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Hinesville PD blotter for July 18
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Reports recently filed with the Hinesville Police Department include:

July 12

Criminal trespass — A Forest Lake Drive resident called officers when he found a 31-year-old man in bed with his 17-year-old daughter. The resident said he knew the man from when he lived in the neighborhood. He used to come to their home, but had been ordered to stay away. The resident suggested the man might have broken in. The daughter, however, told officers she let the man in through the front door. She said she and the man were just lying together when they were found. Officers explained warrant procedures.

July 11

Identity theft — A Hinesville man went to the police station to report that more than $1,100 had been taken out of his bank accounts in the last couple of days. He said he had tried to check his accounts online two days before, but could not. When he called the bank, he was told that someone who had his personal information had changed the username and password. He had the information changed again and saw the theft when he logged in. The unauthorized transactions included cash withdrawals in Decatur. He told officers he had his debit card canceled and had a block put on the accounts.

Simple battery, criminal trespass — A man was arrested after a domestic dispute at Freedom Court Apartments. The woman said she was talking to her grandmother and her boyfriend started yelling threats at her. She ignored him. But when she left for work, he followed her outside and demanded she go back inside. She refused, saying she feared him. So he grabbed her by the neck and forced her against a wall. She finally broke free and ran off. The man admitted grabbing her by the neck, saying he was trying to get her back inside. He also admitted smashing her phone because she talked on it, instead of taking to him.

July 10

Home burglary, forced entry — A Shady Grove Mobile Home Park resident reported that he went on vacation June 29 and found his home burglarized on his return. Items inside his home were in disarray. He believed the only things missing were a couple of beers and a jar that had about $35 in quarters. He said he had locked all the doors and windows. Officers found a window lying on a bed.

July 8

Burglary — A Berkshire Terrace resident reported that she left her residence for about 15 minutes just before noon. When she returned she saw items out of place and a back sliding-glass door open. It also turned out that some items were missing. She said she had locked the front door, but not the back.

Suspicious acts, officer awarness — A Hinesville woman went to the police station to report several statesments she had seen on several different websites. The statements called for a Black Lives Matter protest, but also expressions of hate against white people and police officers. The original statements urged protests in Savannah, but some comments also mentioned Hinesville and Statesboro. Most of the comments were taken down by site administrators, but the officer said he did see disturbing statements.

July 5

Loitering, obstruction — While patrolling Hendry Street, an officer became suspicious of a vehicle that had been parked in Liberty Square. All the businesses were closed. When he pulled into the parking lot, the parked car took off. So he stopped it. The driver said she had stopped because she needed to text on her phone. She refused to give her license and was soon claiming the officer was harassing her. She did give her name, but not birthdate. Because of that and because she would not spell her name, the officer suspected she was giving false information so he ordered her out of her car. She refused saying "that it was dark and she did not trust me." Finally, another officer arrived, and the officer did get the driver’s license. A check showed she was not wanted and the license photo confirmed she was who she said she was. She was given a warning and allowed to leave.

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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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