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LCSD blotter for Oct. 31
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Cruelty to animals
Howard Hill Road, Oct. 20

An officer was dispatched to Howard Hill Road in reference to a cruelty to animal. The complainant reported she was walking around outside with her dogs when the offender said he was tired of the dogs barking and he was going to show her something. She said he went inside his mother’s house next door and came back outside with a rifle and shot one of the dogs. The complainant said the dog was in the suspect’s mother’s yard and was not on a leash. The complainant said when the dog got shot it ran under the house.

Disorderly conduct
Kelly Drive, Oct. 20

An officer was dispatched to Kelly Drive in reference to a disturbance. Upon arrival, the officer heard shouting from inside one of the homes. The officer opened the door and saw the suspect and the suspect’s mother shouting at each other. The officer informed both of them to stop shouting and explain what was going on. The suspect’s mother tried to tell the officer what was happening but the suspect kept interrupting her. The suspect was asked several times to keep his voice down and stop using profanity. The suspect refused to do so. The suspect was arrested for disorderly conduct and transported to the Liberty County jail. The suspect’s mother said they were arguing and the suspect would not obey her. She said they never got physical.

Simply battery
Bacontown Road, Oct. 20

A complainant reported she went to pick up her kids from a Bacontown Road location and asked her niece why she just dropped her son off at the house. She said her niece then struck her on the head. Her niece said she had been keeping the complainant’s son all day, and decided to take him home. The niece also said the complainant got in her face, and she struck her on the head and told her to move.

Traffic incident
Roadway, Oct. 23

The complainant reported a vehicle hit her son at a school bus stop a couple of days earlier. Her son said he was standing on the edge of the roadway waiting on the school bus when the offender started coming at him. He tried to get out of the way but the mirror hit him in the back. He said the offender does that all the time. The complainant said she tried to talk to the offender but could not locate her. The complainant’s daughter said he was in the road and the offender does not slow down when she comes by, but she didn’t believe the offender tried to hit him. The complainant said she was going to monitor the kids at the bus stop and observe the offender’s driving to see if she is trying to hit them.

DFCS referral
Mobile Home, Oct. 25

A complainant told a deputy she let her daughter ride to the school with the offender. She later received a call from the cheerleading coach who said the offender and a male passenger were seen drinking beer and appeared to be intoxicated. The complainant spoke to her daughter who said the offender and her male friend were drinking beer on the way home, and the vehicle ran off the road and hit a mailbox. She then let her friend drive. The officer also spoke with the suspect’s husband who said he received a call from the assistant cheerleading coach. She told him the offender showed up at the school to pick up their daughter and was intoxicated and drinking. She was worried about their daughter and wanted him to check on her. The officer also spoke with the offender who said she had not been drinking and did not hit a mailbox. She noted the damage to the vehicle happened a while back. When asked who was driving, the suspect said she would rather not say.

Criminal trespass
Owens Drive, Oct. 25

A complainant said he parked his car in his yard and the next morning saw his ex-wife leaving the area. He later noticed his car had four flat tires and scratches all over it. He said he believes his ex-wife did it because she was upset he had a girlfriend. The officer spoke with the ex-wife and she said she did not have anything to do with it.

Matter of record
Trailer, Oct. 26

An officer responded to a report of a battery. The complainant reported a subject struck her brother in the head with a metal object. The officer observed the victim with a gash on his forehead. The victim advised he was familiar with the offender and did not wish to file a report. He also denied emergency medical services. The complainant told the officer they all had been outside in front of the residence drinking alcoholic beverages. The offender and the victim got into a verbal altercation that turned physical and that’s when the suspect struck the victim in the head with the metal object. The suspect then fled the scene.

Aggravated assault
Live Oak, Oct. 27

An officer was dispatched to Live Oak in reference to a fight that involved a gun. The officer made contact with the subjects involved. While attempting to gather information, the complainant said the offender went to his bedroom after an altercation between the two of them. He then returned with a black pistol, pulled the slide back to load the barrel, pointed it at her head and said he would kill her. The complainant had been drinking and was very loud and boisterous. The officer attempted to calm her but she went after the offender and tried to grab him. Refusing to comply with the deputy’s commands, she was arrested to prevent any further altercations. While placing her in the patrol unit, another deputy spoke to the about the firearm. The offender gave the officer consent to search for the firearm, and then fled from the scene a short time later. A pistol was located in the grill outside the back door of the residence. Next to the gun was a large bag of marijuana and a box of sandwich baggies. The firearm is a high point, semi-auto pistol with the serial number removed. The firearm was loaded. A witness said the offender did point the gun at the complainant’s head. A MACE drug task force agent and detective was notified and responded to the scene. The contraband was taken into evidence. Warrants were to be obtained for the offender and the complainant was taken to jail and issued a citation for disorderly conduct.

Found property
Mobile home, Oct. 28

The complainant reported her son entered her home with a pistol. A verbal dispute occurred between them because she doesn’t allow firearms in her house. The offender refused to leave so the complainant called 9-1-1. The deputy spoke with the offender who denied owning a gun. The deputy later found a RG .22 caliber pistol partially hidden under a child’s basketball goal in the complainant’s yard. The complainant asked the officer remove the gun from her property. The firearm was turned over to a detective.
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HPD Reports
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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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