Moultrie Observer

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June 25, 2012

28 arrests over weekend

MOULTRIE — Law enforcement agencies in the county racked up 28 arrests over the weekend, including a number of DUI charges and one man accused of strolling naked through downtown Moultrie.

In the latter case, Elbernezer Walker was arrested after police received reports of a nude man at the post office in Moultrie and a short time later at a business across the street from the courthouse.

Police reports said that Walker was walking along the street “without a stitch of clothes on.”

Other witnesses reported that Walker was wearing a pair white socks.

Walker, 40, 3121 Third St. S.W., was booked on charges of public indecency and probation violation.

Walker was arrested on April 23 on charges of driving under the influence, drug possession and other traffic violations after police received reports of a truck circling in northwest Moultrie possibly while in possession of drugs. At the time, a glass pipe and suspected crack cocaine was found in the vehicle with Walker.



In other arrests

Moultrie Police

• Teresa Joy Johnson, 43, Cordele, was charged Saturday with theft by shoplifting.

Walmart, 641 Veterans Parkway, reported that Johnson was removing video games from their boxes and putting them in her purse.

When confronted by store employees as she tried to leave the store, police reports said Johnson refused to let them examine her purse. When an officer arrived games totaling $129 were found in the purse.

• William James Stevens, 60, 507 Oak Circle, was charged Friday with suspended license, tag light violation and probation violation.

• Kendra Patrice Lyles, 33, 517 Fourth Ave. N.W., was charged Sunday with open container violation and failure to appear.

• Randy Thomas, 41, 6 Pearl St., was charged Friday with stalking.

• Myria Corona, 22, Regency Village Lot 2, was charged Saturday with no license and tag light violation.

• Andrew Clarke Whittington, 26, 148 Quail Lane, was charged Saturday with driving while license is suspended, possession of marijuana open container violation and seat belt violation.

• Daniel Young, Moultrie, reported Sunday that he was beaten and robbed of $27 and his boots.

An officer was sent to the 700 block of Rowland Drive, where emergency medical responders had been sent to treat an injured man.

Young reported that he had been walking from Walmart when he was attacked by an unknown number of people. He could not provide a description or identify the location of the assault.

Young had injuries to the head, left eye and right leg, police reports said.



Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office

• Tracey Denise Johnson, 29, 1330 U.S. Hwy. 319 N. Lot 39, was charged Sunday with driving without a license, driving while tag is suspended and no insurance.

• Eudora Jane Edwards, 24, 4307 Seventh St. S.W., was charged Sunday with possession of marijuana.

• Marco Antonio Garcia, 41, 510 Indian Creek Subdivision, was charged Saturday with driving under the influence, expired or no driver’s license, failure to drive within a single lane and speeding.

• Damian Garcia Aguilar, 20, was charged Friday with failure to yield when turning left, seat belt violation, signals required, failure to report an accident with damage and probation violation

• Marvin Fish, 24, 612 Second Ave. N.E., was charged Saturday with driving under the influence, failure to maintain single lane, driving while license is withdrawn, open container violation and possession of marijuana.

• Brittany Genae Jackson, 26, 508 E. Union Drive, Doerun, was charged Sunday with driving under the influence less safe and failure to drive within a single lane.

• Ashley Tineal Brown, 26, 380 Booth Circle S.W., Atlanta, was charged Sunday with speeding and driving without a license.

• Arando Lopez, 31, 699 Sardis Church Road Lot 4, was charged Saturday with driving under the influence, failure to drive within a single lane, driving without a license and seat belt violation.

• Roberto Antonio Zavala, 46, 1600 Seventh St. S.E., was charged Saturday with driving under the influence and failure to drive within a single lane.

• Raphael Jose Gonzalez, 46, 806 Jonah Tillman Road, was charged Saturday with failure to drive within a single lane and driving without a license.

• Lonnie Gerrard Murray, 38, 4977 Union Road, Tifton, was charged Friday with criminal damage to property.

• Gary Lynn Ward, 52, 193 Mark Lane, was charged Saturday with driving under the influence and failure to  drive within a single lane.

• James Lee Roberts, 58, 2235 Sylvester Drive, was charged Saturday with pedestrian under the influence.



Georgia State Patrol

• Johntavious Ryshaun Edwards, 21, 1108 15th St. S.E., was charged Saturday with driving under the influence and failure to drive within a single lane.

• Rolando Rodriguez Martinez, 176 Ewer Road Lot 1, was charged Thursday with driving under the influence, seat belt violation, open container violation and failure to drive within a single lane.

• Christopher Dewayne Smith, 36, 605 Saddle Bay Lane, Lakeland, Fla., was charged Friday with driving while license is withdrawn and seat belt violation.

• Savonta Lamier Slaughter, 43, 421 W. Central Ave., was charged Friday with driving while license is withdrawn.



Doerun Police Department

• Rufino A. Gutierres, 33, 237 Cedar St., was charged Sunday with driving without a license.

• Faye Weldon Weldon, 21, 509 N. Peachtree St., Doerun, was charged Friday with probation violation





Norman Park Police Department

• Cory Lamar Barnhill, 33, 1319 Barksdale St., Gadsden, Ala., was charged Saturday with driving while license is withdrawn and speeding.



Assaults

Moultrie Police Department

• Tiney Paramore, 300 block Ninth Street Southwest, reported Friday that a man she only by the last name threw a chair, striking her 2-year-old son.

The child had a small mark on his head, police reports said The man was not there when an officer arrived.

• Feliciano Leon, Moultrie, reported Sunday that he was beaten Friday by a group of people while he was intoxicated at a party.

Leon was unable to tell the officer when and where the assault took place, police reports said.

• Generial White, 500 block Third Street Northwest, reported Sunday that a male companion pushed her down outside their residence and then left.



Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office

• Ashley Chewning, Auburndale, Fla., reported Saturday that when she went to a residence in the 200 block of Lakeshore Drive to pick up some friends a man there hit her in the face.

Chewning had swelling and redness to the left side of the face, sheriff’s reports said.

• Wanda Pison, 100 block Big Bear Boulevard, reported that Griselda Rosales, of the 200 block of Lazy Bear Road, was attacked by a man who hit her as she was packing to leave their residence.

A witness said that the man hit Rosales in the shoulder and tried to strike her several other times but she avoided the blows.

Pison told the officer that the man hit her in the face with a phone as she was calling another family member.



Thefts

Moultrie Police Department

• Antonia Torres, Marys Lane, reported Friday that someone has been stealing her mail.

• Rich Oil, 1425 First St. N.E., reported Friday that a white male in a white Dodge Caravan pumped $30 in gas and left without paying.

• Circle N Petro, 1607 Camilla Hwy., reported Friday that two black females in a Pontiac G6 pumped $10 and left without paying.

The owner of the vehicle was contacted in Berlin and had the person who was driving it at the time of the theft return to the store and pay for the gasoline. No charges were filed.

• Kuts From Above, 527 W. Central Ave., reported Saturday the theft of $120 in cash and $400 worth of other property.



Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office

• Walter Powell, 1300 block Elton Clarke Road, reported Friday the theft of an irrigation system pump housing valued at $1,000.



Property damage

Moultrie Police Department

• Ruby Barnes, Moultrie, reported Friday that her 2004 Acura MDX was hit by a white van in a parking lot of the 1200 block of Georgia Highway 133 South.

• Betty Goff, 700 block Second Avenue Southeast, reported Saturday that a 1986 Plymouth Reliant SE was damaged while parked at her residence.

• Dollar General, 1908 First Ave. S.E., reported Sunday that a drink machine outside the store was damaged.



Other investigations

Moultrie Police Department

• Myla Moore, 800 block Sixth Street Northwest, reported Tuesday that a man has been ordering cell telephones using her name and Social Security number.

• Royce Cox, Erma Hewitt, Lesley Anderson and Venester Warren, all of Moultrie reported a white using vulgar and racist language during an incident at 10:50 p.m. Saturday.

The four reported that the man, who was shirtless, put a white sheet over his head and said he was with the “KKK,” and that he tied a piece of rope to the end of a truck.

An officer was allowed into the man’s apartment by his girlfriend and noticed that the back door was slightly open. He was not found.

 

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