Truck accelerates from intersection, damages car

Staff Reports

MOULTRIE — A county man’s car was damaged Wednesday when a vehicle in front of him threw rocks as the driver accelerated, the Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office said.

Eric Toomer, 100 block Thaggard Road, reported that he was at the intersection of Georgia Highway 133 at about 9:59 p.m., turning onto the highway, when the incident occurred.

He reported that the driver of a 1995 Chevrolet 1500 pickup truck in front of him accelerated quickly, slinging rocks that scratched the windshield and paint of his 2000 Chevrolet Malibu. Toomer told the officer he followed the truck but could not get the driver to stop.

As Toomer was reporting the incident he saw the truck pass by and the officer stopped the vehicle.

Wesley Blake Strickland, 400 block Christmas Road, told the officer that Toomer approached him rapidly at the railroad intersection in an “aggressive manner,” causing him to accelerate.

He told the officer he did not stop at the scene because he was scared.

Toomer was advised to report the incident to the insurance companies or pursue the issue through Magistrate Court.



Arrests

• Oppatrina Lorene Johnson, 21, 1024 Fifth Ave. S.W., was charged Wednesday with failing to report as a sex offender.

• Tracy Eugene Hartsfield, 42, 615 Rocky Creek Road, Omega, was charged Wednesday with identity fraud.



Thefts

• Steven Spells, 100 block Kendelling Court, reported Wednesday finding a fence down and door open at a shop in the 600 block of Rossman Dairy Road.

Spells told the officer he went to the shop, which belongs to Mickie Jackson of Florida, to pick up a vehicle part.

• Cathy Walden, 100 block C.W. Cooper Road, reported Wednesday the theft of two canaries.



Moultrie Police Department



Assaults

• Freddrick Daniels, 800 block Seventh Street Northwest, reported Wednesday that a female acquaintance in the 700 block of Eighth Avenue Northwest poked and grabbed him.

Tiffany Thomas reported that Daniels repeatedly grabbed her and that she asked him to leave.

Neither Thomas nor Daniels had visible injuries, police reports said.

• Perez Harris, 3200 Veterans Parkway South, reported Wednesday that a male acquaintance came to his residence at about 11:30 p.m. with a gun.

Harris told police that when he opened the door the man cocked the gun and “said something to him.”

Police reports said that Harris’ story changed while he described the incident. Harris also reported that the man left threatening text messages on his telephone but that they had been erased.



Thefts

• Veronica Simpson, 33100 block Yucca Street, Temecula, Calif., reported Wednesday the theft of a Nintendo Wii system that she later found in a Moultrie pawn shop.

• Nolan Thompson, 100 block Fifth Street Southwest, reported Wednesday the theft of a cell telephone.

• Courtney Lamb, 900 block Seventh Avenue Southeast, reported Wednesday that when she returned home at 9 p.m. she saw three men jump out of a window of her residence.

Lamb told police that frozen meat and her pocket book, which contained checks, were stolen.



Counterfeit money

• Express Lane, 1409 N. Main St., reported Wednesday that a counterfeit $5 bill was passed at the store by an unknown customer.



Trespassing

• Darlene Croft, 800 block Seventh Avenue Southeast, reported Wednesday that a large group of people gathered in her yard and refused to leave when she asked them to.

The officer saw several of the people and gave a verbal warning, warning that they would be charged with trespassing if they returned.



Harassment

• Laportia King, 400 block 30th Street Southeast, reported Wednesday that a female acquaintance called her cell telephone and asked if she wanted to fight. King told the officer that the woman also used profanity.



Property damage

• A door knob at Hair and More, 825 W. Central Ave., was damaged Wednesday.

The damage was discovered when police responded to an alarm at the business.

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