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Hinesville Police blotter for Dec. 12
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Theft by taking (teeth)
gold grille
South Main Street
Nov. 13

An officer responded to South Main Street Extension in reference to the theft of a gold grille (teeth) set. The complainant said she had a friend of her children’s staying at the residence for a short period of time but the person has since moved out. After the suspect moved, the complainant’s son noticed his gold grille (teeth) missing. She contacted the suspect and asked her about it. The suspect admitted to taking it. The complainant said she told the suspect to bring it back — twice — but she failed to do so. The called the suspect’s mother and spoke to her about the situation, and said the woman was rude and belligerent. She then called the suspect’s mother back and stated “If I see you on the street I’m going to whip your ass.” The officer informed the complainant she could not be making those kinds of statements. She stated she understood and was just upset about the incident because she tried to help the suspect by giving her a place to stay while she was pregnant. She advised the gold grille cost $350 for the top and bottom set. The officer advised the complainant how to obtain a copy of the report and on how to apply for a warrant. She was also advised to notify HPD if the suspect returns the item.

Possession of alcohol
by a minor
Pafford Street
Nov. 15

The complainant informed the officer of a student in possession of alcohol. He stated he observed the student passing a Sprite bottle around the lunch table. No one took a drink out of the bottle, but was sniffing its contents. The complainant approached the suspect and asked for the bottle. The complainant smelled the contents of the bottle and found it to have contained some type of liquor. He asked the suspect what was in the bottle and he stated gin and Sprite. The complainant immediately notified the officer. The suspect would not state who supplied him with the liquor. The suspect was arrested and transported to HPD for processing. He was given a citation for possession alcohol by a minor and released back to the school with a court date of Dec. 15. He was also suspended from school pending a tribunal.

Simple battery
Ogden Street
Nov. 18

An officer was dispatched to Ogden Street in reference to a third party complaint for simply battery. The complainant stated she and her son had a verbal altercation. The complainant asked her son to clean up and he refused. They began to argue and her son went to his room. The officer spoke to the complainant’s father via phone, who stated the complainant called him crying. The complainant reportedly told her father that her son was jumping on her, pushing her around and refusing to clean up. Her father told the complainant to call the police for help. The complainant stated she did not want to because her son would get in trouble with the law because he would not be able to get a job. The complainant’s father decided to call the police instead. The officer asked the complainant why didn’t she tell the truth about what occurred during the incident. The complainant stated she did not want to get her son in trouble. Her son pushed her and they struggled. The complainant stated she did not realize she scratched her son under his right eye and on the neck. The complainant admitted she was so upset she had to hit her son or have an asthma attack. The complainant’s son stated he only lifted his arms in self-defense. He did not push the complainant. The officer observed a long scratch on the right side of victim’s neck and under his right eye. The officer did not observe any injuries on the complainant at the time. Due to conflicting statements, the officer was unable to determine who was the primary aggressor.

Harassing phone call
Cobra Circle
Nov. 19

An officer was dispatched to Cobra Circle in reference to harassing phone calls. Two officers checked the rear of the residence and were unable to locate anyone in the area. One of the officers made contact with the complainant who said a man called her and said, “I know what kind of couch you have at your home and I also know you have a tongue ring.” She said the male subject also stated he knew about her having one child and a dog. The complainant said the caller noted he had long hair. The complainant said that about two months ago a neighbor who resides at Cobra Circle asked her to use her cell phone and looks similar to the description given over the phone from the male subject. The complainant noted the calls were from an unlisted number. The complainant’s residence was placed on the HPD house checklist.
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From Hinesville Police Department reports. Editor’s note: Due to computer issues at the city, reports have been unavailable in recent weeks. They are back. Our thanks to the HPD clerks who provide them. We’re catching up as quickly as possible.

Burglary, etc: A man called 911 on Feb. 27 because he was watching his White Circle home getting burglarized. The man said his alarm system had an app that showed live video on his phone, and he was “viewing three males inside his residence,” as he talked to 911.
Police responded, caught two of them inside the house and found the third guy “hiding behind a tree,” the report said.
Detectives are investigating.

Public indecency: An officer was sent to Lowes around 4:30 p.m. March 12 in reference to a disturbance involving a man and a woman.
The woman, a Lowe’s employee, said she had just got back from her lunch break when she saw the man “looking around at items on a shelf.”
The woman said she asked him if he needed help finding anything and he held up something, then said “I have found everything I need,” the report said. “(he) then placed his arms around (the employee) to hug her and then kissed (her) neck. (She) then moved away from (him) and told him to have a nice day and attempted to walk away from (the man). (He) then began to follow (her), stating ‘I would lick you up and down’ and ‘you better hide in an office.’ (She) then spoke with manager and called 911.’”
The man told police he thought he recognized the woman “and stated to me that he had previously had a relationship with her approximately two years ago. (He) was unable to recall (her) name while on scene.”
The woman told police “she has never seen, nor spoken to (the man) before today.”
The woman was given a case number and told what to do. The man was allowed to leave.

Indecent exposure: A Berkshire Terrace man reported he went outside his house around 6:40 a.m. and “observed a man who appeared to be intoxicated, peeing on his truck and trailer.”
The complainant said the man “fully exposed his penis while he was peeing. When (complainant) asked him to stop the man told him to ‘shut the (bleep) up.’ (Complainant) advised the man he would call police. (Complainant) advised his young son was standing outside during the incident. He said the man got into a 1996 black Buick and drove away, almost hitting cars that were parked in the driveway.”
The complainant said he did not want to press charges, “he said he wanted to report the incident because the man did not stop peeing when he asked him too.”
The complainant said he’d seen the man before “come and go” from a nearby apartment. The officer met with the resident of that apartment, who said the man was a cousin and did not pee on the complainant’s trailer.

Identity theft: A man went to HPD on March 21 to report that when he went to get a driver’s history for a commercial driver’s license, he found several citations on the history that weren’t his. “(He) stated he noticed someone was issued four citations in Arkansas and one citation in Jacksonville, Florida,” and during the time the Arkansas tickets were written he was in locked up in Georgia.
“(He) advised that he was not incarcerated when the citation in Jacksonville, Florida was issued but he was not in Florida at the time. (He) was unable to leave the state of Georgia due to being on felony probation.”
It gets worse.
“(He) told me that he attempted to file his income taxes for the first time ever and he was rejected due to owing the IRS money, $20,000. (He) stated he spoke to a representative for the IRS and he was informed that taxes were filed in his name in 2014 and the return was $1,3000. (He) advised he did not file taxes in 2013 and he was still incarcerated at the time.”
The man then told the officer he thinks his brother “got the citations and filed income taxes using his information. (He) believed his brother obtained his Social Security number and other demographics when he was incarcerated.”
The man said he talked to his brother, who said he paid all the tickets. “(His) brother also told him on a different occasion that he knew his date of birth and (SSN). (He) advised he told his brother that it was not OK to use his name due to him getting his life together and attempting to drive commercial vehicles.”
The guy said he didn’t have his brother’s address. He chose to fill out an identity theft packet.

Simple battery, theft by taking: An officer was sent around 2 a.m. March 20 to the Baymont Inn regarding a disturbance. There, a woman said she was being “grabbed and pulled” by a man when she told him to leave her motel room. She said they began arguing when he accused her of stealing $100.
The man claimed he met the woman on a dating website and when they “started having sex she informed him that it would cost $100.” He told her he wasn’t going to pay her, “got dressed and realized the five $20s in his pants pocket were missing. He accused (her) of stealing his money.”
The officer asked the woman if she stole the man’s money and she replied, “No, I work hard for my money.”
Both were given a case number and told how to get a warrant.

Robbery: A woman called HPD March 15 to report she was home when her estranged husband came to her apartment “and asked her to come outside to talk to him,” a report said.
“She stated that she stepped outside thinking that he was going to be civil, though she recently filed for divorce from him. As she stepped outside, he grabbed her necklace off her neck and then ran down the stairwell and out to the parking lot.”
The woman said he stood by his vehicle a minute, then drove off as police arrived. Officers checked the area but had no luck finding the man.

Burglary: Police were sent to a Malibu Drive address on March 13 regarding missing firearms and ransacked rooms. The homeowners were at work and got home to find handguns and rifles missing, as well as video games.
It appeared the home may have been broken into through the attic. Police found footprints and other evidence, and the case is under investigation.

Recovered stolen trailer: A U-Haul employee was inventorying equipment on March 14 when she discovered a trailer that had been reported stolen in Florida on Dec. 26. “She stated someone had backed the trailer into a parking stall along with the other trailers sometime during the night.”

Theft: In February, the maintenance man at Cypress Bend Mobile Home Park reported that “22 air conditioning unit disconnect boxes were stolen from various lots… He stated he began receiving calls from people that their air conditioning units were not working.”
The boxes contain small pieces of copper. He didn’t know who swiped them, but valued the total at about $341.

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