MOULTRIE, Ga. — Several local law enforcement officers responded Monday to a report of a shoplifting when word went out that one of the shoplifters had a gun on his hip.

Four Tifton residents — three women and a man — face shoplifting charges after a traffic stop.

Three Moultrie Police Department officers and a Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office deputy converged on the Chevrolet Trailblazer after one police officer pulled it over at about 6:08 p.m. in the 1700 block of First Avenue Southeast, police Sgt. Raul Leal said.

Police were dispatched after Wal-Mart, 641 Veterans Parkway S., reported that the four had left the store with a cart full of merchandise for which they didn’t pay. While on the way an officer spotted the getaway vehicle described by a store employee.

“Once stopped (the officer) was able to see multiple TVs in the vehicle and other items,” Leal said. “When the call went out, one of the offenders had a weapon on him in a holster. Officers searched the vehicle for that weapon. It turned out to be a BB gun.”

The merchandise, valued at $1,087, was recovered in the Trailblazer.

Charged with one count each felony theft by shoplifting were: Amber Brittany Mumtaz, 30; Elizabeth Vera Adenomon, 62; and Paul Camp, 42, all of 1110 South Ridge Ave., Tifton; and A’Chanique Kyunna Dawson, 20, 1106 South Ridge Ave., Tifton.

Police also charged Camp with possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime.

Dawson was charged with crossing guard lines with contraband after police found a small amount of suspected marijuana on her after she was brought to Colquitt County Jail.

In other arrests

Moultrie Police

• Christopher James-Delauhter Gore, 31, 1816 Fourth St. S.E., was charged Friday with criminal damage to property and battery.

• Matthew David Adams, 42, 1116 18th St., Columbus, was charged Tuesday with driving while license withdrawn, no license plate, giving false information or false name to police officer and probation violation.

• Natasha Hope Hill, 28, 1806 West Blvd., was charged Monday with theft by shoplifting.

Sheriff’s Office

• Ricky Lavon Holt, 35, 699 J.O. Stewart Road, Norman Park, was charged Tuesday with battery and simple assault.

• Irma Joyce Nieto, 30, 145-B Weeks St., Norman Park, was charged Tuesday with failure to appear.

• Jerry Tomar Lewis, 35, 251 Selena Road, was charged Tuesday with simple battery.

• Steve Jerome Sutton, 35, 166 Ridge Road, was charged Monday with failure to appear.

Probation violation

Sheriff’s Office

• Julius Marquis Sesler, 35, 319 Second St. N.W.