A shoplifting suspect was arrested Thursday after police removed him from a Dumpster pointed out by a bystander.

Anthony Lorenzo Giddens, 31,  was charged with theft by shoplifting and duty to obey police.

Dollar General, 1908 First Ave. S.E., reported that a man stole some merchandise and let the store.

Police stopped Giddens, who was carrying a white plastic bag and said he did not steal merchandise. When the officer asked Giddens to put his hands on the hood of the police car he ran, crossing First Avenue.

An unknown caller alerted 911 that Giddens was in a Dumpster and he was arrested without incident.

Police returned $53 worth of merchandise to Dollar General, reports said.

In other arrests:

• Robert Gadston Moore, 33, 151 Mae Road, was charged Thursday with two counts of theft by taking and theft by taking auto.

Moore is accused of stealing a .243-caliber rifle, $200 and a 2006 Honda Accord.

Arrests

Moultrie Police

• Valeriano A. Hernandez, 23, 180 Trailer Park Road Lot 10, was charged Thursday with no license and head lights required.

• Austin Michael Elliot, 17, 218 N. Fain St., Doerun, was charged Friday with burglary.

Sheriff’s Office

• Ernest Robinson, 54, 648 Holt Road, Ocilla, was charged Thursday with failure to appear.

• Corey Lashaun Hooks, 33, 217 Pebble Hill Circle, Sylvester, was charged Thursday with probation violation.

Norman Park Police

• David Wayne Lewis, 47, 135 Dennis Powell Lane, Norman Park, was charged Wednesday with battery.

Assaults

Sheriff’s Office

• Timna McCammon, 1200 block South Boulevard, reported Thursday that a male companion grabbed her by the throat and choked her and hit her in the head and left eye.

A witness reported seeing the man grab McCammon’s neck and hit her four or five times with his fist. The man was gone when an officer arrived.

McCammon refused medical treatment at the scene, police said.

Thefts

Moultrie Police

• Hoot Wireless, 1812 First Ave. S.E., reported Thursday the theft of cell telephones valued at $13,266.

• Diane Beverly, 500 block 27th Street Southeast, reported Thursday the theft of $949.

• Packer Food Mart #2, 527 U.S. Hwy. 319 N., reported Thursday that a man asked for something behind the counter and when the clerk turned around to get it he grabbed a carton of Newport cigarettes valued at $47 and ran out of the store.

• Chip Holton, 1200 block Sixth Avenue Northwest, reported Friday the theft of $2,700.

Sheriff’s Office

• Sabino Sandoval-Campos, 300 block Hard Road, reported Thursday the theft of three televisions, two VCRs, three smart phones, a camera, iPod and Sony laptop computer.