From the Blotter

Bop-corn

A Midville motorist called police after he was hit with a flying object.

According to a report filed at the Waynesboro Police Department, the man was driving down Shadrack Street when a group of teens hurled an object out of their vehicle and hit his driver's side door. The teens reportedly parked their car at Advanced Auto Parts and ran.

When officers caught up with them, the 18-year-old offender said he'd thrown a half ear of corn out the window but hadn't meant to hit anyone.

Social insecurity

A Waynesboro widow was scammed by someone claiming to work for the Social Security office.

According to the police report, the recently widowed woman was contacted by an alleged employee in June and asked to supply personal information so that she could begin receiving a social security check.

She provided the information but still hadn't received her check the following month.

When she called the office in Swainsboro to find out why, the representative said her June and July checks were both deposited into a bank account in Metter.

Investigators believe the caller used the victim's personal information to convince social security employees to transfer the money into the out-of-town account.

Catnap burglar

An unidentified burglar broke into a Hephzibah home, then stole a few winks.

The victim told deputies she came home to find her back door jimmied open and evidence that someone showered, made lunch, took a nap and rifled through her underwear drawer.

A neighbor said she'd seen a young white male come out of the residence a short time before the homeowner arrived.

The victim told deputies this was the third occurrence of this type in less than a month.

Down to the wire

A renovation job turned sour when burglars made off with most of the progress.

According to the victim, a large section of tin was stolen from the trailer he was working on in the Shell Bluff area. The trailer had also been completely rewired, but the reporting officer noted there was no wire in the walls, no fixtures on the ceiling and no panel or breaker box in the wall. "There was no electrical system left," the report said.

A Harlem man can share in his misery.

He called Burke County deputies last Wednesday after discovering more than 300 pounds of copper wire were stolen from his Vidette property.

Acting on a tip, he went to Drone Road where he found debris from where the wire had been burned, along with ply boards that were from his building.

Both cases are under investigation.