Police/Fire/EMS April 17, 2010

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Pete Skiba

ALBANY — Albany police responded to at least 50 incidents Thursday into the early hours of Friday, according to available reports. Police responded to incidents including:

— Theft by deception; four burritos stolen from a restaurant on the 2000 block of East Oglethorpe Boulevard;

— Aggravated assault; a man hit in the head with a bat on the 200 block of Pine Bluff Road;

— Possession of less than an ounce marijuana on the 1800 block of West Broad Avenue;

— Entering an auto on the 1600 block of Wynewood Lane;

— Statutory rape report on the 1000 block of Jefferies Avenue;

— Information reports on gang graffiti: “BK” for “Blood Killer,” a Crips gang sign, painted in blue spray paint on a stop sign at the intersection of South Harding Street and Cherry Avenue and other gang graffiti on the 900 block of Holloway Avenue;

— Simple battery (domestic violence) on the 100 block of Stepping Stone Lane;

— Battery (family violence) on the 2300 block of Evergreen Drive;

— Criminal trespass (domestic violence) on the 400 block of Wells Avenue;

— Domestic disturbance (unfounded) on the 700 block of Cherry Avenue.

DOUGHERTY POLICE: Dougherty County Police responded to at least 24 calls Thursday, according to reports. Police responded to incidents including:

— Deceased person on the 7100 block of Hardup Road;

— Animal control investigation; despite being shot at another location, a dog returned home to the 2800 block of Spelman Drive to die;

–Domestic Violence (simple battery) and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana on the 2100 block of Cordele Road;

— Theft of a phone charger on the 200 block of Pinson Road;

— Traffic crash, hit-and-run injury on the 2300 block of Radium Springs Road involving two vehicles and a roadside sign;

— Traffic arrest; speeding on the Liberty Expressway at Blaylock Drive.

DOUGHERTY EMS: Emergency Medical Services responded to 75 calls on Thursday. There were 54 medical calls, 19 trauma calls and two other calls. Medical calls included seven chest pains, six respiratory problems, one person who fainted, three altered mental state, one diabetic complaint, two seizures, one obstetrics, four mental problems, four miscellaneous pain calls, two cardiac arrests, one allergy reaction and 21 various medical calls. Trauma calls included 10 vehicle crash injuries and nine falls.

LEE SHERIFF: Lee County deputies responded to at least 12 calls Thursday, according to reports. Deputies responded to incidents including:

— Criminal trespass on the 2400 block of Old Smithville Road;

— Disorderly conduct while intoxicated, possession of alcohol by an underage person and a disorderly house on the 900 block of Lovers Lane Road;

— Theft with property recovered on the 2800 block of Ledo Road;

— Theft with property recovered on the 1700 block of Philema Road;

— Fraudulent debit on the 2800 block of Palmyra Road;

— Animal complaint: Pepper the dog bit a man on the leg on the 900 block of Lovers Lane Road.

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