A Douglas man found out that private sales initiated over the Internet can be inconducive to getting customer service after a purchased product doesn’t work.

Michael Moore reported Wednesday to the Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office that he purchased a cell telephone in Colquitt County after seeing it advertised on the Craigslist web site. He gave $100 for the used phone.

Later, after several attempts to activate the phone, Moore contacted the seller, who agreed to meet Moore at the Verizon store. The man never showed up, Moore told police. Subsequent attempts to get in contact with him resulted in text responses that were “hostile and unwelcome.”

In other thefts:

• Chadwick Blakey, Route 1 Bay Pole School Road, Meigs, reported Wednesday the theft of $500 while he was in the 2300 block of Mitchell County Line Road.

Arrests

Sheriff’s Office

• Brian Anthony Harrison, 23, 571 W. Mulberry St., Funston, was charged Sunday with possession of methamphetamine, two counts failure to appear and probation violation.

Moultrie police also have charged Harrison with theft by shoplifting.

• Dusty Brandon Kearce, 26, 4091 Fire Tower Road, Enigma, was charged Wednesday with criminal trespass.

• Eldilberto Sanchez Martinez, 31, was charged Wednesday with criminal trespass.

• Ricardo Termaine Scott, 32, 130 N. Pine Drive, was charged Sunday with simple battery and interference with 911 call.

Moultrie Police

• Dechane Lavonte Williams, 24, 804 Joe Louis Ave., was charged Wednesday with criminal trespass and simple battery.

• Robert Earl Moore Jr., 29, 1818 Overlook Drive, was charged Thursday with driving without a license.

Berlin Police

• Mark Lafayette Burts, 43, 7000 Deer Springs Road, Keystone Heights, Fla., was charged Wednesday with driving while license suspended.

• Jared Morris, 35, 740 Thigpen Trail, was charged Wednesday with driving while license withdrawn and child restraint violation.

Norman Park Police

• Jeffery Damon Patterson, 41, Beaumont, Texas, was charged Wednesday with speeding in highway work zone and reckless driving.

Probation violation

Moultrie Police

• Bobby Durrell Ellerson, 28.

Sheriff’s Office

• Rashad Lamar Hunter, 26, 205 Westhill St., Quitman.

• Tommy Lenal Dent, 34, 2476 Orianna Road, Soperton, Ga.