From incident reports at the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office:
Aug. 19: A woman said someone made several transactions from her bank account, totaling $450, without her permission. She suspects her information was compromised when she used someone else’s computer to make a purchase. High Pointe Drive in the Rincon area.
Aug. 27: A student at Effingham Middle School who refused to do as he was told was taken to the Sheriff’s Office for disruption of a public school. His mother picked him up there.
Aug. 28: A student at Effingham Middle School had a knife and three razors on the school campus. He allegedly cut a bus seat and said he was going to cut whoever stole his gym shoes. He was released to his grandmother. Charges of disrupting public school and carrying a weapon at school were pending.
Officer lecture
Aug. 31: A woman called the Sheriff’s Office when her juvenile daughter became upset because she wanted to sit in the middle of the back seat in the family’s vehicle. The girl “threw a fit” and hit three people when an older juvenile sat in the spot she wanted.
A deputy explained to the girl the “process and accommodations of juvenile hall.” Reidsville Road in the Clyo area.
Aug. 31: A woman who is divorcing her husband said he’s getting on her nerves. They argued and were given a disorderly house warning.
Aug. 31: A Clyo woman said her son took her truck and drove it to South Carolina. She said it doesn’t have insurance. She reported it as stolen.
Aug. 31: A man said he left his cell phone at the Liberty station on Blue Jay Road in the Guyton area and when he returned, it was gone.
Thieves caught
Aug. 31: Deputies stopped a white, unmarked box van that turned onto U.S. 80 at Foxbow Drive in the Eden area. A similar vehicle was reported to be nearby when an ATV was stolen.
Deputies found a stolen golf cart in the van, along with $3,200 cash and a loaded handgun. The men were arrested for theft by receiving stolen property.
Sept. 1: A woman said someone threatened, via Facebook, to burn down her home. She also said she received harassing text messages.
Sept. 1: A woman said she told her husband he was going to be served with divorce papers the next day. She said he yelled and she was afraid of him.
Missing dog
Sept. 1: A man says he thinks his former employee stole his dog and took it to Sylvania. Old Augusta Road in the Rincon area.
Sept. 2: A woman and her daughter argued. The daughter admitted biting her mother on the arm and breaking a fish tank. The daughter was arrested for criminal trespass. Daily Drive in the Guyton area.
Sept. 3: A resident of Westwood Drive in the Rincon area said someone drew what he believes are gang symbols in the dew on his vehicle’s windshield.
Sept. 3: A woman said she paid for a $730 energy part off of eBay and didn’t receive it. Rincon Stillwell Road in the Rincon area.
Sept. 3: A woman said her former boyfriend was in her house, when he had left a week earlier and she changed the locks. He said the door was unlocked. He was told to get a deputy to come with him if he came to get more belongings.
Sept. 3: A woman said her drunken son struck her in the face. He was arrested for simple battery-family violence.
Sept. 3: A deputy answered a call about a suspicious person on Rose Hill Drive in the Rincon area. The man was arrested for pedestrian under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Sept. 3: A man said he and his girlfriend argued with her mother, who was “heavily intoxicated” and had left her belongings all over their house. A deputy gave the mother a ride to the Sheriff’s Office, where she waited for a relative to get her.
Naked man
Sept. 4: An “extremely intoxicated,” naked male was asleep in a house on Courthouse Road in the Guyton area. He said he was there because his “girl lives there.” The woman who lives in the house asked that the man leave.
Sept. 4: A woman who has been returning to her former residence to feed a feral cat was given a trespass warning. The landlord didn’t want her to scare the current tenant. U.S. 80 in the Eden area.
Sept. 4: A deputy made sure everyone was out of a house that was burning on Pound Road in the Guyton area.
Sept. 4: A deputy stopped a vehicle for doing 96 mph in a 55 mph zone on Ga. 26 in the Bloomingdale area. The driver was arrested for speeding and reckless driving.
Sept. 4: A resident of Bob White Lane in the Springfield area said some things were stolen from her unlocked vehicle, including $100 cash, a debit card and a driver’s license.
Manipulative in-law
Sept. 4: A 93-year-old resident of the Guyton area said her daughter is mean to her and they can’t get along. Her son-in-law said she is competent and very manipulative.
Sept. 4: A resident of the Bloomingdale area complained that the mother of his son refused to allow him to see the child for court-ordered visitation.
Sept. 4: The hood of a pickup truck came unlatched and broke the windshield when a tractor-trailer passed it, on Ga. 21 S. in the Rincon area.
Sept. 4: A deputy stood by while a woman retrieved belongings from her mother’s house. She said some things were missing, including two gift cards and $40. Dailey Drive in the Guyton area.
Sept. 5: Someone pushed in a bedroom window and entered a trailer on Zeigler Road in the Bloomingdale area. The owner suspects a former tenant.
Sept. 5: A deputy stopped a vehicle that was weaving on Ga. 21 N. in the Springfield area. The driver was arrested for driving with a suspended license and failure to maintain lane.
Sept. 5: A former tenant accused the homeowner of stealing his property and made threats of bodily harm. Roebling Road in the Bloomingdale area.
Sept. 5: A resident of Courthouse Road in the Springfield area said someone stole a video game system from his van while he was out of town. He suspects a particular person, who was offering a system for sale on Facebook.
Sept. 6: A woman said her son was angry and punched holes in three walls. Goshen Road in the Rincon area.
Sept. 6: A resident of the Rincon area said someone stole $14 and a debit card from her at the Pooler Walmart.
Cleaned out
Sept. 6: A trucker said when he returned home, he found that the mother of his children and his children had left, in one of his vehicles, and took all of his belongings. Stonesthrow Court in the Guyton area.
Sept. 6: A resident of the Rincon area said a woman threatened, over the phone, to fight her and kill her.
Sept. 6: A man who appeared to be intoxicated got into another man’s pickup truck and went inside his house before being told to leave. The offender was arrested for criminal trespass. Midland Pines Road in the Guyton area.
Sept. 7: A woman said her ex-husband refused to return their daughter, saying the girl wanted to stay with him. A deputy told the father that he could face legal action if he didn’t comply. He returned the girl late that night.
Turtle thrown
Sept. 7: A man said his wife destroyed the house when she was removing her belongings. She admitted throwing a ceramic turtle in his direction.
Sept. 7: A man and his current wife argued with his former wife about who would purchase school clothes for their son. Enmark at Goshen Road.