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July 27, 2010

Staff Reports The Moultrie Observer The Moultrie Observer Tue Jul 27, 2010, 10:50 PM EDT

MOULTRIE — A Lenox man reported Monday that a former employee who oversaw rental houses in Colquitt and surrounding counties has pocketed money collected for rent, the Moultrie Police Department said.

Warren D. Robinson, 65, told police that the man has collected more than $15,000 but he was not sure how much of that amount was for Moultrie. Money has been withheld since January of this year, the police report said.

Tenants have given statements indicating they did pay rent, and Robinson was in the process of getting receipts for those payments, police said.

He reported that the former employee recently moved out of state.

Assaults

• Elizabeth Diane Sloan, 1300 block First Avenue Northwest, reported Sunday that a male relative pushed her and also assaulted her daughter, Maronda French.

Both women were injured in the attack, police reports said. The man was gone when officers arrived.

• Yolonda Artis, 500 block First Avenue Southwest, reported Sunday that a male companion hit her with his fist during an argument.

Artis told police that the argument started over her not having food prepared for the man, and that he hit her about 20 times.

Artis had bleeding to the right nostril, and was transported to Colquitt Regional Medical Center because she reported that she is pregnant, police said. The man was not at the residence when police arrived.

Arrests

• William Sloan, 23, 813 E. Central Ave., was charged Monday with shoplifting and giving a false name.

• Nathan Lee Rhodes, 42, 112 Garden Lane, was charged Monday with theft by conversion.

• Dominique James Wiley, 18, 807 Holmes Drive, was charged Monday with battery and false imprisonment.

• Javares Cordele Dobson, 20, 1330 U.S. Hwy. 319 North, Lot 23, was charged Sunday with simple assault.

Property damage

• Jennifer Underwood, 35, Doerun, reported Friday that vulgar words were spray painted on a 1993 Jeep Cherokee while it was parked in the 2600 block of First Avenue Southeast.

Fraud

• Joseph King of Moultrie reported Monday that a telephone account was opened in Florida under his name.

King told police that he learned about the identity theft on Friday when a notice arrived from a collection agency.

Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office

Thefts

• Jackie Allen, 2300 block Old Adel Road, reported Monday the theft of two .243-caliber rifles with Atec scopes, Remington 1100 16-gauge shotgun, Ruger M77 rifle with scope, Marlin 336C rifle with scope, Franchi 12-gauge shotgun with leather case, Mossberg 12-gauge pump shotgun, Beretta 391 12-gauge auto shotgun, Smith & Wesson .357-caliber short nose pistol, .40-caliber Desert Eagle pistol, pocket watch, silver band, silver and gold necklaces, miscellaneous jewelry, earrings, gold ring, silver bracelet, tennis bracelet and sapphire ring.

• Michael Sims, first block 30th Avenue Northwest, reported Monday the theft of a brown mountain bike.

Norman Park Police

• Miguel Gomez, 32, 2400 Johnson Road N.E. Apt. H, Atlanta, Ga., was charged Monday with unlawful use of central lane, signal required and driving while license suspended.

• Bernardo Guzman Orellana, 24, 308 Circle Road, was charged Monday with window tint violation, child safety belt violation and driving without a license.

• Ezequill Luna, 23, 200 Trailer Park Road, was charged Monday with restraint law violation, driving without a license and giving false information or name.

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