From incident reports at the Rincon Police Department:
Dec. 18: A Rincon woman said she received a credit card in the mail but she didn’t apply for it.
Dec. 20: While dealing with a custody issue on Keller Road, an officer determined that the man had outstanding warrants from Bryan and Liberty counties. He was arrested.
Dec. 20: An officer helped a state trooper who pulled over a vehicle at Rincon City Hall. A passenger fled -- a man who is known for stealing vehicles, assaulting law enforcement officers and fleeing. Officers and a K-9 tracking dog couldn’t find him.
Dec. 20: A resident of Lisa Street said someone pried open her mailbox and stole a letter containing $100 in cash.
Dec. 20: A vehicle bumped into another from behind at the stop sign at Lisa Street and Fort Howard Road. The offender drove away and couldn’t be found by police. There was no visible damage to the car that was hit but a passenger complained of neck pain.
Dec. 20: A Rincon man said someone backed into his vehicle while he was in McDonald’s, damaging the driver side mirror, and drove away.
Dec. 21: A woman at a counseling center who was laid off for the holidays reportedly began harassing her boss via text message.
Dec. 21: A woman who works at Lowes said a man was stalking her, staring at her while she was working.
Dec. 21: A man who ran a red light in front of a police officer on Ga. 21 was arrested for driving with a suspended license and red light violation.
Dec. 27: An officer stopped a car on Ga. 21 for a burned-out brake light. The driver had a green leafy substance around his mouth area and admitted that he had eaten a blunt.
He was arrested and charged with failure to maintain lane, brake light violation and possession of a drug-related object – a grinder.
Dec. 27: An officer stopped a vehicle for going 53 mph in a 35 mph zone on Ga. 21. The driver was arrested for drunken driving and speeding.
Dec. 27: A resident of Weisenbaker Road said her purse was missing with $103 cash and a Lowe’s gift card. An officer said she also wanted a report made about her son taking her mother’s pain medication. The officer said her eyes indicate that she is the one who took the pain medicine.
Extension cords
Dec. 28: A man whose power was turned off was using extension cords to get power from an outside light fixture and an apartment storage closet. A report was made for theft of services. Lisa Street.
Dec. 28: The door was halfway up on an unlocked unit at Effingham storage on Ga. 21. Some items were missing.
Dec. 29: A lock was cut off of a unit at Effingham mini storage on Ga. 21. Jewelry valued at $300 was among the items missing.
Dec. 29: Water was being taken without permission from an empty lot on Sweetwater Circle. A utilities worker suspects a contractor working on the house next door.
K-9 fail
Dec. 30: An officer stopped a vehicle for doing 45 mph in a 30 mph zone on Middleground Road. The driver was arrested for driving with a suspended license and speeding. A K-9 narcotics dog sniffed around the vehicle and indicated that he smelled drugs. A thorough search of the car found no drugs.
Dec. 30: An officer stopped a truck because the center-seat passenger was not wearing a shoulder belt. The passenger was wearing a seatbelt but no shoulder belt. The driver was arrested for driving without a license and was given a shoulder restraint citation because the passenger was under 18.
Dec. 30: A woman said she forgot she put three paint brushes and a small tube of paint, valued at $10.68, in her purse at Walmart and didn’t pay for them. She was given a criminal trespass warning.
Dec. 30: A driver stopped on Ga. 21 for expired tag was arrested for driving without a license and cited for expired registration.
Dec. 31: A vehicle was in the ditch in front of Renasant Bank on Ga. 21. A man said he was pushing the vehicle and a woman failed to apply the brakes so it got stuck. The man eventually admitted that he was driving. He was charged with drunken driving, open container and obstruction.
Sneak caught
Jan. 1: A woman was arrested when she tried to leave Walmart without paying for $43.65 worth of items that were in the bottom of her shopping cart – an 18-count carton of eggs, a child’s pink blanket and a cot. It was the second time in a week the woman had left the store without paying for items in the bottom of the cart.
Jan. 1: An officer stopped a car for going 55 mph in a 35 mph zone on Ga. 21. The vehicle was towed for lack of insurance and the driver was cited for speeding.
Jan. 1: A resident of Plantation Drive said her live-in boyfriend took her vehicle without permission while she was asleep, and used her debit card to make four purchases. OnStar indicated the car was in Estill, S.C.
Language barrier
Jan. 1: Officers responded to a 911 call from Red Gate trailer park on Weisenbaker Road from a Hispanic male who didn’t speak English. Officers found blood on the trailer floor.
A translator arrived and said several men had fought but they didn’t want to talk about it with officers. The parties were “extremely intoxicated.”
Move over
Jan. 1: An officer was helping with a traffic stop on Ga. 21 when a car drove by him, speeding, and nearly struck his leg. He stopped the vehicle for failure to move over.
The driver said he slowed down to 50 mph as he passed the officer. The officer told him the speed limit there was 35 mph. He was arrested for drunken driving and failure to move over.
Jan. 2: A woman who was walking her dog on Williams Street said another dog attacked her dog, scratching the dog and injuring her leg. She pointed out where the offending dog lives. The owner denied his dog was at fault.
Jan. 2: An officer answered a call about a reckless driver on Ga. 21. He found a car driving very slowly and hitting his brakes as he went through a green traffic light.
The driver, from Florida, said he was lost and was looking for a specific bank. He was arrested on a warrant from Naples, Fla., for failure to appear.