Theft Aug. 25 – A Pembroke man said he had been storing all his fine jewelry in an old army ammo box, which was inside his Pontiac Trans Am. The Pontiac was located in his backyard and was not locked, the man said in the report. A mason ring with a ruby stone, a ring with a heart-shaped middle, an 18-inch gold necklace chain, a gold cross, and a deer head eight ...
Harassing phone calls Aug. 21 – The complainant said she and her co-worker had gotten into a verbal disagreement at her job in South Carolina. She said she did not know any of the co-worker's information, other than she was a mid-20s, 5'6" Hispanic female. The complainant said she was driving home from work and her co-worker called her 27 times and left 11 messages between the hours of 3 a.m. and ...
Theft/dead livestock Aug. 22 – An Ellabell woman reported one rooster and three chickens missing from their coops on her property, each valued at $15. An anonymous witness said he saw someone around the coop at the time of the alleged incident. On Aug. 23, when the woman went to feed her four-month-old baby goat, she found it dead in its shelter. She told the deputy the goat was in good health ...
Verbal dispute August 17 – An officer was dispatched to Benton Street in reference to a verbal domestic incident. There was no physical altercation and the subjects were talked to and asked to calm down. Dispute with neighbor August 18 – A complainant on Miller Circle stated her neighbor has been making verbal gestures toward her. Disorderly subjects August 17 – An officer was ...
Terroristic threats Aug. 19 – An officer arrived at a Woodcock Drive residence in response to a man's complaints that his ex-wife, who has remarried, was harassing his fiancée. As the officer arrived, the ex-wife simultaneously left. The complainant said his ex-wife had repeatedly come to the residence and demanded to speak to his fiancée. When the fiancée refused, the offender threatened to beat her up. The man said ...
Criminal trespass Aug. 6 – A deputy was sent out to Hwy. 144 for damage to property of a vehicle. Someone had drawn a picture and suggestive words on the windows in what "appeared to be white shoe polish," the report said. Some of the polish dripped onto the vehicle's paint, causing streaks which apparently stained the vehicle's paint. The complainant said they didn't know who did it, but had some "younger ...
Affray Aug. 11 – A fight allegedly broke out between two female patients at American Works. The first patient told the officer she was in a van, waiting to go home. She said the other patient was "moving too slow and letting all the air-conditioning out of the van." She told the other woman to hurry up, which led to a verbal altercation which quickly became physical. The offender in the van ...
Threats Aug. 2 – A woman reported her ex-husband called her and made threats. He "stated that he was going to kick down her door and then kick her in the face," a deputy was told. The woman lives in Augusta. Her ex-husband lives in Bryan County. Theft Aug. 1 – A Statesboro man reported someone stole approximately 150 feet worth of copper wire from power poles between ...
Traffic Aug. 3 – A man was arrested for DUI after he was pulled over on Harris Trail for failing to stay in his lane. The officer who pulled the driver over recognized the driver as a relative and asked for another officer to take over. During the subsequent investigation, the driver "advised no that he had been drinking but wasn't as drunk as the last time he was arrested for DUI." ...
Suspended license July 26 – A Midway resident was charged in the Publix parking lot off Hwy. 144 for driving with a suspended license, without a license plate, and for a window glazing violation of tinted windows. The man's license was suspended on Dec. 25, 2006, with a violation date for July 21. He was arrested and released to his attorney. Hit and run July 30 – ...
Drug possession July 22 – Several subjects were allegedly smoking marijuana out by a subdivision pool in Buckhead. Upon arrival, the deputy noted four males, one who immediately attempted to leave the scene. When asked what they were up to, the boys said "just chilling." The deputy noted the smell of marijuana, which all boys denied doing. The boys were asked to empty their pockets, and less than one ounce of the ...
Criminal trespassing July 9 – A dispute over a television occurred in Ellabell, with a woman claiming that her brother had given her family a 52" big screen TV. The woman told the deputy that her brother had given it as a gift for "helping him move when he had issues with a girlfriend and was forced to move." While driving home, the woman saw her uncle with another woman, driving away ...
Theft by taking July 21 – When stopping at the Truck Stop of America for fuel and supplies, a woman went into the store with her daughter-in-law, while her son refueled and her granddaughter remained in her truck. She came back to find her purse missing from the backseat. The light blue bag held her drivers license, Visa card, check book, several department store credit cards, $400 in cash, and her Cingular ...
DUI July 4 – A deputy patrolling Hwy. 144 near Belfast-Keller around 3:30 a.m. saw a car in front of him being driven erratically. The deputy eventually managed to pull the car over – the driver continued another three-tenths of a mile before stopping – and saw the driver and a passenger trade places. The deputy walked up to the car and smelled alcohol and, while trying to talk to the man ...
Civil Matter June 25 – A deputy responded to an argument between two people over the sale of a vehicle. The seller of the car said he had sold a vehicle to a woman for $400 and agreed that she would pay him $100 a month for four months. The man said the buyer had given him $100 the first month but had not paid anything else for the past three ...
The Heritage Bank in Midway was robbed during the lunch hour Friday. Midway Police Chief Kelli Morningstar only could confirm the bank was robbed at 12:39 p.m. before deferring all questions to the Liberty County Sheriff's Office.
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