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A Vidalia man is facing aggravated assault and false imprisonment charges following a December incident in Statesboro.
According to a release from Statesboro Police Capt. Jared Akins, officers responded to the Holiday Inn Express on South Main Street to meet with a female victim of an assault.
The victim told officers that her boyfriend, later identified as Jorge Houed-Cartacio, 34, from Vidalia, had battered her and choked her during the course of a domestic dispute. Akins said Houed-Cartacio then refused to allow the victim to leave the room.
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Three men face multiple charges, including aggravated assault, following a Sunday incident in Statesboro.
In an email release Monday, Statesboro police Capt. Jared Akins said two SPD patrol officers were on South Main Street about 1:40 a.m. Sunday when they were approached by three women in a car who claimed they were shot at and chased by the occupants of another vehicle.
The officers notified other units in the area of the suspects’ vehicle description. The vehicle was located on Fair Road and a high-risk traffic stop was conducted. Three men in the vehicle were detained.
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Following a nearly five-week investigation, detectives with the Statesboro Police Department made four arrests in connection with an armed robbery at Connection Apartments in November.
Statesboro PD Capt. Jared Akins said in a Friday release that on Nov. 14, patrol officers responded to the Connection Apartments on Stambuk Lane in Statesboro for a reported armed robbery at an apartment there.
A group of residents reported that several armed males had entered their apartment, taken the residents’ phones, and searched the apartment for valuables before leaving. No one was injured in the incident, Akins said.