MOULTRIE — MOULTRIE — A Moultrie man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a March 16 incident in which a woman reported being hit in the mouth.

Joshua Janiel Howard was taken into custody Wednesday, Moultrie Police Department reports said.

On March 16, Brandy Barnes reported that Howard came to her apartment and she went to a friend’s residence to avoid him. Howard later went to the friend’s apartment, and when she refused to talk to him he hit her in the mouth.

Barnes also reported that her cell phone was stolen during the incident.

Howard, 22, 618 Apt. D Fourth Court N.W., was charged with simple battery.



In other assaults:

• Deborah Russell, 700 block First Street, reported Wednesday that a female acquaintance hit her during an argument.

Russell told the officer that while she was moving out of the apartment she previously shared with the woman she discovered that she was taking her clothes. When she stepped into her doorway to prevent any more clothes being taken the woman hit her.

Deborah Hye, reported that Russell hit her first and that she defended herself.

Hye, 53, 706 First Ave. S.E. Apt. 1, was charged with disorderly conduct after a 911 operator confirmed that while Russell was talking the phone went silent for a moment after which she reported being hit, police reports said.

• A Valdosta woman reported that a 6-year-old girl was molested by a male acquaintance.

The woman told the officer that the molestation occurred in March in Moultrie.



Arrests

Moultrie Police Department

• Sarah Kelley, 57, 634 26th Ave. S.E., and Shantel Bracken, 46, 160 Kendalwood Drive, were each charged Monday with disorderly conduct and released on subpoenas.

They were cited following a minor collision at a parking lot in the 500 block of Veterans Parkway South, police reports said. Both women accused the other of causing the accident and physical retaliation after the accident.



Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office

• Jaqueline Jones, 45, 1330 Hwy. 319 N., Norman Park, was charged Wednesday with driving under the influence, no insurance, failure to drive within a single lane and driving while tag is suspended.



Doerun Police Department

• Laura Rajos Martinez, 50, 337 Kendalwood Drive, was charged Wednesday with driving while license suspended.

• Julie Ann Yates, 34, 489 Ga. Hwy. 33 S., was charged Wednesday with driving while license withdrawn.

• Joel Perez-Santos, 43, 602 Circle Road, was charged Wednesday with driving without a license.



Thefts

Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office

• Tim Weiters, Moultrie, reported Wednesday the theft of a Beta 150 diaphragm pump valued at $4,700.

The equipment, which is owned by Mobley Plant Co., was stolen in the 1200 block of Highway 133 North.

• Joey Thomas, 500 block Erve Williams Road, reported Wednesday the theft of a Matco Pro Code scanner valued at $4,000.

Property damage

Moultrie Police

Department

• Justin Howard, 500 block First Avenue Southwest, reported Wednesday that a female acquaintance tore a piece of plastic from the driver’s side of his 1993 Buick Roadmaster and poured syrup on his clothes.

Howard told the officer that the woman later returned with a man and made threats.

Damage to the car was estimated at $100.

• A Valdosta woman reported Wednesday that a 6-year-old girl was molested while she was in Moultrie.

Other investigations:

Moultrie Police Department

• Walmart, 641 Veterans Parkway S., reported Wednesday that a counterfeit $10 bill was passed at the store.

• Christy Royal, Moultrie, reported Wednesday that her personal information was fraudulently used by someone to file an income tax return.

Royal told the officer that she recently had her information out at work and left the room, and when she returned the papers had been moved.

• Patricia Jacobs, Moultrie, reported Wednesday that 11 of her checks are missing.

Jacobs told the officer that her bank notified her that someone had cashed one of her checks and when she checked further discovered that the other 10 checks also were missing.

• The Moultrie Utility Department reported Wednesday that someone had tampered with electric meter at a residence in the 600 block of Second Avenue Northeast.