Statham Police Issue Nine Citations, Make One Arrest over Past Week

issued nine citations and made one arrest the week of June 20 through 26.

Reynaldo Sandoval Bustos, 30, 265 Lexington Heights, Athens, was arrested June 25 and charged with driving while unlicensed or expired and head light requirements.

Here are summaries of two incidents to which police responded:

On June 20, an officer was dispatched to the No. 1 China restaurant to look into a report of a possible burglary. The owner of a business next door to the restaurant had found the glass in the front door broken. The officer entered the restaurant and found the cash register partially open and a cabinet behind the register was ajar. An investigator arrived to process the scene. When the restaurant owner arrived, he found the only item missing to be a cell phone. The following day, June 21, the owner reported two boxes of shrimp were missing from the freezer.

On June 24, an officer responded to a report of theft. A Statham resident reported an ongoing problem with items being stolen from inside her home, including an iPad, an HP brand computer, a laptop computer, a cell phone and a small lawn mower. The resident reported she suspected someone living in the home with her.