From incident reports at the Effingham County Sheriff's Office:

Dec. 24: Someone ran over a mailbox on Southern Charm Way in the Guyton area.

Whoops

Dec. 26: A man paid for $5.32 cents worth of gas at the El Cheapo on Ga. 17 in the Guyton area. The pump didn't turn off and he pumped $30 worth of gas. He said he couldn't pay for the extra gas.

Dec. 26: An 18-year-old woman said when she was in an accident at Little McCall and Courthouse Road, the father of her child took their baby even though she didn't want him to.

Dec. 27: A man said he lost a cooler, possibly at the Liberty Gas station on Ga. 17 in the Guyton area.

Dec. 27: An excavator caught on fire on Stillwell Clyo Road in the Clyo area.

Dec. 27: A deputy pulled over a pickup truck for going 64 mph in a 45 mph zone on Little McCall Road in the Guyton area. The driver was arrested for driving with a suspended license and speeding.

Dec. 27: A deputy pulled over a vehicle for going 62 mph in a 45 mph zone on Little McCall Road in the Guyton area. The driver was arrested for driving with a suspended license and speeding.

Dec. 27: A resident of the Guyton area said she got a threatening text message from a Hotmail address she doesn't recognize.

Burglar caught

Dec. 27: A woman who was driving home saw a man stop at her house and try to force open the front door with his shoulder. The man ran when the woman drove past the house. Elkins Cemetery Road in the Guyton area.

Dec. 27: A woman said the father of her child was jealous of another man and broke her cell phone, kept their child hostage for two hours and threatened to kill the other man.

Dec. 27: A mailbox was damaged twice on Turkey Branch Road in the Springfield area. Someone hit it with melons.

Dec. 28: A 19-year-old man said he became distracted and ran off the road, striking a tree at Midland Road in the Guyton area.

Dec. 28: A woman said her daughter and son-in-law blackballed her because she accused the son-in-law of damaging her vehicle's transmission. Saddleclub Way in the Guyton area.

Dec. 29: A woman who hit her husband was arrested for simple battery and driving with suspended registration.

Dec. 29: A resident of the Springfield area said a man threatened her and her property.

Dec. 29: A vehicle caught on fire as it was driving on Old Louisville Road in the Guyton area. It was fully engulfed and the fire department responded.

Dec. 29: A woman who went to the Statesboro hospital with a dislocated finger said her husband did it in Effingham County.

Dec. 29: Someone from Aaron's Rent to Own tried to repossess $2,600 worth of furniture and appliances from a residence on Mockingbird Drive in the Springfield area. The homeowner said the items were never delivered and that her daughter and son-in-law, who live nearby, held the lease.

Leave now

Dec. 29: Someone pried open the back door of a residence on Beecher Drive in the Guyton area. The thieves were scared off by a loud burglar alarm and by a neighbor who fired a shot into the air when he heard the alarm.

Dec. 29: A deputy pulled over a vehicle for going 51 mph in a 35 mph zone on McCall Road at Ga. 21 S. in the Rincon area. The driver was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs, speeding and suspended registration.

Dec. 30: Someone shot a window on a house on Plantation Drive in the Rincon area with a BB gun.

Dec. 30: Neighbors complained about a trespasser on River Oak Drive in the Bloomingdale area. The man explained that he was there to see a friend and dropped his cell phone in the dark.

Dec. 30: A door and an alarm box were damaged on a guard shack at S. Effingham Plantation Drive in the Guyton area.

Dec. 31: A man left his cell phone at the Clyo Trading Post and when he returned it was gone. A man took it, saying he knew the owner, and would return it to him.

Dec. 31: A deputy pulled over a vehicle for defective tag light on Ga. 17 in the Guyton area. The driver was arrested for marijuana possession.

Dec. 31: Deputies found an abandoned car in the undeveloped part of Patriot's Point subdivision on Washington Way in the Guyton area. The car, which had marijuana and drug-related objects in it, was towed.

Dec. 31: A woman who had a child that wasn't in a safety seat was cited and arrested on a warrant. She was stopped at a safety check on Old Tusculum Road and Brogden Road in the Springfield area.

Murder rumors

Jan. 2: A resident of the Springfield area said a neighbor told her that a woman reportedly poisoned her husband with bleach, killing him. She said people were talking about it on Facebook.

Jan. 2: A woman at the Springfield Enmark said another woman has been threatening her over an incident with an ex-boyfriend.

Jan. 2: A father and son argued over a missing phone. The son was arrested for simple battery. Vale Royal Drive in the Rincon area.

Jan. 2: A woman said her ex-husband has been harassing her in person and by phone.

Jan. 2: A birdhouse was damaged on Burnt Tree Drive in the Guyton area.

Jan. 2: An abandoned vehicle was towed from Ga. 21 at Nixon Chapel Road in the Newington area. A window was broken and the radio had been stolen.

Jan. 3: Someone broke into Exley Lumber and stole a chainsaw. Reedsville Road in the Clyo area.

Jan. 3: A woman who was staying with her boyfriend in Guyton said she wanted to leave because of his mood swings. He took her cell phone, so she called 911.