Police reports: Food fight at hotel results in visit by police

Posted: July 19, 2010 - 11:18pm  |  Updated: July 21, 2010 - 5:51pm

Pooler police were called to a hotel dining area after four people began a food fight amongst themselves. A hotel employee said the four adults - two men, ages 36 and 25, and two women, ages 29 and 25 - had thrown food all over their booth, the surrounding area and the televisions on the wall.

The four left the dining area without offering to assist in the cleanup, so the employee called the manager. The manager tried to reach the offenders in their rooms.

One of the women answered and when told a credit card was required for incident protection, said they were going to bed and to call the other two offenders. She abruptly hung up.

The manager called the other room, but no one answered. When she called the original room, the call went straight to voice mail as if the phone had been left off the hook.

When officers arrived, the dining room staff was still cleaning up the mess. There was food along the floor and on the walls, and when one of the officers went into the elevator to go up to the offenders' rooms, there was food in the elevator and food going down the hallway leading to the offenders' rooms.

When an officer knocked on the door of one of the rooms, one of the men answered. The officer told him the manager wanted all of them to leave the premises.

The man became upset and said the two women were "just playing around with one another." He said they'd offered to help clean the mess.

Then the man began to get agitated and was speaking in a harsh tone. He refused to give all the information that was requested by the officer.

One of the women came up and began asking the officer what his report was going to say. She told the officer the conversation was being recorded on her cell phone. Both were cooperative as long as the woman appeared to be recording. When she wasn't near the man, he became loud and belligerent. The man said the officers were biased against his race. He said he has a U.S. passport and was not an illegal alien.

After assuring the couple had gathered all their belongings, the officer went to the other room and spoke with the other couple. They were cooperative and answered all questions, but while police were speaking with them, the first couple had to be reminded several times to leave the area.

Once all four had been gathered in the lobby, they were given paperwork and instructed to leave the premises permanently. A hotel employee escorted them out to make sure they left.

Once outside, they began taking pictures of the officers and their patrol vehicles, and also pictures of themselves standing in front of the hotel. An officer went over and told them they had to leave.

One of the men became argumentative. When they asked if they could park elsewhere, they were told they could park anywhere but the hotel's parking lot.

When they talked about leaving the car and returning for it later, the officer informed them that they were banned from the property and needed to take the car and leave immediately. A hotel employee told them if they left the car, it would be towed away. One of the men looked at the employee and said, "Tow this." The other offenders told him to get into the car and they finally left the area.

Man arrested after throwing food in home

A Port Wentworth woman told police she was having problems with her nephew, a convicted felon who has possession of a firearm. When the man walked out the front door of the woman's house, he was told to lie on the ground.

The man was frisked for weapons and then told to walk to the front of the patrol vehicle. When asked what had happened, he said he was tired of his aunt talking to him "any kind of way, so I talked to her how she was talking to me, and she called the police."

The man said he'd bought his own food and after an altercation with his aunt, he didn't want anyone else to eat it, so he threw it in the kitchen. Two witnesses at the scene saw him throw the food.

Spaghetti noodles and sauce had splattered all over the appliances and walls in the kitchen. A plate was broken into several pieces on the floor and frozen chicken and meat were thrown in the hall by the back door.

Photos were taken at the scene. The man was arrested and taken to the Chatham County Jail on charges of criminal trespass.

Barbershop equipment stolen from business

Bloomingdale police were called to a business by the property owner, who said the former tenant had taken several items when she left. He said the offender was renting a barber shop that was fully furnished and she'd removed all the items without permission.

Missing were three leather barber chairs worth $1,200, a shampoo chair worth $500, a wooden barber station worth $600, a roll-away station worth $100, curling iron holders worth $60, sanitizing jars with solution worth $80 and a clothes basket worth $5. The owner said he would pursue charges against the offender.

Man arrested for hitting wife's boyfriend

A Garden City police officer was called to a residence where two men were arguing. The officer separated the two and had one stand by the patrol vehicle until another officer arrived for backup.

The man who lived there said the suspect had come to his residence, and when he opened the door, the suspect struck him in the face with a phone as if he was trying to take a picture of him. The suspect began trying to push his way into the house.

The man said his girlfriend is pregnant by him and the suspect is her husband. He said he was afraid the suspect was trying to get past him to hurt her.

He said the two of them began to tussle out the front door into the driveway. He said he didn't know why the suspect was there as the suspect had taken out a restraining order against him, and he said he was advised the same rules that apply to him also apply to the suspect.

When asked why he was in Garden City, the suspect replied he was supposed to speak with his wife in reference to the finalization of their divorce. He said his wife's boyfriend sells drugs to her and isn't supposed to be at her house.

The woman said her boyfriend lives at her house legally. She also said she hadn't spoken to her husband all day.

The suspect was placed under arrest for simple battery and criminal trespass. His car was towed from the scene.

Suspect arrested after throwing rocks at traffic

Port Wentworth police were called after someone was reported throwing rocks at passing cars on Ga. 30. A woman told them she was driving eastbound when a young male threw a rock, hitting her car.

She said he was wearing a white shirt and that there were other people with him. The officer began searching for the suspect and saw someone who fit his description who was walking with two females.

When the officer activated his blue lights, the suspect took off running. The officer recognized the young man as someone he'd encountered because of previous incidents.

The officer yelled, "Stop, police!" but the suspect continued to run. One of the females said the suspect had begun running because he saw the police.

Police patrolled the area with negative contact. Later, they went to the suspect's home where they found him with his father.

He was sweating and wasn't wearing a shirt. His father said his son had just returned home, and the suspect denied any involvement in the incident.

The suspect was put into investigative detention and read his rights. He said he didn't understand his rights, so they were read again.

He then he admitted he ran and said it was because he'd just gotten off probation and didn't want to get into trouble. When asked if he'd heard he officer tell him to stop, he said he did.

When asked about the rock-throwing incident, the suspect said he hadn't thrown the rock but said he was with the person who did throw it. He claimed he didn't know the person's name, so was arrested for obstruction and taken to the Chatham County Detention Center.

Burglar gains entry to business through roof

A Bloomingdale business owner reported that someone entered his construction trailer by cutting a hole through the roof. He said a pipe laser was under the desk when he left the trailer, but was missing when he returned.

Police discovered a hole in the ceiling and a noticeable sneaker print on the white paper on the desk, as well as on the floor. The investigation is continuing.

Concrete bench stolen from gravesite

A woman went to the Bloomingdale Police Department to report that the concrete bench that had been located at the gravesite of her grandparents and great-grandparents since 1948 had been stolen.

She said she had no idea who might have taken the bench, but said because of marks on the ground, it looked as though the bench had been taken recently.

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