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BCSO blotter: Deputies handle bee stings, threats, subpoena and more
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From Bryan County Sheriff’s Office reports: 

Bee sting: From a June 10 report comes the following. “The complainant was cutting grass around the dog kennel when several bees flew down collar of his shirt and stung the complainant on his back.”

Just so you know.

Threats: A Richmond Hill gas station owner reported June 11 he was getting threats from a man who believed he was sold fuel with water in it. “(The owner) stated (the man) has been calling him all day on the cell phone and the store phone yelling at him and cussing at him.” The owner said he told the man “he had the fuel tested and no water was found but (the man) would not believe him and keeps calling.”

The business owner said he filed the report because “he believes (the man) wishes to cause harm to him and his business.”

DUI: The same man was charged with DUI that day after deputies were called regarding a disturbance at the gas station and found him “yelling and cussing in the parking spaces” in front of the station.

Subpoena service: A deputy reported June 10 he was patrolling South Bryan when he saw a man he had a subpoena for driving down Highway 144 near the Highway 17 intersection. The deputy noted the man “has a recent history of avoiding service by refusing to answer the door to his residence, or slamming doors in deputies.”

Because of that, the deputy wrote, he wanted to try and serve the man the subpoena away from home. The deputy followed the man’s vehicle to a bank parking lot, where the man parked. The deputy “approached the driver’s side of (the man’s) vehicle and waited for him to exit.”

After the man didn’t get out of his pickup, the deputy “tapped on his window” and “(he) rolled down his window and stated ‘What?’” When told the deputy had a subpoena for him, the man “began to roll up his window and ignore (the deputy),” who then “moved to the front of the vehicle and placed the subpoena under his driver’s side windshield wiper.”

The man “attempted to back over (the deputy’s) right foot,” then “suddenly stopped his truck and began to shout obscenities (at the deputy).” The deputy told the man he’d been served and went back to his vehicle, the report said, adding he saw “(the man) balling up the subpoena and prepare to throw it at (the deputy’s car),” before “he appeared to think better of this, dropped his hand still holding the crumpled subpoena.”

The report ended with this: “As no other bystanders had to bear witness (to the man)’s vulgar and inappropriate behavior, his actions were ignored and (the deputy) left from the scene.”

Multiple charges: A June 8 chase that began in Bulloch County ultimately ended after the driver of a pickup rammed a Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office car and then sped into North Bryan on to a dead end road and off into a heavily wooded area.

 Deputies from Bryan County Sheriff’s Office and troopers with the Georgia State Patrol helped search for the man’s vehicle, which was first found with help from GPS On Star and later with a drone. When law enforcement officers reached the vehicle, the driver had run off on foot. He was found by Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office deputies lying in some bushes near an Olive Branch Road address and was tased and taken into custody, the report said. He had a .32 caliber pistol “with 6 live rounds in the magazine and 1 live round in the chamber.”

 The 54-year-old Guyton man was taken to Bulloch County Jail. He is charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during commission of a crime, possession of a concealed weapon, and fleeing and attempting to elude authorities. 

Matter of record: A woman went to BCSO regarding a voicemail from a woman who’d bought a cat from the complainant and a friend, claiming the cat had a defective heart. The deputy listened to the voicemail, which didn’t contain any direct threats but mentioned the complainant by name. The complainant said both her friend and the caller live out of state, and she had blocked the woman’s number, but wanted the incident documented in case it escalates. The caller apparently “has contacted other cat breeders by telephone and left similar voice messages,” and one reached out to the complainant “informing her of what happened.”

The complainant was told to call BCSO again if the woman tries to contact her again. She was given a case number, etc.

Threats, etc: Deputies were sent to a couple of South Bryan addresses around 10:50 p.m. June 9 where there were multiple female complainants regarding one car following another, and claims one of the drivers pulled a gun.

That woman said “she never had a gun it was just her phone,” and that both women in the car who called deputies on her “appered drunk to her.”

Everybody got a case number.

Impersonation: A South Bryan man reported June 8 “he was concerned someone was using his personal identification to report code violations on another neighbor in his neighborhood.” The man said whoever did it filed the report April 12 using his name. “(He) expressed concerns about how much of his personal identity has been stolen, or used, plus if they have used it anywhere 3else.” The man also said he thinks the people responsible are those he has been in disputes with over property lines and other matters.

Check vehicle: Finally a handful of reports were filed regarding complaints in Buckhead North of people who were parking in the area and having sex near tennis courts. The most recent report was filed June 15 and the complainant said the vehicle had been seen in the area 14 or 15 times. On June 14, a different caller reported the had been showing up Tuesday mornings around 8:30 a.m. on a regular basis.

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