A Hull man was arrested on family violence charges last week after he allegedly struck his wife in the face with a hardback book in front of their two children. The blow reportedly broke the woman’s jaw.
Philip Edward Kappesser, 38, 595 James Holcomb Road, was charged with one county of battery FVA and two counts of cruelty to children in the third degree.
In another incident, a Charlie Bolton Road resident reported that a woman who came into his residence to use the phone stole his pants, which contained his wallet, credit cards, driver’s license and $60 cash.
According to the incident report, the man told deputy Jeff Strickland that an unknown white female came to his door between 4 and 4:30 a.m. and knocked for approximately ten minutes before he opened the door. The woman was described as 5 foot 4 inches to 5 foot six inches tall, weighing 140 to 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes and wearing blue jeans and a brown shirt. She reportedly told the man she was out of gas and asked if she could use the phone. The man said after she spoke to someone on the phone, she grabbed his pants, which were laying by the phone and ran out the door, got into a vehicle, and left the residence. No evidence was located at the scene, according to the report.
Other incidents on file at the sheriff’s office this week included:
•Someone reportedly stole equipment, including a leafblower, weedeater and gas containers from an outbuilding on Spratlin Mill Road by busting the metal doors. A riding mower was also taken, despite being chained under a carport area. The equipment was valued at $2,700.
•Simple battery was reported on Bishop Carey Road.
•Disorderly conduct was reported on Rogers Mill Road.
•Criminal trespass was reported on Evangelical Church Road.
•An abandoned vehicle was reported on Northwood Circle near Hull.
•Burglary was reported on Wildcat Bridge Road.
•Harassing phone calls were reported on Hwy. 29 South.
•Theft by shoplifting was reported on Hwy. 29 South.
•Failure to report an accident was reported on Hwy. 106 South.
•DUI/drugs were reported on Hwy. 172.
•Theft by taking was reported on Clements Road in Comer.
•Financial transaction card fraud was reported on Lem Edwards Road.
•DUI/drugs was reported on Peachtree Street in Colbert.
•Harassing phone calls were reported on Madison Avenue in Colbert.
•Burglary was reported on Glenn Carrie Road in Hull.
•Stolen property was reportedly recovered on New Hope Church Road at Pine Valley Farm Road.
•Mailboxes were damaged or destroyed on Friendship Church Road.
•Theft by taking was reported on Belhaven Lane in Hull.
•Criminal trespass was reported on Scarlet Oak Lane in Comer.
•Criminal damage to property in the second degree was reported on Colbert-Diamond Hill Road.
•Burglary was reported on New Hope Church Road.
•DUI/alcohol was reported on Hwy. 106 South near Ila.
