From the Blotter

Finger licking good

Officers helped transport a delusional patient who mistook an emergency medical technician’s hand for a piece of chicken.

According to a report, officers responded to a call for assistance from the Burke County EMA on Saturday and upon arrival were told the patient had attempted to drink from an ashtray, urinate in a corner of his residence and was “under the impression” that one of the EMT’s hands was a piece of chicken.

The man was transported to Burke Medical Center for treatment.

Gone to find Santa

A Waynesboro woman called police after discovering two reindeer decorations missing from her front lawn.

The woman said her boyfriend went outside on Thursday evening to unplug their Christmas lawn decorations when he noticed two large light-up reindeer were missing. He had last seen the reindeer an hour before their disappearance. The decorations were valued at $40 each.

Hay, no trespassing!

Someone has been setting hay on fire and dumping it in a Sardis resident’s pond.

According to a report filed at the Burke County Sheriff’s Office, a Sardis resident’s brother said a large bale of hay had been set on fire and pushed into his brother’s pond. According to the brother, small bales of hay had been scattered around the property in August, and, during the summer, someone shot the pond drainpipe.

The victim’s brother also said “No Trespassing” signs had been placed on the property but someone had taken them down.

Missed a turn somewhere

A Hephzibah man’s Kawasaki motorcycle was found floating in the Savannah River with the headlights still on.

The sheriff’s office received a call on Thursday, Dec. 7, that lights were seen in the water approximately 10 yards into the Savannah River off Brigham Landing. When officers arrived, they discovered a vehicle in the water and notified Burke County EMA as well as a towing company, a report said. The vehicle was a silver 2005 Kawasaki ZX636-C1 that had been reported stolen the previous day.

Who do Voodoo?

A man brought his friend into the emergency room last week because he was worried witchcraft might affect their unborn child.

According to a report, the man said someone at school told him another person had used witchcraft on his pregnant friend so he took her to the emergency room to be examined by a physician. The woman asked him why he brought her to the ER, and when he explained the possibility of witchcraft harming their baby, she “said a few words,” left the hospital and did not return.

The man told officers she had not been acting strangely but that he just wanted her to “be checked.”