MOULTRIE — The Moultrie Police Department charged three motorists Thursday night with driving under the influence, in one instance chasing a vehicle at speeds up to 80 miles per hour, police reports said.
At 1:16 a.m. Friday police were sent to First Avenue Southeast on a call of an intoxicated driver. The officer began following a 2009 GMC Yukon on Georgia Highway 133 South, noting that the driver apparently increased speed in an attempt to elude him. The officer reached a speed of 80 miles an hour as he tried to overtake the Yukon, police said.
When the officer turned on emergency lights the driver continued driving at about 55 miles per hour and did not stop after two officers got behind the Yukon and turned on sirens and emergency lights.
When the driver stopped at Highway 133 and Newsome Road officers noticed the smell of alcohol coming from the vehicle. Officers found an opened beer in the vehicle.
Jose Luis Aguilar, 4445 Country Circle, was charged with DUI, fleeing or attempting to elude and officer and no driver’s license, police reports said.
In the other incidents:
• Tamra Lynn Stanfill, 41, 2809 Fifth St. S.E., was charged Friday with DUI, failure to stop at stop sign and failure to maintain lane.
• Antonia Bernard Harper, 33, 1310 First Ave. N.W., was charged Thursday with DUI and criminal contempt or conspiracy.
Other arrests
• Spencer Narada Pace, 22, 717-B Third St. S.E., was charged Thursday with shoplifting.
Thefts
• Lurene Russing, 1100 block Third Avenue Northwest, reported Thursday the theft of a Lorcin .380-caliber pistol valued at $350.
• Pravin Patel, 100 block Scott Cemetery Road, reported Thursday that two 36-inch flat screen televisions were stolen from a storage building next to Holiday Inn Express, 850 Veterans Parkway North.
Property damage
• Tiffany Milton, 500 block Northside Drive, reported Thursday that a window in her apartment was broken while she was not at home. Damage was estimated at $100.
Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office
Thefts
• Brazzle Augusta Young III, 500 block Caldwell Circle, Athens, reported Thursday the theft of a .22-caliber pistol.
Young reported that the gun was taken out of a 2001 Ford 150 parked in the 100 block of South Boulevard.
Property damage
• Charlotte Furney, 100 block Old Culbertson Road, reported Thursday that black paint was sprayed all over a 1996 Chevrolet 1500 pickup truck and that a rock was used to break the driver’s-side window.
• Ron Shiver, 100 block West Mulberry Street, Funston, reported Thursday that two lights used to illuminate a sign at Funston Baptist Church were broken.
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