboro Fire Department — one call.
    Bulloch County Volunteer firefighters — two calls.
    Metter Fire Department — two call.
        
    911 EMS Reports

    Central 911 operators dispatched the following calls Thursday:
    Bulloch County EMS — four accident calls and 11 medical calls.   
    Candler County EMS — a fire call and two  medical call.  
    Evans County EMS — one accident call and two medical calls.    
    Central 911 operators also routed a call to Jenkins County 911 .
    
— Compiled by Holli Deal Bragg

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