Moultrie police are seeking a man who ran from officers who were trying to arrest him Thursday night on suspicion of drunken driving.

Police who approached a 2005 Dodge Durango at 7:31 p.m. in the walking trail parking lot at the intersection of South Main Street and Lower Meigs Road found the man in the truck with a woman.

When the officer approached the truck, Luis Alberto Velazavez Lopez smelled of alcohol and told him that the woman drove them to the parking lot before they switched seats.

Told that there was a surveillance camera covering the parking lot, the woman told the officer she could not go to jail and that Lopez had picked her up at Moultrie Technical College. Lopez also admitted to driving when told about the camera.

Lopez, who was unsteady on his feet when he got out of the truck, failed three field sobriety tests, police said, and when officers moved to handcuff him he asked whether they were arresting him. When told they were, Lopez ran north on the trail before running into thick bushes, where he was able to elude the two pursuing officers.

Using the name and date of birth found on a pawn ticket in the truck, found hat Lopez previously had been arrested. He was positively identified by the jail booking photo, police said.

An open can of beer was found in the truck, police said.

Arrest warrants were taken for Lopez, 30, of Berlin on charges of no driver’s license, open container violation and failure to obey officer.

Arrests

Moultrie Police

• James Adams Trimble Jr., 24, 462 Dunn Road, was charged Friday with possession of a controlled substance, suspended license and tag light violation.

Sheriff’s Office

• Anthony Rhodes, 35, 260 Dick Traylor Road, was charged Thursday with giving false information to an officer.

• John Tremaine Reynolds, 33, 3555 Doerun-Norman Park Road, Norman Park, was charged Thursday with failure to appear.

• Veronica Kaye Thomason, 41, 229 Ladson Road, was charged Thursday with probation violation.

• Randy Joseph Lamb, 36, 2604 Sylvester Drive, was charged Thursday with two counts of probation violation.

Thefts

Moultrie Police

• James Tatum, Moultrie, reported Thursday finding a broken window in a house in the 100 block of Fifth Avenue Northwest house owned by Doris Strong.

The house had been rummaged through, police said and Strong was not available to determine what had been stolen.

• Lewis Plumbing, 100 block Second Street Northeast, reported Thursday the theft of a bank deposit bag containing $250.

• Teretha Foster, Moultrie, reported Thursday the theft of an iPod in the 900 block of Fourth Street Southwest.

• William Knighton, Moultrie, reported Thursday the theft of a stove, refrigerator and freezer from a rental property in the 600 block of Ninth Avenue Southeast.

Knighton told police that someone may have entered by breaking a window and that a back door also was damaged.

Property damage

Moultrie Police

• Purity McCloud, Moultrie, reported Thursday that a 2006 Nissan Maxima was struck by another vehicle while she was shopping in the 200 block of Sixth Street Southeast.

The car had scratches and dents on the rear on the driver’s side, police said.

Sheriff’s Office

• Johnny Nixon, 3700 block Old Albany Road, reported Thursday that an exterior bathroom door was broken at New Elm Baptist Church, 5226 Georgia Highway 33 North. No property was stolen.

Other investigations

Moultrie Police

• Jay Harvey, 1209 First Ave. S.E., reported Thursday that a counterfeit $20 bill was found in a bank drop being prepared.

• Stacey Franklin, 1100 block Second Street Southeast, reported Thursday that a female acquaintance established cell telephone service on Franklin’s phone account by using Franklin’s personal information.

While an officer was taking the report, the woman called and said that she had moved the telephone to her own account, but had to use the last four digits of Franklin’s Social Security number to do so.

Franklin told police that she did not give permission for establishing the phone service or for transferring the phone to a separate account.

The case was turned over to police investigators.

• Walmart, 641 Veterans Parkway S., reported Thursday that two men were observed deactivating magnetic protection strips from merchandise.

The men left the three items in a shopping cart and left the store, an employee reported. An officer talked with the men, who were then banned from store property.