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BCSO reports: Driver nearly hits patrol car, then records deputy
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From Bryan County Sheriff ’s Office reports:

Matter of record: A deputy was parked in his patrol car on Feb. 1 near a dumpster at a Highway 144 convenience store in Richmond Hill when “a vehicle pulled in the parking lot and drove in between my patrol vehicle and the dumpster, almost striking my patrol vehicle,” he reported. “I was able to identify the driver … due to dealing with him in the past.”

The report said the man “approached the driver’s side window of my patrol window. I rolled the window down and he asked in an aggressive tone why I was parked in his parking lot.”

The deputy got out of his car “and (the man) started recording with his cell phone. I asked (the man) for his identification which he refused to give. I explained to (the man) that the parking lot is not his parking lot. I advised (the man) he had the right to leave or to go to jail. (He) commented thank you, you will be on the internet and then walked away.”

 Theft: A Davis Road, Richmond Hill man reported Feb. 2 that the day before he “noticed a ladder he had in his yard was missing at around 18:00 hours.”

The man said the last time he remembers seeing it was Dec. 23.

“(He) stated he does not know who took the ladder, but there was construction being done to the residence next to his, and maybe they took it.”

Theft: A Davis Drive, Richmond Hill woman reported Dec. 3 someone stole ring sand tools from her home. She named a woman she believes took the items “because she has dog sat for her the last 12 to 15 years,” and when she asked the woman about missing rings, that woman said her niece might’ve taken them. The complainant said the dog sitter then told her she found the rings and would bring them back, but hasn’t.

The complainant also said the dog sitter’s boyfriend, “known only as Mike,” took some power tools and hasn’t returned them, either. The deputy tried to reach the dog sitter, but was unable too at the time he filed the report.

Break-in: A deputy checking the Zip in on Highway 203 around 2:40 a.m. Feb. 3 saw the front door Plexiglass was busted out so he investigated. When the store manager arrived, they “reviewed the store video and you could see one white male enter the store and go behind the counter and take the listed tobacco products. Another what appeared to be a white male was outside by the front door.”

They stole three “pop” tobacco products, the report said. The store owner said he was pretty sure he knew who the guys in the video were and would let BCSO know when he found out their names.

Matter of record: A deputy was parked in his patrol car on Feb. 1 near a dumpster at a Highway 144 convenience store in Richmond Hill when “a vehicle pulled in the parking lot and drove in between my patrol vehicle and the dumpster, almost striking my patrol vehicle,” he reported. “I was able to identify the driver … due to dealing with him in the past.”

The report said the man “approached the driver’s side window of my patrol window. I rolled the window down and he asked in an aggressive tone why I was parked in his parking lot.”

The deputy got out of his car “and (the man) started recording with his cell phone. I asked (the man) for his identification which he refused to give. I explained to (the man) that the parking lot is not his parking lot. I advised (the man) he had the right to leave or to go to jail. (He) commented thank you, you will be on the internet and then walked away.”

DUI: A deputy patrolling on Highway 280 around 1:46 p.m. Feb. 1 spotted a pickup that seemed to be going pretty fast and crossed the centerline twice.

The deputy clocked the pickup at 92 mph, so he got behind it and turned on his lights and siren. “The blue truck moved off the roadway and onto the shoulder and down the embankment, driving through a culvert and coming to stop in the dirt in the vicinity of Highway 280 west and Deloach Rd,” the report said.

The driver tried to get out and had trouble, and allegedly told the deputy “’you got me officer,’” and there were “multiple empty beer bottles on the passenger seat of the truck and others in the back, behind the driver.”

He was identified as a Port Wentworth man who, when asked how much he’d had to drink said, “’one beer,’ while pointing to the empty beer bottles in the passenger seat,” the report said.

With the deputy’s help, the man got out of the truck and declined a take a field sobriety test, instead telling the deputy to “go ahead and take me to jail.”

The driver then told the deputy he didn’t have insurance because he couldn’t get any and then “stated without being asked that he wanted to be honest with me and told me he had more than two beers and had smoked ‘crack’ cocaine the day prior.’” As another deputy was enroute, the deputy lit a cigarette for the man, who then was taken to jail. His pickup was towed.

Matter of record: A Wade Price Road, Ellabell woman reported Jan.31 that her SUV hit a power pole. The woman said “she was in her front yard attempting to start her vehicle from under the hood, using the solenoid. She said that the vehicle started while in gear and traveled without the driver into a telephone pole in front of (a Wade Price Road) address.”

The deputy “was advised that the power to the surrounding homes went out for a moment, but came back on shortly afterward.” He reported he didn’t’ see any damage to the SUV or the pole, but a homeowner said “he could see that the pole had been moved and was uncertain if it was stable.”

Canochee EMC was called.

Threats: A Richmond Hill man reported Feb. 1 his wife, a teacher at Richmond Hill High School, was threatened at their home. “(He) advised that his doorbell rang and when he opened the door juveniles were standing in the doorway and shouted threats toward his wife.”

Matter of record: A Lake Lilly Drive, Richmond Hill couple reported Jan.21 that their neighbors “have been smoking marijuana all weekend,” and that they could smell it in their son’s bathroom.

The woman “stated that her neighbors smoke in the garage and that her and her children get exposed to the marijuana,” and they wanted the incident documented.

They also said “the suspects are renters,” etc.

The deputy did smell pot. The complainants said they were “going to start with the Board of their HOA to get this issue resolved.”

Stolen firearm: A deputy serving a restraining order on an Ellabell man on Jan. 29 was asked by that man to “run a serial number on a black powder rifle he had purchased from a neighbor ….”

The deputy did, and it came back stolen from Effingham County, so the deputy took the rifle from the man and gave him a receipt. The deputy then talked to the neighbor and “asked him if he did sell the rifle … and (he) stated no he did not sell the rifle to him and did not know about this rifle.”

The deputy took the black powder rifel to an ECSO detective. He got a receipt.

Scam: This guy rocks. He walked in to the BCSO office in Richmond Hill in the middle of the day Jan. 31 to report “he had received numerous scam phone calls. (He) stated that previously when he had similar phone calls, he lost approximately $14 over a magazine scam. He stated that he had spoken to his bank … and was able to get most of his money back. (He) stated he is still receiving scam text messages. (He) was given a case number and advised to follow up with his banking institution.”

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