MOULTRIE, Ga. — Moultrie police arrested a suspect wanted in the robbery of the Subway restaurant on West Central Avenue Oct. 9.

Leo Jeroid Hightower, 32, 224 Second St. N.W., was charged Monday with armed robbery in connection with that case as well as an unrelated probation violation. A booking report was made available from the Colquitt County Jail on Thursday.

Hightower is accused of walking into the 100 W. Central Ave. Subway at about 7:15 on Oct. 9, handing the clerk a letter demanding money and threatening to harm an employee if he did not hand over the money.

“He walked in and handed the clerk a letter demanding the money,” Moultrie Police Department Lt. Freddie Williams told The Observer shortly after the robbery. “He never brandished one (weapon) but threatened the clerk if he didn’t cooperate.”

The Subway robbery is one of several that have been reported recently, but the others have generally involved multiple offenders, guns and physical violence; most of those robberies targeted Latinos, especially farmworkers.

Arrests

Moultrie Police

• Shaveka Catrell Crawford, 23, 923 Fifth St. S.W., was charged Tuesday with simple assault.

Crawford was accused of slapping Makayla Sellers, of Moultrie, Tuesday evening during a dispute at Packer Villas, 500 block Ninth Street Southwest.

Sellers said Crawford hit her, she fought back and another woman joined in against her, but a witness said Crawford was the only one she saw fighting Sellers.

• Takeira Ryneisha James, 18, 214 Hillcrest Ave. S.E., was charged Wednesday with shoplifting.

• Laverne Young, 53, 315 Fifth Ave. N.W., was charged Monday with DUI, driving while license withdrawn, driving on a suspended tag and no insurance, as well as charged on a bench warrant.

• Lantavious De’John Haynes, 17, 225 Third St. N.W., was charged Wednesday with giving false information to an officer and duty to obey an officer.

• Mark Sylvester Davis, 38, 2608 Seventh St. S.E., Apt. A, was charged Monday with simple battery (family violence), obstruction and cruelty to children in the third degree.

Sheriff’s Office

• Timothy Gaskins, 54, 124 W.E. Hart Road, Berlin, was charged Oct. 12 with aggravated assault.

• Crystal Gayle Perry, 40, of Dawson, Ga., was charged Wednesday with failure to appear.

• Amber Guyton, 22, 127 W. Barnes St., Sale City, was charged Wednesday with failure to drive in a single lane and reckless driving.

Thefts

Moultrie Police

• Darren Hickey and Ashton Chance Holloway, both of Moultrie, reported the theft of $1 from a vehicle at Waffle House, 1900 First Ave. S.E., Wednesday night.

• Alexis Breanna Morris, of Moultrie, reported a theft from a vehicle Wednesday evening at the Church of God, 3113 Veterans Parkway South. Both right-side passenger windows were broken out, police said. Missing were Morris’s purse and wallet (valued at $200 and $150, respectively), $80 in cash and her driver’s license.

• Thomas Jackson Hunter, of Preston, Ga., reported someone entered his vehicle at J. Harvey’s, 1700 First Ave. S.E., Wednesday evening. Items valued at $872 were taken.

• Keyuna Lashay Sims, of Moultrie, told police Tuesday morning that someone broke into a residence in the 1000 block of 14th Street Southeast over the preceding night. Electronics valued at $300 were missing.

• Charlie James Thornton, of Moultrie, reported his wallet was stolen from inside his 2005 Chevrolet Silverado. The wallet contained $61, but $11 of that was recovered, police said.

Sheriff’s Office

• Two shoplifters filled two trash cans with cleaning supplies and tried to leave the Dollar General Store, 1936 Georgia Highway 133 South, around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. The cans and supplies together were valued at $179, but they were all recovered as the would-be thieves made their getaway.

Forgery

Moultrie Police

• Debora Lynn Thornton told police Wednesday that when she tried to pay for lunch at Kentucky Fried Chicken, 300 Lane St., that day, the clerk told her the $10 bill she offered was counterfeit. Thornton told police she had gotten the bill from KFC as change when she bought lunch there the previous day. Officers confirmed the bill was counterfeit and placed it into evidence.

Property damage

Moultrie Police

• Patricia Ann Moore, of Moultrie reported someone cut two tires on her 1994 GMC Jimmy. The tires were not deflated but had a chunk of rubber cut from the sidewalls. The vehicle was fine at 2 p.m. Monday but the damage was discovered around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

• Lynn Calloway, of Norman Park, reported Tuesday morning that someone broke a lock on a shed in the 1400 block of Ninth Street Southwest over the preceding night. Nothing was missing, but the damaged lock was valued at $25.

Other reports

Sheriff’s Office

• Earnest Harrell Sims, 100 block Ridgewood Lane, Norman Park, reported a case of identity theft Wednesday. The deputy’s report provided no details.