From Bryan County Sheriff’s Office reports: 

Assist other agency: A BCSO K-9 deputy was asked by a Richmond Hill police officer to respond with his dog to a traffic stop in Richmond Hill around 2 a.m. Oct. 29.

The driver “said he didn’t consent to a dog search of his vehicle,” and was told “consent was not needed for a free air scan,” and the search took place.

The dog alerted a few times, and “the driver requested to speak to me and asked me to get his phone from the car and redo the scan because he wanted to record it in case the dog lied,” the deputy reported, noting he explained “what (the dog) looks for while doing the free air scan …” That’s when the driver told the deputy “if we don’t find anything can he just shoot my dog.”

The deputy “asked him to repeat what he said and he again said he wanted to shoot my dog. I told him that is threatening an officer’s life and if he attempted to do so I would stop him whatever it took. He said don’t get so serious it’s just a (bleeping) joke. I told him threatening to shoot my dog was not a joke and that she was an officer and he could be arrested. He said don’t be so serious over jokes.”

The deputy moved away from the man, went to watch as RHPD officers searched his vehicle, and “found an amount of marijuana scattered on the seats of the vehicle and on the floor of the vehicle. They chose not to arrest. The driver was cited and released.” 

Wanted person, suspended license, etc: A deputy running radar on Highway 280 around noon Oct. 31 clocked an SUV going 81 mph. A traffic stop ensued. The man behind the wheel handed the deputy a driver’s license, but “the picture did not match the driver,’ when questioned he said he handed me that license by mistake. It belonged to the vehicle owner’s husband.”

The driver then gave the deputy a name and date of birth and said he left his license at home. A check showed the man had a protection order from Miami, but there was no record of a license. The man was detained and used his phone to have someone send a photo of his Florida license, which wasn’t valid. The man was arrested.

“It was later learned the name that was given was also false,” and deputies discovered the man had warrants for his arrest from Bulloch County and Miami.

Speeding: A deputy on I-95 south around 4:30 p.m. Oct. 30 “observed two vehicles … that appeared to be racing.” He clocked the lead car, a Hyundai, at 108 mph. A traffic stop ensued and the driver “was unable to provide any identification information or a license.” A person in the vehicle gave the deputy the driver’s name, however, and the Houston, Texas 21-year-old was arrested for speeding and driving without a license.

Unruly juvenile: A deputy was sent to Buckhead East on Oct. 29 “in reference to subjects knocking on doors to residences and then running away.”