The State Fire Marshal’s Office has been called to help investigate a fire at a vacant residence Monday night.

Deputies and volunteer fire fighters were called to 3820 Ellenton-Omega Road, near Omega, at 9:47 p.m., a sheriff’s office report said. The master bedroom was engulfed in flames when the deputy arrived.

The owner, Nathan Brian Lane of Omega, said the house was vacant. The fire was called in by a passing motorist.

Noting that the electricity had been cut off to the residence, the Ellenton Volunteer Fire Department chief asked the sheriff’s department to look into the origin of the fire, the deputy’s report said.

A sheriff’s department investigator said Wednesday that a state fire investigator is expected to begin his investigation today.

Arrests

Berlin Police

• Edgar Omar Cruz, 21, 1112 15th St. S.E., was charged Monday with probation violation.

Moultrie Police

• Eytwain Tykie Corbin, 27, 672 Ninth St. S.W., was charged with probation violation.

• Stacey James Daniels, 21, 419 Third Ave. N.W., was charged Sunday with two counts of theft of services and two counts of bondsman off bond.

• Nelson Evail Lopez Yelasquez, 21, 2312 Old Adel Road, was charged Tuesday with driving without a license and tag light violation.

• James Tyler Cobb, 21, 2450 Fifth Ave. S.E. Apt A-15, was charged Tuesday with driving on a suspended license and tail lights required.

• Alfredo Ceniceros, 40, 307 Highway 111, was charged Tuesday with a windshield violation and driving without a license.

• Evelyn Wade, 57, 533-2 27th St. S.E., was arrested Wednesday on a Cobb County warrant charging her with forgery.

Sheriff’s Office

• Natasha Hope Hill, 23, 1807 West Blvd., was charged April 27 with three counts of forgery in the fourth degree.

• Stanley Norris, 53, Quitman, was charged Tuesday with failure to appear.

• Joshua Kyle Dunkelberger, 24, Tifton, was charged Wednesday with probation violation.

• Gregory Alexander, 27, of Norman Park, was charged Tuesday with probation violation.

• Eric Randall Wetzel, 47, of Jacksonville, Fla., was charged Sunday with obstruction of an officer.

Thefts

Moultrie Police

• Terri Diane Young, 25, of Sylvester, was charged Tuesday with shoplifting after she allegedly placed items she hadn’t purchased in a large, black Georgia Bulldog bag at Walmart. The items were valued at $63.17.

• Patricia Wright Jordan, of Moultrie, reported Tuesday that she had left some items with a relative in April, and when she returned to get them the first week of May, some were missing. She said she was missing two bottles of prescription medicine, two cable boxes from CNS, a DVR from CNS and two Coach pocket books.

Sheriff’s Office

• David Riggs, of Doerun, told deputies he parked his truck to do tractor work Tuesday morning, and when he took a break about 11 a.m. he found his billfold and a .38 revolver missing from the truck. The wallet contained about $60, he said.

 

Property damage

Sheriff’s Office

• George Rump, 100 block Jones Lane, told deputies he heard a noise about 2 a.m. Sunday. He investigated and found a ladder propping open the door to his porch. He said the door had been locked when he went to bed. He said someone had pulled up the screen of the screened-in porch to gain entry.

Moultrie Police

• Raymond Lowe, of Moultrie, reported Tuesday someone scratched his vehicle with an edged object like a knife or key.

• An officer on patrol early Tuesday morning noted a damaged window at R.B. Wright Elementary School, 1812 Second St. S.E. A school representative could not immediately tell if anything had been stolen.

• Erika Allen, of Moultrie, reported a male acquaintance blocked the street in front of her on 13th Avenue Southwest with his vehicle. He got out of his vehicle and jumped onto the hood of her car, she said. She tried to drive around his van, but he got off the hood and grabbed the driver’s side window and pulled it down, breaking it so that it fell into the door and could not be rolled up.  Allen said she tried to pull off but the man reached inside and turned the vehicle off. When he did that, the car pulled to the north side of the street and struck several small trees, damaging the car’s front end. She then left the scene, and he got back into his van and drove away, she told the officer.

• A police officer responded to a report of juveniles jumping on the air conditioners at Cox Elementary School, 1003 12th St. S.E., about 8 p.m. Tuesday. She found shingles had been torn from an outbuilding at the school and were strewn on the sidewalk, but she couldn’t tell whether the air conditioners were damaged or not. A witness said juveniles playing in a nearby yard were the ones who had caused the damage, so the officer spoke with them and their parents. No charges were filed pending notification of school officials.

Disorderly conduct

Moultrie Police

• Tim Gregory, of Barn Yard Breakfast, 608 Ga. Highway 133 S., reported Tuesday morning that he confronted an employee who wasn’t on the line when the restaurant got busy, and the employee got irate. Gregory said he fired the employee, who stormed out the back door, knocking over pots and pans.

• Yanira Taylor, of Moultrie, reported she was punched in the face by a male relative.

Other investigations

Sheriff’s Office

• Gail Bell, of Meigs, reported someone had charged about $700 on her Visa card and about $500 on her Sears card at Kmart in Albany. She said she had not given anyone permission to use her credit cards.

Moultrie Police

• Becky Reyes, of Moultrie, reported a male relative tried to forge and cash a $25 check on her account at Southwest Georgia Bank.