MOULTRIE — A 16-year-old was allegedly caught smoking marijuana Tuesday at Colquitt County High School.

The girl, whose name was not released because of her age, was charged as a juvenile and released to her mother, a Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office report said.

Principal Bob Jones called for a deputy to witness as he searched the teen’s automobile. Jones told the deputy she was caught smoking marijuana behind the 10th grade building on campus, and when school administrators questioned her, she allegedly said there was some marijuana in the vehicle.

The deputy said Jones searched the car in his presence and found a small amount of suspected marijuana in a plastic bag in the glove compartment. He said there were also lots of loose bits and pieces of what looked like marijuana between the seats and on the floorboard.

The substance was turned over to the Drug Enforcement Team to verify whether it was marijuana.



Arrests

Moultrie Police

• Ricky Bernard Shell, 35, of 909 N. Madison St., Albany, was charged Tuesday with neglecting a child in connection with an April incident.

• Bruce Bowman, 21, 617 MLK Jr. Drive, was charged Wednesday with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and battery (family violence).

• Cameron Rasheim Jackson, Stavinsky Rashead Bigelow, and Rhoderick Kentrel Moore, all of whom are 17 and live at 406 Ninth Ave. S.E., were charged Wednesday with misdemeanor theft by taking; Jackson was also charged with giving false information to an officer.



Thefts

Sheriff’s Office

• Cody Bracken, of Funston, reported Tuesday that his wallet was stolen from his bookbag while he was in construction class Tuesday at Colquitt County High School. Bracken said the wallet contained $285, his driver’s license and Social Security card.



Moultrie Police

• Audriana Hawkins, of 27th Street Southeast, reported Tuesday that she found erh television and cell phone missing from her residence when she returned home about 10:30 p.m. In her bedroom, the window had been pushed into the room and was lying unbroken on the floor, she said.

• An employee of CVS, 1027 S. Main St., reported Tuesday that a man walked out with what appeared to be a bottle of mouthwash that he didn’t pay for.



Property damage

Sheriff’s Office

• Jeani Marie Ogle and her sister, Nikkie Ogle, both of a 28th Avenue Northwest address, told deputies Wednesday they were confronted by two women because the ex-boyfriend of one of them was visiting the Ogles. The sisters said the women were trying to fight them, but they finally left and the Ogles went back into the residence. Later, about 10 a.m., Jeani Marie Ogle went out and found the left and right rear quarter panels of her 2005 Chrysler Pacifica were scratched and the right rear tire was punctured. A tire on her sister’s 1999 Oldsmobile Alero was also punctured.



Moultrie Police

• Sylinda Edwards, of Moultrie, reported Tuesday that someone had broken into her residence on Third Avenue Southwest and poured bleach on her son’s clothes. Edwards said she’d been out of town about three weeks and had discovered the break-in when she got back. She gave police the name of a female acquaintance of her son as a possible suspect.

• Calvin Simpson, 900 block Joe Louis Avenue, told police Thursday that a woman he knows broke a window at his residence.

• Bianca Jamil Reed, 700 block 12th Avenue Southeast, said when she came out of the house Wednesday morning, she found her vehicle damaged. The 2003 Acura had scratches around the entire vehicle and on the hood, police said.

• Police investigated damage to a residence in the 900 block of Fourth Street Northwest Wednesday. The call was originally indicated to be a burglary, but police did not say that anything was taken.

• Jakeya Keshawn Alridge, of 3100 block Veterans Parkway, reported Wednesday that her 2005 Pontiac G6 was damaged while parked at her residence. Police said the car’s paint appeared to have been cut with a cutting instrument.