Staff Reports
MOULTRIE — After spending most of the day together, including dining and shopping, a man and woman ended up in a fight that sparked allegations of beating, biting and hair pulling, the Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office said.
Traci Kirkland, 100 block Cook Road, reported Thursday that William Randall Clifton, of the 500 block of Cook Road, grabbed her by the hair and hit her in the face several times during the 10 p.m. incident. She reported that he pushed her to the bed and put a pillow over her face.
Clifton told the officer that Kirkland bit him three times. He reported that he pushed her and held his hand over her mouth to stop her from screaming, but that that occurred after she attacked him.
Both agreed that the incident was sparked over his cellular telephone.
Kirkland had cuts around her right eye and on her upper lip and her left arm was bruised, sheriff’s reports said. No arrests were made in the incident.
In another incident Tony Harris, 500 block Bonnie Tuk Road, reported Thursday that he hit a man who came to his residence and began using vulgar language and threatening him when Harris refused to loan him money.
Carroll Ray Fender, 600 block Bonnie Tuk Road, told the officer that he went to Harris’ residence about a boat and that Harris attacked him without provocation.
Several witnesses supported Harris’ account, sheriff’s reports said.
Arrests
• Claudio Lozano Ramirez, 22, was charged Wednesday with driving without a license, expired tag or decal, and failure to drive within a single lane.
• Randall Cosey Coots, 21, 116 Son Norman Road, Norman Park, was charged was charged Tuesday with simple assault.
Property damage
• Harley Hubbard, 257 Causey Road, reported that a 2003 Jayco travel trailer was damaged at his residence.
• John Gaskins, 1000 block Smith Road, reported Wednesday that the front glass of a Variety Vending machine was broken.
Arrests
• Jerry Lee Mobley, 57, of 216 30th Ave. N.W., was charged Thursday with habitual violator in connection with a Nov. 4 incident.
• Elisa Ball, 43, of 527 U.S. Highway 319 N., was charged Monday with misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
• Teodulfo Lazaro, 41, of 601 First St. N.W., was charged Wednesday with public indecency and public drunk (fourth offense).
• Sabrina Yvette Redding, 39, of Albany, was charged with a probation violation Thursday.
• Jesse Antonio Martinez, 21, of 175 Still Road, Ellenton, was charged Friday with
Incidents
• Jaquwna Boston, of Sixth Avenue Northwest, told police she was attacked Thursday morning in the parking lot of Forest Creek Apartments, off Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Northwest. She identified her attacker as a person who’d been having a conflict with her brother. She also said she was struck by something that felt harder than a fist and was hit several times in the back of the head.
• William Yearta, Pine Valley Circle, reported an attempted burglary Thursday morning. Yearta said his wife left for an errand, and when she returned she found a window broken. The broken pane was near the window lock; Yearta said it is kept locked but the officer found it unlocked. He examined the rest of the house and found a second broken window, and this one had been partially unlocked. Neither window was opened because they were painted shut. Damage was estimated at $20.
• Angelique Comer, of Doerun, reported a forged check to Moultrie police Thursday. She gave police the name of a suspect.
• Kenneth Robinson, of 10th Street Southwest, reported a past-occurred burglary at his residence Thursday.
• Moultrie police responded to a report of a shoplifting at the convenience store at 1306 Veterans Parkway North. The clerk told them a white woman accompanied by a black woman left the store with a bottle of Belvadere Orange vodka she didn’t pay for. The clerk said he followed them out and as the women tried to leave in the white woman’s car, he took the keys and the bottle of alcohol. The women pushed their car out of the roadway and left on foot, he said. Police ran the tag number and identified a suspect.
• Crystal Mills, of South Main Street, told police she was assaulted in the parking lot of McDonald’s, 506 First Ave. S.E., Thursday afternoon. She gave the name of a female suspect, but witnesses said they didn’t see how the fight started.
• An employee of Ameris Bank reported Thursday that an unknown customer passed a counterfeit $5 bill the day before.
Berlin Police Department
• Merceio Mendez, 43, 36 1/2 S. Highland Road, Quitman, was charged Wednesday with driving without a license and affixing license plate with intent to conceal.
• Mike Lopez Zauala, 27, Regency Village, Moultrie, was charged Wednesday with driving without a license and carrying a concealed weapon.
