MOULTRIE, Ga. — Two men, one of whom pulled a gun, came to the assistance Saturday of a store employee who was shoved aside by a thief as she tried to block his exit.

AT about 9:42 p.m. police were dispatched to the 1908 First Ave. S.E. Dollar General store to investigate the incident.

The employee told police that a customer reported that a man was shoplifting women’s clothing, and as he came toward the register the employee saw several items of clothing sticking out of his jacket. The employee stood at the exit and asked the man whether he was paying for the merchandise.

The man told her to move and pushed her away to make his way outside.

Two male customers then tried to detain the man.  A second man told police that he also had seen the man with clothing stuffed underneath his jacket. He ran outside and got in front of the shoplifter and, when he was pushed aside pulled a pistol. At that time the man ran to a car at the Waffle House and left with a woman driving.

Some $107 worth of stolen merchandise was recovered, police said.

In other thefts:

• Tessa Dawson, 32, Pelham, reported Sunday the theft of a cell phone valued at $200 that she left on a store counter in the 1400 block of West Bypass.

When Dawson returned the phone was gone.

• James Cravey, 200 block Nandina Drive, reported Sunday the theft of a number of collector’s knives with a total value of $500.

• Chad Lasseter, 29, Moultrie, reported finding his stolen pressure washer at a Moultrie pawn store.

American Pawn, 1235 First Ave. S.E., returned the washer to Lasseter.

A male acquaintance of Lasseter’s sold the washer, valued at $250, for $45, police said.

• Mikeria Lewis, 600 block 12th Avenue Southeast, reported Friday the theft of an Apple iPhone valued at $630.

• Roses, 215 Sixth St. S.E., reported Saturday that an unknown male stole flowers valued at $4.

• Murphy Oil USA, 505 Veterans Parkway S., reported Saturday that while an employee was waiting on a customer a male entered the store and walked out with two cases of Bud Light beer valued at a total of $44.

• South Georgia Mobile Transit, 1015 N. Main St., reported Saturday the theft of a Rigid roofing nail gun and DeWalt Sawzall with a total value of $500.

Sheriff’s office

• Timothy Weeks, 300 block Mill Street, Norman Park, reported Sunday the theft of a radiator, scrap metal and air conditioner with a total value of $220 from the 300 block of Jasmine Lane, Omega.

Weeks also reported that additional property in a shed had been burned.

• Juan Hernandez, 2700 block First Street Northwest, reported Sunday the theft of push lawn mower valued at $50.

• Charles Smith, 5800 block U.S. Highway 319 North, Norman Park, reported Friday the theft of a car engine and transmission and some 20 pieces of steel rebar with a total value of $3,800.

Burglary

Moultrie Police

• David Maule,  2000 block Highway 133 South, reported Friday the theft of cash and other property with a total value of $350.

Entering auto

Moultrie Police

• Arthur Farrell, 500 block Fourth Street Southwest, reported Sunday that a male entered his 2014 Fiat 500L.

Farrell told police that the male was walking through the neighborhood checking for unlocked car doors. Nothing was reported missing.

• An officer patrolling at 5:30 a.m. Sunday at the Art Center apartment complex, 407 Seventh Ave. S.W., reported finding doors ajar on a 2011 Lexus RX350, a 1995 Honda Accord, 2005 Honda Accord and 2001 Toyota Corolla.

• Tiffany Robinson, 1100 block Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, reported Sunday the theft of $10 from a 2003 Mercury Sable.

Assault

Moultrie Police

• George Edwards, 800 block Fourth Avenue Southwest, reported Friday that a female acquaintance hit him in the genitals while using vulgar language toward him.

Police notified Georgia Adult Protective Services because Edwards is 68.

Battery

Moultrie Police

• Luis Chavez-Rodriguez, Moultrie, reported Sunday that a family member slapped him during an argument in the 500 block of Third Avenue Southeast.

Police said that his sister, Laura Chavez-Rodriguez, called to report the incident but was not there when an officer arrived.

Luis Chavez-Rodriguez had a bleeding finger, police said. He was not sure at that time whether he wanted to file charges.

• Kelise Carr, 800 block Second Street Southeast, reported Sunday that a male acquaintance picked her up and threw her to the ground during an argument.

• Alonza Wright, 61, Moultrie, reported Friday that at 9:20 p.m. a male acquaintance punched him in the face while he was sitting in a car near the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Eighth Street Northwest.

Wright told police that the man tried to pick up a concrete block to throw at him.

The blocks were chained to the ground near a fence, police said. Wright refused medical treatment at the scene.

• Keisha Brooks, 400 block 10th Avenue Southeast, reported Friday that a male acquaintance hit her in the face during an argument.

Brooks had no visible injuries, police said but a witness corroborated her account.

Officers arrested Cedric Sean Thomas, who was charged with simple battery and probation violation.

Sheriff’s Office

• Rhonda Sue Lawson, 1300 block Moultrie-Lenox Road, reported Sunday that a male relative threw her to the ground and wrapped his hand around her neck.

Lawson had skin discoloration around the left elbow and thigh of her left leg, police said. The man was not there when police arrived.

• Michelle Courtney, 100 block Lakeshore Road, reported Sunday that a live-in former relative grabbed her by the arms, slung her across the room and grabbed her by the throat during an argument.

Courtney had a small bruise on her right forearm and redness to both upper arms, police said.

Fraud

Moultrie Police

• Henry Belcher, 86, Moultrie, reported Friday that his debit card had been used to make unauthorized charges of $6 at a Moultrie convenience store.

• Moultrie Package, 1304 Veterans Parkway N., reported Friday that someone passed a forged $100 check.

Other investigations

Moultrie Police

• Jessica Wachowiak, 800 block Third Avenue Southeast, reported Sunday that between 2:30 a.m. and 3:49 p.m. a male acquaintance tried five times to kick open the back door of her residence.