A Friday morning traffic stop of a truck with a faulty tail light resulted in the arrests of all three occupants on probation violation charges.

Moultrie Police Department reports said that an officer stopped a tan Dodge pickup truck at about 8:09 a.m. on Second Street Southeast because of a cracked tail light. The two men and a woman, all residents of  607 12th Ave. S.E., appeared to be arguing, and as the officer approached they were nervous and agitated.

A check revealed that Steven Barker, 52, the driver, was wanted by the Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office on a probation charge.

As the officer was investigating, police said, Patrick Anthony Bates, 47, suddenly ran toward Fourth Avenue Southeast. The officer caught him in the 400 block of 11th Court Southeast and it was discovered that he also had an active warrant through the sheriff’s office.

At that time Barker was charged with improper tail light, expired tax and probation violation, and Bates was charged with duty to obey officer and probation violation.

Sara Ann Bates told police that she would walk home, but after the men were taken to jail the officer found that Sara Bates also had an outstanding warrant. He returned to the area and found her in the 1000 block of Second Street Southeast, where she was arrested on a probation violation charge.

In other arrests:

• Tony Lorenzo Wynn, 47, 708-B Fourth St. N.W., was charged Friday with suspended license and tag lights violation.

• Victoria Karthenea Battle, 31, 1706 Valley Drive, Tifton, was charged Saturday with driving under the influence, open container violation, running red light, laying drag, driving with suspended license and no insurance.

• Jermaya Richardson, 19, 1315 First Ave. N.W., was charged Saturday with contempt of court.

• Johnathan Leon Adams, 25, 404 Seventh Ave. S.W. Apt. E-10, was charged Saturday with suspended license.

• Anthony Lorenzo Giddens, 30, was charged Saturday with theft by shoplifting and possession of marijuana.

Giddens was arrested after CVS, 1207 S. Main St., reported a shoplifter.

An officer confronted Giddens, who had merchandise protruding from his sweat shirt, police said. Police recovered $74.62 worth of merchandise from Giddens and also found suspected marijuana.

• Matthew Clay Weeks, 19, 1845 Second St. S.E., was charged Sunday with driving under the influence and failure to maintain lane.

• David Bautista Contreras, 47, 1600 10th St. S.E., was charged Sunday with no license and speeding.

• Shawn Winzer, 39,  and Angeline Jene Overman, 48 both of 1501 First Ave. N.E., were each charged Sunday with battery (family violence).

They were arrested after police investigated a call of battery at the couple’s home.

Winzer had a visible injury to the leg and Overman had scratches on her arm, police said.

• Kimberly Michell Collier, 31, 305-B Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, was charged Sunday with suspended license, no insurance and failure to dim headlights.

Sheriff’s Office

• Kenny Lee Griffin, 40, 710 Seventh Ave. S.W., was charged Sunday with two counts of financial transaction card fraud.

• James Lee Fielder, 28, was charged Friday with aggravated battery.

Dani Leann Vaughn, 27, 2609 Sumner Road, was charged Feb. 19 with criminal damage to property.

• Kodijah Donshay Debruce, 17, 521 Ninth St. S.W., A’Lysha Nichelle Williams, 17, 403 Hillcrest Ave., and a juvenile boy were each charged Thursday with possession of marijuana.

Sheriff’s reports said that an administrator at the Colquitt County High School campus who was searching students looking for money reported stolen by another student found suspected marijuana in both girls’ purses and in the boy’s Adidas coat.

• Dustin Paul Jones, 936 Shade Murphy Road, was charged Friday with probation violation.

• James Ray Hall, 40, 842 Rossman Dairy Road, was charged Friday with probation violation.

Georgia State Patrol

• Al Douglag Donaldson, 28, was charged Sunday with driving while license suspended and speeding.

Thefts

Moultrie Police

• Michaelyn Blackwell, Moultrie, reported Saturday the theft of 31 newspapers out of a paper rack in the 1600 block of Camilla Highway.

Blackwell told police that a man in a silver Nissan cube paid for one newspaper and took a stack of them out of the paper box.

• Kathy and William Collins reported Saturday that a male relative made a $44 unauthorized withdrawal using Kathy Collins’ debit card and later stole William Collins’  debit card.

Sheriff’s Office

• Alisa Brumbley, 100 block Daniel Street, Funston, reported Friday that a Pioneer car stereo was stolen out of a 1998 Lincoln Navigator whose window was damaged in the theft.

Property damage

Moultrie Police

• Octavius Thomas, Thomasville, reported Saturday that a driver struck the 1984 Chevrolet C-10 he was driving in the 600 block of Georgia Highway 133 South.

The other car did not stop after the impact, he told police.

Thomas’ vehicle had slight damage on the driver’s side, police said.

• Jennifer Crawford, 500 block 11th Court Southeast, reported Sunday that Sheena Jordan’s 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer was damaged while parked at her residence.

The vehicle had scratches on both sides, the hood and back hatch, police said.

• Felicia Wallace, 4500 block U.S. Highway 319 North, reported Friday that a vulgar word was painted with black spray paint on both sides of a 2000 BMW 323 parked in the 5000 block of U.S. Highway 319 North.

The head lights, tail lights, roof, hood and trunk of the car also were painted black, sheriff’s reports said.