Police/Fire/EMS – Sept. 9, 2010

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Pete Skiba

ALBANY, Ga. — Albany police responded to at least 32 incidents Tuesday and into the early hours of Wednesday, according to available police reports. Police responded to incidents including:

— Simple assault on the 400 block of West Society Avenue;

— Theft by taking on the 500 block of Holloway Avenue;

— Burglary theft of a flat screen television and jewelry on the 800 block of Cameo Drive;

— Missing juvenile on the 500 block of Wells Avenue;

— Disorderly conduct by a bus passenger who used foul language and and threw a water bottle at another passenger on the 600 block of West Tift Avenue;

— Theft by taking a bicycle on the 400 block of Wells Street;

— Forgery, deposit of a forged check on the 2400 block of Sylvester road;

— Simple battery on the 100 block of Thornton drive;

— Motor vehicle theft on the 900 block of West Lincoln Avenue;

— Recovered property of two bicycles on the 900 block of Ninth Avenue;

— Domestic unfounded on the 1700 West Lincoln Avenue, the 1400 block of West Third Avenue, the 500 block of North Westover Boulevard, the 500 block of Louis Avenue, the 400 block of Tift Avenue and the 1400 block of Whispering Pines Road.

— Criminal trespass on the 400 block of Bobbitt Drive.

DOUGHERTY POLICE: Dougherty County police responded to at least 14 calls, according to police reports.

Police responded to incidents including:

— Traffic crash (private) on the 4500 block of Gillionville Road;

— Wanted person on the 3100 block of Sylvester road;

— Domestic (unfounded) on the 2500 block of South Hibiscus Road.

DOUGHERTY EMS: Emergency medical services responded to 42 calls on Tuesday. There were 30 medical calls, eight trauma calls and four other calls. Medical calls included three chest pains, five respiratory problems, one fainting, one altered mental state, one seizure, two obstetrics, two mental problems, five miscellaneous pain calls, one allergic reaction and nine various medical. Trauma calls included four vehicle crash injuries, two falls, one bite and one fight/assault. Other calls are typically standby for other units and patient transport.

LEE SHERIFF: Lee County deputies responded to at least eight calls, according to police reports.

Deputies responded to incidents including:

— Abandoned vehicle on the 100 block of Stroud Road;

— Wanted person on the 900 block of U.S. 19;

— Theft of a 16-foot trailer on the 1300 block of U.S. 82;

— Theft on the 2800 block of Ledo road;

— Fraudulent credit card on the 100 block of Story lane;

— Drunken driver arrested on the 1400 block of U.S. 19.

ALBANY FIRE: Albany firefighters responded to 63 calls from Sept. 1 through Tuesday, including 13 activated alarms, four grass fires, a gas line rupture, three trash fires, four medical assists, six unauthorized burnings, three electrical shorts in stoves, one short in a freezer, four vehicle fires, cat rescue from a tree, unattended cooking that led to $6,000 in damage to a kitchen, two other unattended cooking fire calls, seven false alarms, an overheated light fixture, rescue a person from a stalled elevator, smoke in building from an overheated air conditioner, another building with smoke odor, rescue a person who fell down in a bathroom, a fuel spill, overheated water heater, five vehicle crashes and a water line leak.

— Compiled by Pete Skiba

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