Moultrie Observer

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November 25, 2009

Suspect may face more theft charges

MOULTRIE — A Colquitt County man charged Tuesday with burglary is a suspect in as many as five thefts, a Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office spokesman said.

Ronnie Ledale Livingston, 39, 115 Garden Lane Apt. 2, is accused of entering a neighbor’s home and taking jewelry. He also is a suspect in thefts at residences on Georgia Highway 37 West and Bass Road.

Horacio Ladema, also of the 100 block of Garden Lane, reported Tuesday that his wife’s gold chain was stolen. On the same day Brittney Ennis, 2700 block Highway 37 West, reported that a Sony LCD television and a 27-inch flat-panel television were stolen.

Some of the stolen jewelry was recovered at local pawn shops and at Livingston’s residence, sheriff’s Investigator David Corona said. Livingston confessed to three of the burglaries, authorities said.

“A lot of it’s cosmetic jewelry,” Corona said. “We’ve recovered a lot of the jewelry, most of the jewelry from the (Highway) 37 one, Bass Road. He had pawned it. That’s how we could trace it to him.”

In other arrests:

• Donna Highfill Kellogg, 43, 156 McIntosh Road, Leesburg, was charged Tuesday with failure to maintain lane and open container violation.

• Kip Shawn Raynor, 18, 1160 Fifth St. S.W., was charged Tuesday with criminal trespass.

• Amanda Courtney Taylor, 32, 2160 Lower Meigs Road, was charged Tuesday with deposit account fraud.



Property damage

• Robert Norman, 600 block Blasingame Road, reported Tuesday that the rear window of a 2005 Dodge Ram pickup truck was broken.

• Elizabeth Henry, 1000 block Holmes Drive, reported Tuesday that the passenger-side door of a 2000 Dodge Caravan was scratched overnight.

• Ruth Crockett, 100 block East Gate Way, Norman Park, reported Tuesday that a vehicle was driven into her chain link fence.



Arrests

• Latoya Denise Walker, 23, of 543 27th St. S.E., No. 7, ws charged with public drunk (second offense) and entering an auto Wednesday morning in the 400 block of Sixth Ave. N.W.

• Kervin Bernard Harrison, 20, of 163 Palmer St., was charged with a probation violation Tuesday.

• Francisco Ramirez, 24, of 51 Magnolia Lane, was charged with DUI, no license, open container, no insurance and failure to maintain lane early Wednesday following a one-vehicle accident on Highway 133 South.

• Latonya Wilson, 27, of 427 First Ave. N.W., was charged Tuesday with probation violation.

• Bobby Lee Stafford, 57, of 1017 10th St. S.E., was charged Tuesday with probation violation.

• Dennis Slaughter, 24, of 503 E. College Circle in Doerun, was cahrged with burglary Tuesday in connection with an incident Sept. 18, 2008.

• Bonny Lewis, 66, of 501 12th Ave. S.E., was charged Monday with tractor trailer prohibited in a residential area, in connection with an incident Oct. 9.

• Larayne Hood Gay, 40, of 180 Traiuler Park Road, No. 4, was charged Tuesday with shoplifting in connection with an incident last Thursday.



Incidents

• Kennytta Young, of Third Street Northwest, told Moultrie police Tuesday a man she knows punched her in the eye area during an argument. Police searched for the man but could not find him.

• Veronica Sebastian, of North Pine Drive, told police she struggled with a woman she knows during an argument Tuesday. She suffered a small abrasion on her elbow. Police contacted the other person in the argument, and she said Sebastian started it. Both were referred to Magistrate Court.

• Gregory Daniels, of Doug Turner Road, told police a man he knows assaulted him in the 300 block of Fourth Avenue Southwest Tuesday.

• Janis McIntire, of Clay Street, reported someone broke a window on the south side of her residence Tuesday. The person entered the house and went through dressers and boxes in two of the three bedrooms, but nothing appeared to be missing, she said.

• Cindy Piper, of Acworth, Ga., told Moultrie police someone charged a $1,000 transaction to her debit card Oct. 29. She said she used the card at a Moultrie restaurant that day.

• Suzanne Wilson, of McDonald Court, told police someone entered her house between 8 p.m. Sunday and 11 a.m. Tuesday and stole a PlayStation and three controllers. She gave police the name of a suspect.

• Janelle Jelks, of Seventh Avenue Northwest, reported a burglary to police Tuesday. Thieves took items valued at $100 from her residence, police said.

• An employee of Southern Tire, Harper Boulevard, reported a fraud to police Tuesday.

• Kalisha Reese, of MLK Jr. Drive, told police a thief entered her Honda Civic and stole items valued at $300. The crime took place between 10:30 p.m. Monday and 7:14 a.m. Tuesday at her residence.

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