John Oxford
MOULTRIE — A Moultrie man was apprehended after he allegedly tried to break into a house Sunday morning. The homeowner held the suspect at gunpoint until officers arrived at the scene. Jimmy Lee Williams, 66, of 417 Sixth St. S.W., was charged with criminal attempt and possession of tools during the commission of a crime.
Moultrie police officers were called to a house on Eighth Avenue Northeast at 11:02 a.m. Sunday about a burglary in progress. When officers arrived, they found Wilbert Mitchell, the homeowner, holding Williams on the ground at gunpoint, police reports said.
Williams was taken into custody, and officers allegedly found a backpack containing various tools, including wrenches and pliers, his wallet and two garbage bags on him. He also allegedly told officers he had a knife on him, which one of the officers found on the front porch, and all items were collected as evidence.
Mitchell stated he found a refrigerator cord on his front porch cut and a damaged screen door on his back porch when he arrived home Saturday night. He said three soft drinks, valued at about $2, were allegedly taken from a cooler on his front porch and put into a plastic yellow bag, police reports said.
In an attempt to catch the alleged burglar, Mitchell stated he parked his vehicle at another location and stayed home and watched if someone jumped over a fence. When he heard someone trying to get inside the house, Mitchell confronted him at gunpoint and contacted 911.
Arrests
Moultrie Police
• Alida Velasquez, 42, of 2040 Sylvester Drive, was charged Sunday with driving without a license, tag lights required and driving with an improper tag.
• Mary Martin, 54, of 1515 Fourth Ave. N.E., Apt. H-3, was charged Sunday with no proof of insurance, driving with a suspended tag and driving with an expired tag.
• Barbara Blair, 64, of 709 E. Central Ave., was charged Sunday with having an unrestrained animal.
• Demetrius Williams, 31, of 800 Third Ave. S.E., Apt. D, was charged Sunday with DUI, striking a fixed object, driving with suspended registration, no proof of insurance, failure to maintain lane and duty to stop at the scene of an accident with damage.
• Jasmine Aguilar, 22, of 176 Ewer Road, was charged Saturday with driving without a license and tag lights required.
• Kodi Nikko Milton, 30, of 723 First Ave. N.W., was charged Saturday with battery and making a false report of a crime.
• Laquita Juanita Smith, 19, of 462 Dunn Road, Lot 9, was charged Friday with DUI, illegal possession of alcohol and making an improper turn.
• Charles Martez Tolbert, 20, of 1808 Clark Ave. in Albany, was charged Friday with DUI, illegal possession of alcohol and making an improper turn.
• Traci Nicole Kirkland, 29, of 443 Country Drive, was charged Friday with no proof of insurance and driving without valid registration.
Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office
• Andres Lopez, 21, of 351 Magnolia Ave., was charged Sunday with driving without a license, an open container violation and defective equipment.
• Ervin Deleon, 31, of 351 Magnolia Ave., was charged Sunday with an open container violation.
• Pedro German Ruiz, 29, of 170 Rowland Drive, was charged Sunday with an open container violation.
• Annie Lucille Lamb, 36, of 4220 Highway 133 N. in Doerun, was charged Friday with two counts of deposit account fraud.
• Luis Perez, 34, of 1418 Gene McQueen Road, was charged Friday with simple battery (family violence).
• Johnny Lee Ward, 37, of 1305 12th St. N.W., was charged Friday with interfering with a 911 call and probation violation.
• Carl Dean Rice, 20, of 15 Quiet Cove, was charged Friday with failure to obey a traffic control device and possession of marijuana less than one ounce.
Georgia State Patrol
• Carl Franklin Cobb Jr., 39, of 393 Kendallwood Drive, was charged Friday with DUI and being a habitual violator.
• Travis Weeks, 27, of 105 Doc Lindsay Road in Norman Park, was charged Friday with giving false information to an officer, driving with a suspended tag, no proof of insurance and obstruction.
Other Incidents:
Moultrie Police
• Dee Dell, of 15th Street Southeast, reported someone tore ghosts on a Halloween decoration Sunday. Damage was estimated at $100.
• Sabrina Bowers reported a thief stole her purse, containing four Social Security card, $560 cash, food stamps, a set of keys and her license, after she left it at Kentucky Fried Chicken on Lane Street Sunday. The value of the stolen items was $586.
• Crendal Howard, of First Avenue Southwest, reported a male acquaintance stole $366 cash from her wallet between 3:45 p.m. Friday and 1:38 p.m. Sunday. The wallet itself was also stolen but later recovered.
• Tim Fagan, of Cherokee Road, reported a thief stole a woman’s bicycle, a Poulan weed eater and three fishing poles from his garage between Oct. 27 and 8 a.m. Wednesday. The value of the stolen items was $600.
• Leatha Gibson reported a thief stole her purse, containing an LG cell phone, a Social Security card, a Medicare card, a Medicaid card and medications, from her unlocked Pontiac Grand Prix while it was parked at the R&R; Quick Mart on Fourth Avenue Northeast between 1 p.m. and 2:50 p.m. Friday. The value of the stolen items was $353.
Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office
• Ivory Lawton reported a thief stole her Cadillac after it broke down on Highway 111 in Pelham Thursday. The value of the stolen vehicle was estimated at $5,000.
• Amanda McMullen, of Highway 319 North, reported a thief stole her purse, containing $150 cash, her license, a food stamp card, a Medicaid card, a child support card and her Social Security card, from her vehicle between 9 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday. The value of the stolen items was $150.
• Steve Apperson reported a thief damaged an air conditioning unit at a storage house on Bonnie Tuck Road and stole the copper wire, a Sony 1,000-watt amplifier and a Rockwood 12-inch speaker between 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday. Damage and the value of the stolen items was $1,175.
• Israel Gutierrez, of Sylvester Drive, reported a thief forced open the front door and stole 70 prescription medication pills, a Sony PlayStation 2, DVD’s, PlayStation 2 games, a Motorola cell phone and a box of .22-caliber ammunition between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. Saturday. The value of the stolen items was $602.
• Kyle O’Grady, of Sylvester Drive, reported a thief threw a brick through a kitchen window and stole a Nintendo Wii, a .38-caliber revolver, a Compaq laptop computer, a Hitachi DVD camcorder, a necklace with a diamond pendant, a bottle of Captain Morgan rum, a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey, a bottle of San Sebastian wine and $20 cash between 7:30 a.m. and 3:49 p.m. Friday. The value of the stolen items was $2,268.
• Judy Murphy reported Friday a thief stole a Panasonic five-disc stereo system, a Sony 19-inch television and a 10-foot roll of copper tubing from a rental house on Smithwick Bridge Road in Coolidge between Aug. 30 and Oct. 9. The value of the stolen items was $1,330.
• Derrick Dawson, of Timber Lane in Norman Park, reported a thief stole three checks and forged and cashed one of them between 8 a.m. Wednesday and 2 p.m. Friday. The amount of the forged check was $350. Dawson gave sheriff’s deputies the name of a male suspect.
