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What a tangled web we weave

-- Officers were dispatched to a reported fight on the corner of Fahm and Zubly Streets. At the scene, they found a white male in a dress shirt yelling at a homeless man. The homeless fellow was telling the other guy to stay away from him, and the white guy was yelling that he wanted his money back. The officer separated the two and attempted to get their stories. The white guy appeared to be ...

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Shouting obscenities at police: still a bad idea

An officer patrolling West Bay St. noticed a group of people headed in the direction of Williamson St., and one of them was acting extremely disorderly. The officer asked the man to calm down and explain the situation.

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Tips for bad parenting

Police received a call that an intoxicated woman was trying to leave a residence with her children in the vehicle. The caller said that he and his girlfriend had gotten into an argument and that she was intoxicated. Prior to the arrival of the police, the woman loaded up the kids and drove away. A description of the vehicle was sent out to officers, one of whom eventually found it in the Thunderbolt area. A ...

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It's the bomb

A business owner on the eastside called police after he heard a loud explosion in the parking lot of his business. He went outside to see what had happened. A witness told police that it sounded like a shotgun had gone off at the back of the parking lot. It turned out to be a homemade bomb. The witness said he saw three black males running away from the business but that they were too ...

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Don't mow my grass

Officers were called to the 4400 block of Ogeechee Rd. in regard to a disorderly person. When an officer arrived, he spoke with the caller, who explained that he had been mowing an overgrown vacate lot when a resident of the adjacent trailer park came out and became agitated with the landscaper. When the officer went to get the resident's side of the story, the officer noticed the man was holding a marijuana plant. He ...

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'I'll plead guilty to drunk in public'

Police were called by an anonymous party reporting that they had been harassed by a man in the area of W. Gwinnett St. and Stiles Ave. Police had been dispatched to the area earlier in reference to a disorderly subject.

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Middle school crime spree!

There has been a rash of crimes committed by 12 year olds in the past few weeks. In the first incident, a pizza delivery person called police after being held up at gunpoint for two pizzas and some breadsticks.

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Be careful what you wish for

An officer on patrol observed a red Ford Mustang speeding northbound on White Bluff Rd. and driving erratically. The officer turned on his sirens and began pursuit.

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The audacity of grope

An officer on patrol was flagged down by a woman around 10 on a Friday night. She told police that a man walked by and grabbed her buttocks while she was standing on the sidewalk.

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The most elaborate lie ever just to get out of going to church

Police received a call that a 10-year-old boy had been kidnapped by two men wearing ski masks in front of a church. They threw him in the back of a four door vehicle and drove off.

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What happened to going down with the ship?

Officers were alerted to assist with locating victims of a capsized boat around one o’clock in the morning. Upon arrival, they were informed that there were two people sitting on a pylon below the Veterans overpass of the Little Ogeechee River. They were not injured.

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Sometimes sorry isn't enough

An officer on patrol at 4 a.m. was advised by a passerby that there was a group of disorderly individuals in the area. The officer went to investigate and discovered the suspect walking down the middle of Broughton Street yelling and shouting.

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Is that a hot dog in your pocket?

Police arrested a man they found crouching behind a dumpster near a day care facility on the Southside. A concerned citizen had spotted the man and called police.

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Crime waits for no one

Police were called because someone was knocking on a woman’s door and when she asked him to leave he refused. An officer arrived and spoke to the man, who said he wasn’t the man the police were looking for. He told them that the suspect had left already.

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Crime me a river

Police were called in reference to a disorderly person. The responding officer found a man standing on his front porch, who immediately said, “She’s in the house with a knife and a loaded shotgun.”

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