MOULTRIE — Even though the rain from Tropical Storm Fay began to let up Sunday morning, the Moultrie Police Department was out to make sure drivers remained safe on the roads. Five drivers were placed under arrest during the road check at the West Bypass and Alberta Avenue intersection, and officers were able to recover a vehicle reported stolen.
During the road check at 10:09 a.m. Sunday, officers spotted a white Mercury Grand Marquis make an illegal U-turn to avoid the check. An officer got behind the car and turned on his blue lights, but the driver and passenger got out of the car and fled.
While a second officer was on patrol, he met with Anthony Downs at a house on Second Avenue Northwest about 11:40 a.m. He stated he had left the keys in his white Mercury Grand Marquis while visiting his grandmother on Fifth Avenue Southeast Sunday morning and two black males stole the car. Following the incident at the road check, the car was towed and Downs was told where to go to reclaim it.
Those who were apprehended during the road check were:
• Isaias R. Perez, 21, of 338 Circle Road, was charged with driving without a license, a child restraint violation, driving without registration, driving with suspended registration and no proof of insurance.
• James Elton Murphy, 44, of 3962 Old Doerun Road, was charged with probation violation.
• Rodolfo Garcia, 34, of West Bypass, was charged with driving without a license and giving false information to an officer.
• Moises Diaz, 54, of 14500 N. Miami Ave. in Miami, Fla., was charged with driving with a suspended license.
• Lloyd Thomas Huffman, 49, of 122 Oak St. in Norman Park, was charged with driving with a suspended license.
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