A Colquitt County man wrecked his SUV on Newton Road Thursday morning, but law enforcement officers say it was his actions afterwards that really got him in trouble.

A witness said George Antonio Mendez, 30, 136 Dean Matthews Road, was driving the 2006 NIssan Pathfinder in the 500 block of Newton Road around 9:30 a.m. when he ran into a ditch and couldn’t get it out.

When a deputy arrived to investigate, he found a forklift in the ditch with the vehicle. The witness said Mendez had used the forklift to try to get the SUV out.

The deputy asked Mendez where he got the forklift from. He pointed to 575 Newton Road and said a lady there said he could use it. The deputy telephoned the homeowner, Chet Ray, who said no one was at the house at that time.

The deputy examined the SUV and found the forklift’s left tire had pierced the back door of the Nissan and the vehicles were stuck together. Davis Towing separated them, and the deputy saw the right wheel was bent. Ray told him that the last time he had used it, the tires were straight.

The Georgia State Patrol, which investigated the wreck itself, charged Mendez with driving under the influence, driving without a license, leaving the scene of an accident, no insurance, open container, seat belt violation (adults) and failure to drive in a single lane. The sheriff’s office is investigating to see whether other charges would also apply.

Violence

Moultrie Police

• Jasmine Nicole Lewis, 500 block 27th Street Southeast, reported a man she knows  pushed her against a wall during an argument Wednesday at her residence. A witness said the man pushed her as well, but both women decided not to press charges.

Sheriff’s Office

• Sheriff’s investigators are looking into an assault at the Colquitt County Correctional Institute Wednesday. Kenneth Bell of Blackshear, Ga., was attacked by another inmate, according to the sheriff’s office report.

Although the report indicates an aggravated assault — which often means an attack with a weapon or one causing a serious injury — a Colquitt Regional Medical Center spokeswoman said they had no record of Bell being treated there.

A suspect was named in the sheriff’s office report, but no charges had been filed as of Friday.

• Antonio Heraldo Valencia, 980 Smith Road, met with deputies Thursday afternoon at Colquitt Regional Medical Center.

Valencia said he was intoxicated Monday when he got into a fight with another intoxicated man, who he knows only by an alias.

Valencia suffered a laceration across his nose, and both eyes were black and swollen, the deputy said.

A hospital spokeswoman said Valencia had been admitted to the hospital but had been dismissed as of Friday afternoon.

• Nancy Luna, 2800 block Ga. Highway 33 North, reported Thursday a male relative was throwing things in her house and trying to fight her juvenile brother.

Drugs

Sheriff’s Office

• Darrell Funderburk, assistant principal of Colquitt County High School, reported Sept. 6 that a student had drug paraphernalia on a school bus.

A student told Funderburk that the juvenile had a smoking pipe on the bus. Funderburk said he searched him and found not only a smoking pipe but a cigarette lighter and a brush as well. The brush disassembled to reveal a cigarette that appeared to be marijuana.

The responding deputy tested the cigarette and it registered positive for marijuana, he said.

The juvenile was arrested and was later released to his grandmother, the deputy said.

Arrests

Moultrie Police

• Shametria Raquaraul Nunn, 17, 307 Seventh St. S.W., was charged Thursday with malicious mischief. Nunn is accused of throwing a bottle and damaging a vehicle belonging to Pamela Lawton of Moultrie, during an incident in the 600 block of Seventh Street Southwest.

• David Ortiz, 27, 179 Magnolia Ave., was charged Thursday with public drunk.

• Jose Aaron Villabos, 31, of Douglas, Ga., was charged Wednesday with driving without a license.

• Jameson Michael Strickland, 24, 225 Indian Lake Drive, was charged Wednesday with driving without a license and expired vehicle tag or decal.

• Misty Dawn Perkins, 21, 424 Sixth Ave. S.E., was charged Wednesday with no license.

• Brodrick Jerrel Blackwell, 23, 550 27th St. S.E., was charged Thursday with loitering.

• Lenorris Jordan, 23, 331 Wilder Road, was charged Wednesday with two counts of failure to appear.

• John Hunt, 69, 120 Fourth St. S.W., was charged with panhandling.

Sheriff’s Office

• Tammie Renee Alford, 48, 155 Minnesota Road, Doerun, was charged Thursday with failure to appear.

• Marty Robin Holtzclaw, 112 Langford St., Berlin, was charged Thursday with forgery in the first degree.

• Jeremy Daryl Palmore, 26, 300 Ninth St. S.W., was charged Thursday with probation violation.

Probation Office

• Kenneth Howard Smith, 46, 412 Henry Weeks Road, Norman Park, was charged Wednesday with probation violation.

Thefts

Moultrie Police

• Chelsea Booker Merrill, of Quitman, reported Thursday that her 1995 Chevrolet Blazer was stolen while it was parked at Northgate Apartments, 1515 Fourth Ave. N.E.

• Faye Taylor, 1300 block 13th Ave. N.W., reported Thursday morning that someone stole the spark plug from her lawnmower overnight.

• Ivy Lathan, of Moultrie, reported Thursday morning that her 1997 Honda CRV was entered while it was in the 200 block of First Street Southeast. Police said electronics worth $200 were taken from the car.

• Vehicles belonging to Anthony Simpson and Deidra Robinson, both of Moultrie, were entered while they were parked in the 900 block of First Street Southeast. Items stolen were valued at $25.

Moultrie police said Demetrius Antonio Roney, 42, of Moultrie, was charged with two counts of entering auto, one count of obstruction of an officer, and one count of criminal trespass in the case, but booking information was not available at the Colquitt County Jail.

Sheriff’s Office

• Robert Partain, 4800 block of Highway 133, Doerun, reported Thursday that his Jack Russell terrier was missing, shortly after he saw a small, cream-colored pickup truck stop along the road near his house. Partain said he thought the driver was picking up cans along the roadway.

Property damage

Moultrie Police

• Two men filed a total of three reports last week alleging someone at Northgate Apartments, 1515 Fourth Ave. N.E., was firing a BB gun at cars on the street.

Nathan Slaughter, 1400 block Fourth Avenue Northeast, told police Tuesday he heard what seemed to be a BB gun as he drove by the front of the apartment complex about 10 p.m. then heard something hit his 2001 Ford Super Duty truck. He said he did not see the shooter, even after he turned the truck around to look for them. Damage was estimated at less than $500, police said.

The next night, Michael Alligood, address unknown, said about two days before he heard a popping noise like a BB gun as he was driving past Northgate Apartments. He found a dent on his door afterwards. Alligood filed the report Wednesday because he had the same experience that night, too.

Alligood said he heard the same popping noise and when he looked at Northgate Apartments he saw two people under a tree with a pellet gun. The officer walked through the apartment complex but did not find anything out of the ordinary.

About 10 p.m. Thursday, Slaughter called police again because he saw juveniles shooting a BB gun at passing vehicles from a ditch in front of the apartments. Police responded, but the officer didn’t indicate that he found anything when he arrived.

• James Houston, of Moultrie, reported someone cut the wires and a copper pipe to an air conditioner unit at his rental property in the 600 block Third Street Northwest. The damage was done between March 15 and Thursday.

• Lizabeth Lee, of MLK Drive, reported Tuesday that someone had keyed her 2006 Chevrolet Malibu either overnight at her residence or while she was working at her workplace on First Street Southwest.

• Police responded early Thursday to an alarm with glass breakage at EZ Wash, 1006 W. Central Ave. The report was labeled as a burglary, but it didn’t indicate anything was taken.

• Kenyatta S. Paige, of Thomasville, reported Wednesday that her 2005 Nissan Altima had been keyed while it was parked in the 3000 block of Veterans Parkway.

• An employee of Jac-Lyn Properties reported Wednesday an electrical box was damaged on a residence that was recently vacated.

Sheriff’s Office

• Mark McLean, 700 block Funston-Doerun Road, discovered Thursday morning that someone had cut the barbed wire fence to the pasture that houses his livestock. The deputy’s report did not indicate that any livestock was lost.