MOULTRIE, Ga. — As bad an idea as it may be to visit your probation officer while drunk, it’s an even worse strategy to drive yourself there in that condition.

That’s what police say 38-year-old Moultrie resident Michael Clay Taylor did on Tuesday morning.

Taylor’s probation officer called police when she smelled what was described as “a strong odor of what she identified as alcohol” when he came into her office. Taylor reportedly told her that he drove himself to the downtown office and had been drinking the previous evening.

When police arrived, Taylor told the officer he had been drinking rum until about 1 a.m. Tuesday. A portable alcohol test indicated that Taylor’s blood alcohol content was .107, above the legal limit of .08 at which a driver is considered impaired.

Taylor, 802 Lane St. E., was charged with driving under the influence. His probation officer also will take a warrant charging him with probation violation, police said.

Arrests

Moultrie Police

• Allen Roger Furney, 41, 182 Old Culbertson Road, was charged Sunday with criminal trespass.

Police arrested Furney during a second visit to Brenda Plunk’s residence in the 70 block of Regency Village Drive, after an officer had told him that Plunk did not want him there and that he should not return.

• Miranda Lee Johnson, 32, 1008 Holmes Drive, was charged Wednesday with giving false name, birth date or address to law enforcement officer.

Police arrested Johnson while investigating a report of a suspected shoplifting at Wal-Mart, 641 Veterans Parkway S.

• Breanna N. Hobgood, 19, 1421 Sunrise Ave., was chaged Tuesday with theft by shoplifting.

Police arrested Hobgood after an employee at Dollar General, 1908 First Ave. S.E., reported that the teen-ager had stolen infant Motrin, infant pain reliever and a thermometer with a total value of $24.

• Draoone Deshawn Hampton, 25, 5434 Ione Road, Pavo, was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

• Christina Gail Kosik, 37, 119 29th Ave. N.W., was charged Tuesday with failure to appear.

• Kimberly Yon, 38, 801 Eighth Ave. S.E., was charged Tuesday with criminal trespass.

• Dennis K’Arshay Cleveland, 27, 39 Bryan St., Adel, was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

• Steve L. Bryan, 59, 284 T. Davis Road, Hartsfield, was charged Wednesday with criminal trespass.

• Ruta Jayne Neuhard, 52, 205 Moultrie Road S.E., Doerun, was charged Monday with no driver’s license, no insurance, knowingly driving motor vehicle on suspended, cancelled or revoked license, and failure to yield while turning left.

Probation violation

Moultrie Police

• Brandi Carolyn Landrum, 31, 1160 Second St. S.E.

Burglary

Moultrie Police

• Farmers Market Produce, 1801 First Ave. S.E., reported Tuesday the theft of property and cash valued at a total of $186.

Thefts

Moultrie Police

• Clive Sumner, 82, Moultrie, reported Monday the theft of a white bicycle helmet valued at $48 in the 1700 block of First Avenue Southeast.

Sumner told police that he left the helmet in the carrier of his motor scooter.

Assaults

Moultrie Police

• Alex Hartshorn, 46, Moultrie, reported Tuesday that an unknown assailant pointed a gun at him at 11 p.m. in the 800 block of Fifth Street Southeast.

Fraud

Moultrie Police

• Charlotte Janowski, 800 block Fourth Avenue Sotheast, reported Tuesday an incident of identity theft.

• Plymel’s, 800 Hwy. 133 S., reported Tuesday a fraud incident totaling $1,690

Property damage

Moultrie Police

• Lisa Simoneau, 51, Moultrie, reported Monday that a driver struck her 2010 GMC Acadia in a parking lot in the 800 block of Veterans Parkway.

Simoneau told police that the driver initially told her to follow her, and when Simoneau said no the other drier rolled down the window and asked what she wanted. Simoneau reported that when she told the girl driving the blue SUV she wanted her insurance information she replied, “(Here’s) my insurance information,”and beore spinning tires on the pavement as she drove away.

Simoneau’s car had a “large scuff” on the rear passenger tire, police said. Police will review store video to help identify the driver.

• Mark Galphin, 10 bloc Doc Darbyshire Road, reported Sunday that a Ford automobile was damaged.