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Effingham County Sheriff's Office reports April 13
Effingham crime

Arrests/citations

· Isaac Upchurch, McCall Road – no insurance, expired tag and tag light required (all citations)

· Kenyata Singleton, Blair Loop – simple battery (family violence)


Incidents

· Jabez Jones Road – A man stated that he got into a physical altercation with his son over the son yelling.

· Timbergate Lane – A man advised that a suspicious person had been prowling around his house in the middle of the night.

· Interstate Circle – A woman stated that a stray dog went onto her property and killed one of her chickens.

· Stagecoach Avenue – A man stated that an acquaintance threatened to shoot him at a public park.

· Jamestown Drive – A man stated that his wife broke a window in the shed during a heated argument.

· Hebert Kessler Road – A man stated that he was having a custody dispute with the mother of his child.

· Blair Way – A woman stated that her neighbor’s dogs had killed a local stray cat that she looks after.

· Goshen Road Extension – A man stated that he got into a fight with impound lot employee over a repossessed vehicle.

· Honey Ridge Road – A man stated that he got into a dispute with his friend over tools and money.

· Oconee Avenue – A cleaning crew stated that a fire started in the front yard of a hoarder’s home.

· Reidsville Road – A woman stated that someone threatened to kill her via a handwritten note in her yard.

· Highway 119 South – A high school assistant principal stated that two students got into a physical altercation.

· Stagecoach Avenue – A man stated that he accidently hit a metal shed while driving around a school.

· Horseshoe Road – A man stated that his neighbor threatened him over the placement of a fence.

· Belmont Drive – A woman stated that her stepsister stole a dog and a cat from her place of residence.

· Hodgeville Road – A man stated that some building materials had been stolen from his construction site.

· Highway 80 – A woman stated that she had been sent a suspicious package with razor blades and wires in it.

· Buckingham Drive – A man stated that an unknown person had stolen a grass sprayer from his construction site.

· McCall Road – Two men were spotted fleeing from police officers on ATV at a very high rate of speed.

· Cooperstown Road – A woman stated that her ex-boyfriend had been harassing her via text messages.

· West First Street Extension – A woman stated that she discovered a firearm in a used vehicle she recently purchased.

· Highway 119 North – A convenience store owner stated that a customer cashed a fraudulent check at his store.

· Akerman Road – A woman stated that she got into an argument with her son over his children’s sleep schedule.

· Highway 80 – A woman stated that an acquaintance had rented a van from her and refused to return it.

· Bluff Drive – A woman stated that an acquaintance had borrowed her vehicle and refused to return it.

· Belmont Drive – A woman stated that her former roommate was refusing to return her dog and cat.