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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.