MOULTRIE, Ga. — A call about a late-night knock on a woman’s door resulted in police recovering a car and pistol reported stolen in Mitchell County and arresting a suspect.

Moultrie police were dispatched at about 5:47 a.m. to the residence of Shacholeyen Key in the 900 block of Sixth Street Northwest. The first officer to arrive in the area noticed a 2014 Nissan Altima with damage around the passenger-side headlight parked “awkwardly” on the roadside with a man sitting inside.

When the officer turned around to check out the damaged car, the man got outside of it and started walking south on Sixth Street and then went around a corner.

The officer then checked with Key, who was OK but just wanted to report the incident. She told police that she did not know the person who was knocking.

After police determined that the Nissan was stolen and arranged to have it removed by a wrecker, the first officer noticed the man he had seen earlier peek over a fence. Other officers returned to the area, located the man and chased him down.

Police took Lavernell Lorenzo Lamons, 24, 6050 S. Pine Street, Coolidge, into custody. While searching Lamons prior to arrest, police said, an officer found a gun on him that also was       reported stolen in Mitchell County.

The case remains under investigation.

Thefts

Moultrie Police

• La Cabana, 320 Talmadge Drive, reported Wednesday the theft of property valued at $350.

• Jennifer Cothern, 23, Albany, reported Wednesday the theft of flowers valued at $50 from her grandmother’s grave at a 2929 S. Main St. cemetery.

Property damage

Moultrie Police

• Shonda McBride, 800 block Shy Manor Drive, reported Wednesday that a male acquaintance damaged the interior of her apartment.

The man reportedly ran into another apartment when police arrived, but no one answered the door there when an officer knocked.

Later, police learned that there is an active arrest warrant for the man.

• Juanita Polite, 64, Moultrie, reported Wednesday that a          driver struck her 1998 GMC Sierra C-1500 while she was inside a store in the 600 block of Veterans Parkway South.

• Brittany Tuff, 1000 block Second Avenue Northwest, reported Wednesday that someone damaged her 2014 Kia Optima overnight in an apparent attempt to break into the car.

Tuff told police that she found pry marks around a door, on the rear bumper and trunk. She did not think the suspect got inside the car.