MOULTRIE, Ga. — A car stolen in Iowa was tracked down in Norman Park on Tuesday but the suspected thief thwarted one attempt to recover it by driving to another residence, where the car was found abandoned.

Barbara Kelly, of Dubuque, Iowa, told police that she checked a residence in the 200 block of Yogi Bear Road at about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday searching for the stolen 2002 Pontiac Grand Am. Kelly found the car there, but when the suspect asked to get her belongings out before Kelly took it she instead drove away in the car.

Tina Marie Kennicker, also of Dubuque, reported the car stolen on Sept. 17 and said she suspected a relative who lives in Norman Park.

At about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Kennicker called police to report that the car had been left at the end of the driveway at her niece Heather Gay’s residence in the 900 block of Wilbur Murphy Road.

Gay told police that she noticed the car there earlier while she was leaving her residence. She was familiar with the theft and notified Kennicker that the car was there.

Kennicker asked police to leave the Pontiac at Gay’s residence until a relative can retrieve it.

The officer notified police in Dubuque that the car had been recovered.

Arrests

Moultrie Police

• Justin Andrew Fritz, 18, 1330 U.S. Hwy. 319 N. Lot 62, Norman Park, was charged Tuesday with criminal trespass.

Police arrested Fritz after Wal-Mart, 741 Veterans Parkway S., reported that he was inside the store after having been served with a trespass notice banning him from the property.

Fritz told police that he was not supposed to be on store property.

• Jamal Brandon Lee, 29, 345 Rossman Dairy Road, Funston, was charged Tuesday with criminal trespass on a Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office warrant.

Lee called Moultrie police and asked that an officer pick him up and drive him to Colquitt County Jail so that he could turn himself in on the outstanding warrant, police said.

• Rolando Flores Martinez, 58, 26 Pine Cone Road, was charged Tuesday with disorderly conduct.

Police arrested Martinez after Mariano Sanchez, 17, reported that while visiting Martinez’s daughter he threatened him and fired a bullet from a revolver while they were in the kitchen. He told police that Martinez arrived intoxicated and continued drinking after he got home.

Martinez never pointed the pistol at him, Sanchez told police, and Martinez told them that he had fired it accidentally.

Witnesses reported the same narrative to police, and they took Martinez into custody.

• Kadelia Sheree Toombs, 38, 12069 Hwy. 93, Baconton, was charged Tuesday with driving while license withdrawn and driving while tag suspended.

Sheriff’s Office

• Jeremiah Alexander Elliott, 36, 139 Woodmen Road, was charged Monday with pedestrian under the influence, fugitive from justice and probation violation.

• Ronald Everett Baggett, 40, 252 Suwanee Road, was charged Saturday with criminal trespass.

• Ernest Rawls, 67, 403 W. Lawson St., Hahira, was charged Tuesday with failure to appear and probation violation.

• Johnnie Lee Miller, 34, 143 N. Baker St., Ellenton, was charged Tuesday with failure to appear.

• Paxton Leif Newsome, 19, 1783 Elton Clark Road, Norman Park, was charged Saturday with underage possession of alcohol.

Georgia State Patrol

• Lateshia Laquan Williams, 23, 6039 Bulloch Road, was charged Sept. 23 with driving under the influence.

Doerun Police

• Jasman Iesha Anderson, 22, 1213 Paul Lane, Albany, was charged Wednesday with driving while license withdrawn.

Probation violation

Moultrie Police

• Alyssa Adams, 30, 1691 Bob Taylor Road.

• Ruth Ellen Quinn, 51.

• Morgan Allyce Crain, 19, 10538 Ashley Road, Jacksonville, Fla.

Burglary

Moultrie Police

• Byrece Carter, 500 block Fourth Street Southwest, reported Monday the theft of clothing and jewelry with a total value of $660.

Thefts

Sheriff’s Office

• Walter Mitchell Jr., 400 block Ashley St., Berlin, reported Tuesday the theft of an E-Z-Go golf cart valued at $3,500.

Mitchell told police that the golf cart was taken overnight while charging in the front yard.

• Crystal Conger, 700 block Sumner Road, reported Monday the theft of a ZTE Android cell phone valued at $299.

Conger told police that she may have dropped the phone while walking.

Moultrie Police

• Super Shine Car Wash, 701 First Ave. S.E., reported Tuesday that someone broke into a vending machine, taking the coin bin, air fresheners, towels and other cleaning products.

An employee estimated the value of the stolen merchandise at $8.

• Annie Stamper, 800 block Fourth Avenue Southeast, reported Tuesday the theft of a checkbook valued at $1.

• Oxley’s IGA, 800 W. Central Ave., reported Monday that a man concealed five steaks valued at $20 each and walked out of the store without paying for them.

• Brandi Rodriquez, 1000 block Third Street Southwest, reported Monday that someone stole a package containing an Apple iPhone 6 case, valued at $32, that had been delivered to her residence.

Rodriguez told police that her son was able to recover an iPhone holster case that a juvenile male tried to steal.

• Murphy Oil USA, 505 Veterans Parkway S., reported Monday that a man grabbed two 12 packs of Bud Light beer and ran out with them.

He then got into a Chevrolet S10 truck with another man and left, an employee reported to police. The employee that she recognized the shoplifter, who has pulled the same heist on multiple occasions in the past.

The beer was valued at $12.

Property damage

Sheriff’s Office

• Jennifer Anderson, 1400 block Overlook Drive, reported Tuesday that someone poured gasoline on the interior of her 2014 Kia Forte LX.

• Doug DeMott, 200 block DeMott Road, reported Monday that a wine press he found damaged apparently had been vandalized.

Moultrie Police

• Christie Wilkerson, 55, Camilla, reported Tuesday that the driver of a Nissan Altima backed into her 2008 Ford Fusion in a restaurant parking lot in the 500 block of Veterans Parkway North.

Wilkerson told police that the other driver pulled beside her, told her she did not have a driver’s license and insurance, and then drove away.

• Deborah Sailor, 50, Moultrie, reported Tuesday that a driver struck her 2012 Hyundai Genesis while parked in the 900 block of Third Street Northwest.

Other investigations

Moultrie Police

• An employee at Colquitt County Health Department reported Tuesday receiving a complaint about a man pleasuring himself in the lobby of the 214 W. Central Ave. building.

A health and wellness representative with a booth in the lobby reported to the employee that she was upset and uncomfortable because of the man’s activity while seated close to her.