Thieves make off with $30,000 irrigation pump
Published 9:26 pm Wednesday, July 26, 2017
MOULTRIE, Ga. — A car and an irrigation pump were big-ticket items stolen in recent days, with the owners reporting the value of the stolen property at $40,000.
On Tuesday, John Stallings, of the 200 block of Riggins Road, reported the theft of a John Deere irrigation pump.
The pump, valued at $30,000, was stolen from a field in the 100 block of Funston-Sale City Road.
Stallings told police that on the previous day he saw a boat trailer tied where the pump was located. A man was fishing in the pond, but there was no vehicle there.
Also on Tuesday, Laqita Roberts, 600 block 12th Avenue Southeast, reported Tuesday the theft of a 2007 Saturn Outlook valued at $8,000 that was stolen during the night from underneath her carport.
At about 2:30 a.m., about an hour and a half after Roberts reported the car stolen, police were dispatched to the intersection of Woodman Road and Davis Street to investigate a wrecked car.
The silver Saturn was the one Roberts’ had reported stolen, police said.
In other thefts
Moultrie Police
• Hattie Jordan, 600 First Street Northwest, reported Monday that a man to whom she paid $186 to do some repair work never completed the project and also spent a balance of some $383 on a Home Depot card she had allowed him to use in the event he needed more material for the work.
Sheriff’s Office
• Yanet Nunez, 100 block Tucker Lane, reported Monday the theft of a Huffy bicycle valued at $100 and a BB gun of unknown value.
• Jeremiah Hilton, 300 block Allegood Road, reported Tuesday the theft of three Japanese dolls, a ring and other items, all of unknown value.
Burglary
Moultrie Police
• Maule Aircraft, 2099 Hwy. 133 S., reported Tuesday the theft of property valued at $500.
• Tamisha Bailey, 1700 block Dean Lane, reported a burglary in progress Tuesday.
Sheriff’s Office
• Doug Bridges reported Tuesday the theft of property of unknown value including a Winnie The Pooh change jar, Exxon Tiger change jar and Raggedy Ann change jar, from a residence in the 600 block of Woodmen Road.
Battery
Moultrie Police
• Leticia Garcia, 30 block Carolyn Street, reported Tuesday that a male relative grabbed her by the hair and pushed her in the face.
The man told police that they had argued but that there was no physical contact.
Garcia had no visible injuries, police said, and no arrest was made.
Entering auto
Moultrie Police
• Benjamin Allen, 2800 block Fifth Street Southeast, reported Tuesday the theft of a firearm valued at $200.
Arrests
Moultrie Police
• Cassandra Ylonda McCloud, 34, 835 Shy Manor Drive Apt. 2, was charged Tuesday with disorderly conduct, possession of marijuana and duty to obey police officer.
• Lewis Green, 46, 1002 Sixth Ave. S.E., was charged Monday with battery.
• Shaurell Marie Dorsett, 29, 900 Bonny Circle, was charged Saturday with cruelty to children and simple assault.
Berlin Police
• India Laqvesha Thomas, 21, 5025 Sequani Drive, Lake Park, was charged Tuesday with following too closely, driving while license suspended and seat belt violation.
Sheriff’s Office
• Thomas Hill Jr., 48, 385 S. Gregory St., Sale City, was charged Tuesday with failure to appear.
• Pamela Ann Tucker, 48, 1271 Bob Taylor Road, was charged Sunday with disorderly conduct.
• George Willis Price Jr., 47, 153 Newsome Road Lot 5, was charged Saturday with theft by taking.
Georgia State Patrol
• Marlyn Jermaine Spradley, 36, 857 Sardis Church Road, was charged Tuesday with driving while license suspended and probation violation.
• Robert Garrison Weldon, 52, 166 Willow Drive, was charged Tuesday with driving while declared as a habitual violator.
• Standly Mazile, 22, 2677 Old Bainbridge Road, Tallahassee, was charged Saturday with possession of marijuana.
Probation violation
Sheriff’s Office
• James Lee Fielder, 33, 225 Indian Lake Drive Lot 48.
Fraud
Moultrie Police
• Lillie Williams, 63, Moultrie, reported Monday an incident of financial transaction card fraud totaling $224.
Property damage
Moultrie Police
• Tammy Tyler, 800 block Fourth Avenue Southwest, reported Monday that someone scratched the driver’s door of her 1998 Lincoln Navigator.
Damage to the car was less than $500, police said.