Moultrie man robbed while working in yard, hit with handgun

MOULTRIE — MOULTRIE — A Moultrie man reported being robbed Friday afternoon by a man who hit him in the head with a pistol while he was mowing a relative’s lawn in Southeast Moultrie.

Steve Purvis, of Moultrie, told police that a man approached him from behind as he was cutting grass at 1:30 p.m. in the 800 block of Ninth Avenue Southeast. The assailant apparently came out of a wooded area and was able to approach unseen.

Purvis told police that the man put the gun to the side of his head and demanded money. He gave the man the money out of his side pockets, but had trouble getting his wallet out because he also had a pair of pliers in that pocket.

The man apparently thought he was trying to stall and hit Purvis on the side of the head with the gun, police said. At that point the man ran back into the woods and Purvis ran toward the road.

The wallet and some of the money were dropped, police said.

In other assaults:

Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office

• Haley Paul, 400 block Sleepy Bear Road, Norman Park, reported Sunday that a male companion got in the driver’s seat while she was driving and tried to press the gas pedal.

Paul told the officer that the incident occurred at 2:48 p.m. in the 300 block of Yogi Bear Road, and that she was elbowed in the mouth as they struggled.

After Paul got out of the car, she reported, the man grabbed her by the throat and drag her back to the vehicle. She made it to a nearby yard and the man ran into the woods.

Paul told the officer that the man had been smoking crack and had not slept for two days.

Arrests

Moultrie Police Department

• Nathan Williams, 40, 323 Third Ave. N.W., was charged Friday with battery and probation violation.

Williams told police sent at about 2 p.m. that he hit Albert Lee Tuff in the head with a porcelain dog.

Tuff had lacerations to the head, face and arms, police said, but refused medical treatment. Officers learned that there also was a warrant for Williams’ arrest on a probation charge.

• Cicely Sidney Wheeler, 32, 6 Sylvester Court, was charged Friday with simple battery.

• Latonya Denise Walker, 26, 721 Fourth Ave. S.E., was charged Friday with probation violation.

• Jennifer Landrum, 30, 12-B McDonald Court, was charged Saturday with battery.

Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office

• Lupe Elasio, 20, 162 E. Cook Road, was charged with disorderly conduct.

Elasio was arrested after April Tobar reported that Elasio broke the windows of her friend’s 1999 Dodge Caravan during an argument.

• Gerardo Alvarado Campos, 20, 125 Garden Lane, was charged Saturday with possession of alcohol by a minor and possession of marijuana.

• Brenda Cristal Soto, 17, 480 Christmas Road, was charged Sunday with driving without a license and brake and tail lights violation.

• Anthony Lamont Edmonds, 33, 1221 Elliot Brown St., was charged Sunday with probation violation.

• Sarah Marlene Norman, 29, 111 Janet St., Sparks, was charged Saturday with probation violation.

• Scotty Lee Long, 37, 939 Oak Hill Road, Thomasville, was charged Friday with probation violation.

• Roy Clifton Jansen, 47, 1098 Coleman Road, Hartsfield, was charged Friday with probation violation.

• Daniel Lee Williams, 45, 115 11th St. W., Tifton, was charged Friday with probation violation.

• Nora Ninfa Zapata, 39, 553 Newsom Road, was charged Saturday with driving under the influence, failure to drive within a single lane, driving without a license and failure to appear.

• Mario Lopez, 452 Dorminey Road Lot 2, was charged Saturday with pedestrian under the influence.

Georgia State Patrol

• Eulogio Dianas Flores, 56, 4616 Cool Springs Road, Ellenton, was charged Sunday with driving under the influence and failure to drive within a single lane.

Thefts

Moultrie Police Department

• Ali Azhar, Valdosta, reported July 31 that an employee at Raceway, 1301 Veterans Parkway N., sent a text to him telling him that she was quitting in the middle of her shift.

Azhar told police that he later discovered that merchandise was missing and when he watched store video saw the woman giving items to a man.

• Tommie Cheevers, 1700 block Gatewood Circle, reported Friday the theft of a Razor electric scooter and a Next bicycle with a total value of $300.

• Earl Jefferson, first block Oak Lane, reported Friday the theft of a Dell Streak tablet computer, Toshiba laptop, 60-inch LG flat screen television, 42-inch LG flat screen television, two 22-inch televisions, two gold wedding bands and a diamond engagement ring.

The estimated value of the property was $6,800.

• Pizza Hut, 25 Doc Darbyshire Road, reported Friday that on July 28 a register came up short $117.

• Nathan Slaughter, 1400 block Fourth Avenue Northeast, reported Saturday the theft of a trailer and Troy Bilt 42-inch cut lawn mower with a total value of $2,300.

• Anna Beason, Moultrie, reported Saturday of a wallet and money valued at $155 from a 2000 Nissan Sentra parked in the 600 block of Veterans Parkway South.

Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office

• Juana Williams, 200 block Edwards Street, reported Friday the theft of a Vizio flat screen television, Nintendi Wii and prescription medication with a total value of $480.

• John Rowley, 2400 block Georgia Highway 37 West, reported Saturday the theft of a check that was cashed in the amount of $4,272.

• Mildred Green, 200 block Dean Matthews Road, reported Sunday the theft of a wallet and $450.

Property damage

Moultrie Police Department

• Olivia Wallace, 300 block Rowland Drive, reported that her 2000 Acura 3.5RL was scratched on the driver and passenger sides. Damage was estimated at more than $1,501.

• Moultrie Recreation Department reported that when an employee arrived Friday morning at the 1020 Fourth St. S.W. pool the office window was shattered, and pool filter covers and traffic cones were in the pool.

Repairs to the window, door lock and window blind were estimated at $390.

• Richard Hokanson, Moultrie, reported Friday that someone apparently tried to steal wiring from underneath a house in the 1000 block of Third Street Southeast.

Hokanson told police that when he arrived at a house he was working on he saw feet sticking out from under the house next door. He told the man he had called police, and before an officer arrived the man crawled out from under the house and into a wooded area.

The officer found cut wire and a pair of wire cutters underneath the house, police said.

• Jamie Snipes, first block Railroad Street, reported Sunday that a 2002 Mazda 626 was dented.

Snipes told police that he got into an altercation with an acquaintance the previous night.

• Valley Wright, 200 block First Avenue Southwest, reported Monday that a side window and back door glass were broken while she was away.

Wright told police that nothing apparently was taken.

Other investigations

Moultrie Police Department

• Sandra Daniels, 400 block Eighth Street Northwest, reported that at 2:30 a.m. she awoke to find a male acquaintance standing over her.

The man left when she threatened to call 911, but he later returned and tried to get in again.

Police patrolled the area but were unable to locate the man.

Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office

• Dennis and Teresa Cook, 400 block Patch Road, reported Sunday that shots were fired in their direction while they were fishing at a nearby pond.

They reported that when they yelled for the people to stop shooting the gunfire intensified, and that they could hear bullets striking trees near them.

Two deputies searched the area for about 35 minutes but did not find anyone or hear any gunshots, sheriff’s reports said.

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