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Effingham County Sheriff's Office reports Aug. 17
crime reports

Arrests/citations

· Justin Roberts, Jennifer Circle – simple battery (family violence)

· Nahshon Brown, Third Street – domestic dispute and wanted person (warrant service)

· Tejada Sermiento, Highway 17 South – brake light requirements and driving while unlicensed

· Kristin Blackmore, Highway 21 – failure to maintain lane

· David Wilfur, Highway 80 – speeding in excess of maximum limits

· Courtney Sloan, Highway 80 - speeding in excess of maximum limits

· Alfred Quarterman, Goshen Road – aggravated assault, cruelty to children and battery (family violence)

· Michael Carrasquillo, Highway 80 – failure to obey stop sign


Incidents

· Cooperstown Drive – A man stated that someone damaged his mailbox in the middle of the night.

· Brittany Court – A woman advised that an acquaintance stole a camera from the door on her front porch.

· Sandpine Court – A man stated that an unknown person broke the rear bedroom window of his house.

· Pecan Grove Boulevard – A woman stated that an unknown individual stole her vehicle’s license plate.

· Old Dixie Highway South – A man stated that his mother’s boyfriend stole his mother’s wallet and handgun.

· Highway 21 North – A woman stated that a rock flew off a dump truck and struck her vehicle’s windshield.

· Archer Road – A man stated that an unknown person shot a hole in his car’s hood with a firearm.

· Lillian Street – A man stated that an unknown individual stole two windows from his construction site.

· Summer Station Drive – A couple stated that someone had marijuana delivered to their place of residence.

· Royal Oak Drive – A man stated that three neighborhood children had broken into his vacant property.

· Greene Drive – A man stated that his neighbor threatened to shoot him and hit him with and baseball bat.

· Goshen Road Extension – A power employee stated that some construction workers had cut a primary cable.

· Old School Circle – A woman stated that her ex-boyfriend had kicked in the front door of her home.

· Hummingbird Lane – A man stated that her had gotten into a dispute with his neighbor over a fire barrel.

· Highway 80 – A man stated that he had misplaced his wallet and his debit cards at a local convenience store.

· Highway 119 South – A woman stated that her parked vehicle had been damaged in a parking lot.

· Old Louisville Road – A woman stated that she had gotten into an argument with her mother’s former boyfriend.

· Schuman Drive – A woman stated that her estranged husband had been sending her harassing text messages.

· Stonesthrow Court – A woman stated that her mother pushed her off a back porch during a fight.

· Brittany Court – A man stated that he and his ex-wife had gotten into a verbal altercation over their children.

· Central Avenue – A woman stated that a mechanic had removed several parts on her vehicle while it was in his shop.

· Highway 30 – A woman stated that a vehicle had been following her while she was driving down the road.

· Green Drive – A man advised that his safe had gone missing from his former girlfriend’s property.

· Commercial Park Drive – A woman stated that her vehicle had been damaged while it was repossessed.

· Church Street – A woman stated that her parked vehicle had been damaged in a church parking lot.

· Burnt Tree Drive – A man stated that his stove caught on fire while he was boiling water to make tea.

· McCall Road – A woman stated that her estranged husband had been harassing her via text messages.

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Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll awards the Meritorious Service Medal to Sgt. Aaron Turner, who helped take down the armed soldier accused of opening fire during Wednesday morning’s shooting at Fort Stewart. (Pat Donahue / Coastal Courier)
A day after a soldier opened fire at Fort Stewart, Army leaders are praising those who stopped the shooter as investigators probe how a weapon made it on base. One soldier remains hospitalized. This report is from our Morris Multimedia sister newspaper, the Coastal Courier in Hinesville. Read how split-second heroism may have saved countless lives.
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