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Drunks hit the road
Richmond Hill Police blotter
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The following is from Richmond Hill Police Department reports:

DUI
May 5 – Officer Donnie Crosby clocked a vehicle on Hwy. 17  near Plantation Road traveling 59 mph in a 45 mph zone.
The officer pulled the vehicle over and the driver, a Richmond Hill woman, who allegedly appeared very intoxicated due to her bloodshot, glassy eyes and slurred speech.
When asked, the driver claimed to have had three bottles of beer and agreed to field sobriety test. When asked to stand on one leg, the driver said her leg was too swollen to do the test and also that she knew she was drunk so the test was unnecessary.
After testing positive for alcohol and also admitting to being drunk, the woman was charged with DUI.
She was transported to St. Joseph Hospital in Savannah after complaining of chest pains.

Probation violation:

May 10 – A man wanted for probation violation in Bryan County was arrested in Richmond Hill after police received calls about a man wearing no pants standing near the intersection of Harris Trail and Timber Trail roads. Officer Donnie Crosby responded to the scene and found the man wearing only boxer shorts and a T-shirt. He was arrested and transported to the county jail.

DUI
May 8 – A Richmond Hill man was arrested for DUI after Officer Robert Linton watched him come out of Harvey’s parking lot and allegedly drive completely over the center median in order to head southbound on Hwy. 17.
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