Police blotter

The following accounts were taken from reports filed with the Columbia County Sheriff's Office.

Two burglaries

Two county residents found no evidence other than missing items while contractors performed work in their homes.

Timothy Camp, 46, of the 6000 block of Harlem-Grovetown Road, Grovetown, was having contractors repair his home when he found an unknown amount of Percocet, a prescription pain reliever, missing from his bedroom, the report stated.

Patsy Ann White, 58, of the 1100 block of Appling-Harlem Road, Harlem, left her home unsecure while she was not home because contractors were repairing the floors. White found a cordless drill, toolbox filled with various tools, a $1,500 pair of diamond earrings and a diamond necklace missing from her residence, the report stated.

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Paintball damage

Two MacGruder Landing neighbors recently reported their vehicles hit with paintballs.

William Russell Jarrett, 50, found a dent in the tailgate of his 1999 Toyota Tacoma while parked at his home at 706 MacGruder Place, Evans, the report stated.

About the same time someone shot Jarrett's vehicle, two paintballs also struck a 1996 Chevrolet S-10 owned by Hubert Ronald Hartshorn, 62, of 708 MacGruder Place.

Wires cut, window broken

Chui Hong Yap, 42, of 708 Leeds Dr., Evans, found that someone had entered her home by breaking the master-bedroom window at the rear of the home, the report stated. The front door was closed, but both locks were unlocked.

Though Yap could not find anything missing, the burglars cut the telephone and cable wires outside the residence. A pry tool was found in the front yard.

Eggers hit Martinez neighborhood

Several Martinez residents were cleaning eggs off their vehicles after recent night of vandalism.

Vehicles at four homes on Almon Drive and Hinman Drive were hit in early morning hours with eggs. A sheriff's deputy was patrolling Hinman Drive when he noticed a 1993 Subaru Loyale, belonging to Patricia Lynn Reimche, 47, of 266 Hinman Dr., parked on the street with egg on the left side, the report stated.

Eggs also were found on the rear door and quarter panel of a 1999 Ford Expedition owned by James Anthony Graham, 43, of 285 Hinman Drive.

Candace Astrid Perkins, and Naomi Pahnee Williams, both 25 and roommates at 3959 Almon Drive, found several eggs on their 1988 Chevrolet Blazer and 1999 Honda Accord parked outside the residence during the same time as the other egg attacks.

Tommy William Slay, 36, of 3962 Almon Drive, also found eggs broken on his 1998 Chevrolet Z-71 pick-up truck.

Fire report

The Martinez Fire Department responded to the following calls during the week of Jan. 19-Jan. 25: structure fires, two; grass fires, three; vehicle fires, three; controlled burns, three; carbon monoxide, three; natural gas leaks, two; fire alarms, seven; medical calls, 22; rescue calls, four; investigations, four; public service, five; public safety assistance, one; other, three.