$6,000 in thefts, damage reported

MOULTRIE — Nearly $6,000 in theft and criminal damage were investigated by city and county law enforcement over the weekend.

• An employee of Gay’s Tires on Second Street Northeast reported someone broke out a passenger window of a customer’s Ford Explorer between 7 p.m. Thursday and 7:09 a.m. Friday. Damage was about $100.

• Micki Weeks reported Friday someone cashed a forged check at Quick Mart on First Avenue Southeast between April 6 and April 10. The amount of the forged check was $261.93. Weeks also reported someone used five checks from a closed account at Country Corner on Highway 133 South between April 25 and April 30. The amount of the fraudulent checks was $172.94. Weeks gave officers the name of a female suspect.

• Ponda Clark reported a thief tore apart an air conditioning unit on his property on Coventry Circle and stole copper from inside Thursday. Damage and the value of the stolen copper was about $1,500.

• Latrelle Beckner, of 10th Street Southwest, reported someone drew various symbols in chalk on her neighbor’s driveway Friday.

• Walter Baldey reported two people passed a total of seven counterfeit $50 bills at Wal-Mart on South Veterans Parkway Thursday.

• Sheila Bolin reported a thief stole her Tommy Hilfiger purse, containing two cell phones and her driver’s license, from her unlocked Ford F-150 while it was parked at Waffle House on First Avenue Southeast Friday. The value of the stolen items was $226.

• Victor Patel reported a thief pumped $60.01 in gasoline from the Country Corner on Highway 133 South Friday and left without paying for it. The vehicle used was described as a red van, driven by a white male, and Patel gave officers its tag number.

• Shantavia Sims reported a male acquaintance threw items at her Ford F-150, causing small dents, as she attempted to drive away on Shy Manor Drive Friday. Damage was $400.

• Bobbie Bennett, of Carolyn Street, reported someone tried to pry open the truck of her Buick Lesabre, damaging the lock and bumper, Saturday. Damage was about $1,000.

• Linda Bryant reported a thief stole her wallet, containing her driver’s license, EBT card and Social Security card, after she lost it at Wal-Mart on South Veterans Parkway Friday. The value of the stolen items was $229.

• Eugene Dean, of 16th Street Southwest, reported someone scratched the driver’s side of his Nissan Frontier Saturday. Damage was estimated at about $500.

• Ruthie Thomas, of Fifth Street Northwest, reported someone broke out the rear window of her boyfriend’s Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck Saturday. Damage was $400.

• Ronnie Barrett, of First Street Southeast, reported a thief broke a front window and stole a Zenith television, a VCR, a clock radio, a Bose radio and a fan Sunday. Damage and the value of the stolen items was $1,330.

• Constance Beasley, of First Street Southeast, reported someone broke off the passenger side mirror of her Cadillac Deville Sunday. Damage was estimated at $100.

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