Albany, Dougherty County Police/Fire/EMS reports — Nov. 23-26, 2018

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By Gypsy Crow

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ALBANY POLICE: The Albany Police Department responded to at least 69 calls on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and the early hours of Monday, available reports indicate. Incidents included:

— Disorderly conduct on the 2700 block of West Oakridge Drive, the 2400 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and the 200 block of Pinson Road;

— Aggravated assaults on the 1600 block of Whiting Drive, the 600 block of Zackery Avenue, the 400 block of Heard Avenue, and the corner of South Broadway Street and East Broad Avenue;

— Thefts by taking on the 400 block of Vintage Road, the 2400 block of Dawson Road, the 600 block of West Society Avenue, the 600 block of Mulberry Avenue, the 1400 block of North Slappey Boulevard, the 100 block of Baldwin Drive, the 1300 block of East Tift Avenue, the 700 block of East Broad Avenue, the 400 block of West Third Avenue, the 1700 block of Myrtle Road and the 1200 block of South Van Buren Court;

— Entering autos on the 2600 block of Gillionville Road, the 1600 block of Marbury Lane, the 200 block of Cloud Lane, the 2000 block of West Broad Avenue, the 1400 block of South Van Buren Street, the 900 block of Hobson Street, the 300 block of Station Crossings Drive, the 900 block of East Oglethorpe Boulevard and the 2700 block of Dawson Road;

— Criminal trespass on the 2600 block of Gillionville Road, the 1700 block of Lowell Lane, the 2300 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, the 700 block of South Harding Street, the 2900 block of Rosebrier Avenue, the 500 block of Pinson Road, the 200 block of Talafax Road, the 2600 block of Erica Court, the 800 block of West Highland Avenue and the 2400 block of North Slappey Boulevard;

— Burglaries on the 1500 block of Radium Springs Road, the 1800 block of Sharon Avenue, the 1300 block of South Mock Road and the 800 block of West Society Avenue;

— Simple battery on the 400 block of West Third Avenue, the 900 block of Hobson Street, the 1100 block of West Gordon Avenue, the 2400 block of Dawson Road, the 500 block of Corn Avenue and the 900 block of West Oglethorpe Boulevard;

— Theft by deception on the 700 block of East Oglethorpe Boulevard;

— Missing persons on the 1500 block of Whiting Drive and the 1000 block of Dunes Avenue;

— Thefts by shoplifting on the 400 block of South Slappey Boulevard and the 2600 block of Dawson Road;

— City park violation on the 1300 block of North Monroe Street;

— Fleeing/attempting to elude a police officer on the 300 block of East Oglethorpe Boulevard;

— Possession of marijuana on the 100 block of North Jackson Street;

— Public indecency on the 200 block of East Oglethorpe Boulevard;

— Murder on the 1900 block of West Broad Avenue;

— Traffic arrest on the 2300 block of Dawson Road;

— Battery on the 900 block of Swift Street;

— Criminal damage to property on the 300 block of Elsom Street.

DOUGHERTY POLICE: Dougherty County Police responded to at least 19 calls on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and the early hours of Monday, available reports indicate. Incidents included:

— Auto accidents on the 7300 block of Gillionville Road, the 3000 block of Sylvester Road, the 600 block of the Liberty Expressway Southeast, the 4600 block of Radium Springs Road, the 300 block of South Westover Boulevard, the 1100 block of South County Line Road and the 2700 block of the Liberty Expressway Southeast;

— Suspicious persons on the 600 block of Tallahassee Road, the 1800 block of the Liberty Expressway Southeast, the 400 block of Lumpkin Street, the 4700 block of Radium Springs Road, the 300 block of South Westover Boulevard, the 2300 block of the Liberty Expressway Southeast and the 2400 block of Radium Springs Road;

— Suspicious auto on the 2200 block of Oak Haven Drive;

— Criminal trespass on the 2300 block of the Liberty Expressway Southeast;

— Fraud on the 5300 block of Doles Road;

— Family violence on the 700 block of Cordele Road;

— Discharge of a firearm on the 1000 block of Flowing Well Road.

ALBANY FIRE: The Albany Fire Department responded to at least 25 calls on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and the early hours of Monday, available reports indicate. Incidents included:

— Building fires on the 1500 block of Edgerly Avenue, the 900 block of South Street and the 2300 block of Tompkins Avenue;

— EMS calls on the 1900 block of Palmyra Road, the 300 block of Lexington Drive and the 900 block of Lippitt Drive;

— Motor vehicle accidents on the corner of North Westover Boulevard and Nottingham Way, the 2400 block of North Slappey Boulevard, the corner of Tompkins Avenue and South Mock Road, the 1300 block of East Broad Avenue, the corner of North Westover Boulevard and Gillionville Road, the corner of the Liberty Expressway Southeast and Hancock Road, the corner of Johnson Road and Georgetown Drive, the corner of the Liberty Expressway Southeast and Clark Avenue, and the corner of Dawson Road and North Westover Boulevard;

— Trash or rubbish fire on the 500 block of Don Cutler Sr. Drive;

— Authorized controlled burnings on the 1700 block of West Broad Avenue and the 1000 block of Dunes Avenue;

— Motor vehicle/pedestrian accident on the 1300 block of East Broad Avenue;

— Power lines down on the corner of Heard Avenue and South Madison Street and the 900 block of Hobson Street;

— Cooking fire on the 2500 block of North Slappey Boulevard;

— Gas leak on the 800 block of Cason Street;

— Unauthorized burnings on the 2900 block of Sylvester Highway and the 300 block of Elsom Street.

DOUGHERTY EMS: Dougherty County EMS responded to at least 67 calls on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and the early hours of Monday, available reports indicate. Incidents included three chest pain calls, three abdominal pain/problem calls, one back pain call, one well person check call, eight respiratory issue calls, 19 general sickness calls, one stroke call, four OB calls, three abnormal behavior/suicide attempt calls and three cardiac arrest/death calls. Trauma calls included one overdose, three auto accidents, five falls, five lacerations, four assaults, one animal bite and one fire. Other calls included one medical alert activation.

Gypsy Crow

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