Police blotter

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

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Woman says bullets hit her Grovetown house

A Grovetown woman called police Jan. 31 after discovering several bullets had been fired into her house.

The woman, of Cashel Road, told police that between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. Jan. 30, someone fired two rounds into her residence. The bullets penetrated three walls of the house, causing $300 in damage to a gutter wall and two interior walls.

The shots, the woman said, came from a field behind her home.

Manager reports damage to vehicles

The sales manager of an Evans vehicle dealership recently told police that windows of four vehicles on the lot had been shot out with a pellet gun.

The manager at Fairway Ford said that between 8 p.m. Jan. 30 and 8:53 a.m. Jan. 31 someone shot out the rear windows of two 2006 Ford Explorers and a 2005 Isuzu Rodeo and the rear passenger window of a 2006 Ford Explorer.

He said the damage, estimated at $3,400, was caused by a pellet gun; a deputy agreed after inspecting the damage.

Former grocery store vandalized

An empty Martinez grocery store building was found vandalized Friday.

A man who was playing with his son in the parking lot of the former Winn-Dixie, 4487 Columbia Road, said he noticed the glass doors of the building had been shattered.

Deputies discovered a second inside glass door also had been shattered and graffiti was on an interior wall.

Martinez Fire Department activity report, Jan. 28-Feb. 3

Structure fires, six; vehicle fires, two; woodland fires, five; controlled burns, four; natural gas leak, one; fire alarms, 17; medical calls, eight; rescue calls, 10; investigations, five; and other, one.