The following information is summarized from the records of city, county and state police agencies.
Jail Bookings
No new bookings were reported Thursday at the Fulton County Jail.
Police Incidents
Fights
• Shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday, police received a report that a man had been banging on a door and screaming profanities at a woman at 884 Vintage Drive. He then reportedly left in a minivan, driving recklessly and doing a burnout in front of the home. The altercation was determined to be verbal in nature, and the man was later warned about his driving.
Suspicious
• At 1:34 p.m. Wednesday, a woman residing on Sweetgum Road reported hearing a loud boom that shook her windows. Police records indicate that it was possibly caused by a train being unloaded in the area.
• At 9:05 p.m. Wednesday, police received a report of a suspicious vehicle going in circles around Beacon Credit Union, 430 Rouch Place Drive. Upon contact, it was determined that a juvenile with a learner's permit was being taught to drive by other occupants in the vehicle.
Wreck
• Shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday, Timothy Hisey, 55, of Rochester, reported that he had wrecked a vehicle the previous night in the area of county roads 400 North and 800 West. He reportedly lost consciousness, resulting in his vehicle leaving the roadway, taking out part of a fence row and coming to a rest in a field.
Tent found
• Shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday, an officer located an unoccupied tent behind railroad tracks near the 1100 block of Bancroft Avenue.
Medical call
• Shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday, police received a report that a man lost consciousness at Jonesy's Junction, 906 E. Rochester St., Akron.
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