MOULTRIE — A report of a damaged vehicle resulted Monday in the seizure of suspected cocaine and marijuana along with more than $6,400 in cash after police stopped a car driven by a suspect in the property damage incident, Moultrie Police Department reports said.
After Jonathan Garcia reported that two men beat on the hood of his 2000 Dodge Ram, two cars that he said the men were driving passed by and an officer stopped a 2002 Chevrolet pickup truck.
The driver, Michael Spires, told the officer he did not have a driver’s license, and an open can of beer was found by passenger James Ruth, police said.
When officers searched the truck, they found small bags of apparent marijuana and a larger bag containing suspected cocaine. Officers also found $6,473, a marijuana bong, glass pipe, empty plastic baggies and other drug paraphernalia, police reports said.
Spires, 17, 2450 Fifth Ave. S.E., was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and no driver’s license.
Ruth, 28, 2355 Hunter Blvd., Naples, Fla., was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of cocaine and open container. He also was charged with crossing a control line with drugs after two bags of suspected cocaine were found in his pocket after he had been taken to jail.
A second passenger, Tiffany Marie Griffin, 20, 20 Bracken Drive, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of cocaine and criminal trespass.
Arrests
• Molly Kathryn McCall, 20, 9 Old Tram Road, was charged Monday with shoplifting and resisting arrest.
McCall is accused of stealing merchandise at Da Max, 127 Talmadge Drive. She was locked inside by an employee until police arrived.
As officers tried to arrest McCall she kicked an officer’s leg, police reports said.
• Joshua D. Westbrook, 24, 160 Westbrook Drive, was charged Saturday with driving under the influence, misdemeanor possession of marijuana, failure to stop at an accident and failure to maintain lane.
According to police reports, Westbrook fled an accident near the intersection of West Boulevard and the bicycle trail. An officer found a 1991 Dodge Dakota in the area, and a small fire in a tree with which the vehicle collided after the accident was reported at about 4:04 a.m.
During a search of the area the officer saw Westbrook running and ordered him to get on the ground, which he did. Westbrook was arrested, and a test indicated that he was above the legal limit of alcohol to drive, police said.
• Luis Hernandez Perez, 23, 13 Regency Village, was charged Saturday with no driver’s license and improper exhaust.
Police reports said that an officer stopped the 1992 Mitsubishi Eclipse Perez was driving at 4:38 p.m. on First Avenue Southeast because of excessive smoke from the exhaust. Perez did not have a license, and there was no record that he holds a valid license, police said.
• Joe C. Saucedo, 44, 8 1/2 20th St. S.E., was charged Saturday with driving under the influence, disorderly conduct, running red light, open container, failure to stop at an accident with damage, improper tag and no insurance.
Saucedo is accused of leaving the scene of an accident that occurred at 6:18 p.m. at the intersection of Georgia Highway 319 North and North Veterans Parkway. Witnesses reported that Saucedo, the driver of a 1997 Plymouth Neon, left the car in a parking lot of a gas station and ran away.
Officers found open cans of beer in the car, and the license plate on the car was registered to another vehicle, police said. Saucedo returned to the gas station and acted “hostile” with the driver of the tow truck there to remove the car, at which time he was arrested. A test indicated that Saucedo was above the legal limit of alcohol to drive.
• Kevin Gomez, 22, Lot 37 Regency Village, was charged Saturday with public drunk and trespassing.
A woman in Gomez’s neighborhood reported a man on her front porch, and when the officer searched the area he found Gomez inside her 1976 Dodge Stratus.
• Rufus Kemp Jr., 44, 1901 Garden Villa Drive, was charged Saturday with driving under the influence and failure to stop at a stop sign.
An officer dispatched to an accident at 2:02 a.m. at Jefferson Street and Garden Villa found Kemp there with a damaged 1995 Dodge Neon. Kemp registered more than the legal amount of alcohol to drive, police said.
• Leslie Maree Powers, 21, 1016 Third St. S.W., was charged Saturday with driving under the influence, resisting arrest and failure to maintain lane.
Police said that Powers was weaving while driving a Ford F-150 pickup truck at 3:37 a.m. on 12th Avenue Southwest, and nearly hit a vehicle parked on the side of the street.
The officer stopped the truck and a man got out. Powers told the officer she was driving and they had swapped places in the truck. She was sprayed with pepper spray after she refused to release the jacket of a man who came to the scene to talk with her.
Powers refused to take an alcohol test, police said.
• Angel Francisca, 177 Edmond Road, was charged Saturday with no driver’s license and failure to stop at a stop sign.
An officer stopped the 1998 Chrysler Sebring he was driving after he ran a stop sign turning from Fifth Avenue Northeast onto Second Street Northeast, police said. Francisco told the officer he had no license.
• Monica Twiggs, 29, 1014 Sixth Ave. N.W., was charged Saturday with criminal trespass.
She is accused of hitting a female relative’s car with a stick, denting the vehicle.
Property damage
• Glendora Ryce, 700 block Third Avenue Northwest, reported Saturday that the rear windshield of a 2006 Cadillac STS was broken.
• Whitney Davis, 900 block Hillcrest Avenue, reported Monday that her 2006 Honda Accord was hit on the driver’s side fender while she was at the Petro store, 2720 First Ave., and that the driver left the scene.
Thefts
• Ada Thomas-Moralis, 1000 block First Avenue Southeast, reported the theft of $37 from her purse.
• John Folds, 1400 block Gene McQueen Road, reported Tuesday the theft of a Sky Caddy Golf global positioning system unit from a 1991 Honda Civic.
Harassment
• John Miller, 400 block 12th Avenue Southwest, reported Monday that a female acquaintance made a threatening telephone call to him.
• Shawanda Grier, first block First Avenue Northeast, reported Monday that a female acquaintance made harassing telephone calls to her.
Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office
Arrests
• Justin Jerel Trimble, 20, 3016 Old Adel Road, was charged Friday with battery.
Kenneth Rayburn, 200 block Indian Lake Drive, reported that Trimble hit him with an object that he though was a pistol. Trimble told an officer he hit Rayburn with a “small pipe” and he did not have a gun.
• Michael Dampier, 1100 block Eighth Avenue Northwest, reported Saturday that he was assaulted by a friend at his residence while they were drinking and playing cards.
Dampier told the officer that he was “highly intoxicated” and could not identify the man who attacked him, sheriff’s reports said. Dampier had a swollen eye and bloody nose.
Harassment
• Donna Parker, 300 block Bryan Road, Hartsfield, reported Saturday that a male acquaintance is calling her repeatedly at home and at work, with some of the calls containing threats.
Property damage
• Gloria Blackwell, 1200 block Cool Springs Road, Norman Park, reported Saturday that a friend of her daughter’s broke her storm door.
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