MOULTRIE, Ga. — A traffic stop conducted on a car with a defective headlight resulted in drug charges for the driver early Saturday morning.

At  4:10 a.m. a Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office deputy spotted the 2008 Ford Ranger on Highway 133 South near Norman Estates Road.

Observing the headlight was out and the blinker assembly missing on the passenger side, the officer turned around but the driver accelerated and turned onto Old Adel Road.

A short time later the deputy caught up with the car in the 2800 block of Old Adel Road.

The driver, Marlyn Jermaine Spradley, had a suspended license, the deputy’s report said. During the stop police found suspected methamphetamine and marijuana in the car.

Spradley, 857 Sardis Church Road, was charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, obstruction of a police officer and driving while license suspended.

In other arrests

Sheriff’s Office

• Savannah Bryant, 23, 405 Fifth St. S.E., was charged Sunday with driving while license withdrawn.

• Carlos Martinez Campos, 33, 103 Garden Lane, was charged Saturday with driving without license.

• Juan Antonio Alejandro, 25, 207 Levi Road, was charged Saturday with driving under the influence.

• Derrick Donta Key, 36, 512 First St. S.E., was charged Saturday with possession of marijuana.

• Jacob T. Nellis, 17, Highway 133, was charged Sunday with three counts child molestation and sexual exploitation of a child.

• James D. Gay, 39, 708 Edmondson Road, was charged Friday with theft by shoplifting.

• Jason Lamar Law, 37, 370 Wilder Road, was charged Friday with use of fighting words.

• Russell Colin Roberts, 38, 1996 Ellenton-Omega Road, Norman Park, was charged Friday with accountability court termination.

• Carmen Michelle Easters, 36,379 N. Broad St., Lenox, was charged Thursday with possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug-related object.

Georgia State Patrol

• Marvin Marcellus Swain, 48, 5040 N. County Line St., Pavo, was charged Friday with driving under the influence and driving in violation of limited permit.

Doerun Police

• Jack Talon Michael Berrios, 25, 12071 Wright St., was charged Monday with driving with suspended or revoked license.

• Brandi Carolyn Landrum, 33, 1160 Second St. S.E., was charged Friday with interference with police, driving while tag suspended, driving under the influence, driving with suspended or revoked license and open container in vehicle.

Moultrie Police

• Jose Luis Aguilar, 33, 178-B Cherry Ave., was charged Saturday with driving under the influence (test refusal), open container in vehicle, laying drag and reckless driving.

Probation violation

Norman Park Police

• James Tyler Cobb, 26, 668 J.O. Stewart Road, Norman Park.

Moultrie Police

• Dashita Lachrystal Gibson, 41, Stockton, Ga.

• Sidni Lydia West, 19, 199 Southerland Ave., Berlin.

Thefts

Sheriff’s Office

• Colquitt County EMC, 15 Rowland Drive, reported Friday that someone tampered with a company meter in the 1500 block of Funston-Sale City Road.

A cord also had been connected from one camper to another camper, an employee told police.

Moultrie Police

• Stacey Barnes, 35, reported Sunday the theft of $100 from an ATM in the 500 block of Veterans Parkway South.

Barnes told police that after making a withdrawal she got home and realized that $100 was missing. When she went back to the store video showed a woman pulling money out of the machine a short time after Barnes left.

• Jacqueline Gore, 1800 block Fourth Street Southeast, reported Sunday the theft of a 2013 Nissan Altima valued at $9,000.

Battery

Sheriff’s Office

• Payton Laughlin, 300 block Mitchell County Line Road, reported Saturday that a male assaulted her with his fist and bit one of the fingers of her left hand.

Laughlin told police that the man, who was not there when officer arrived, was drunk and that she was sleeping at the time the incident started.

Paramedics took Laughlin to the hospital for treatment.

Moultrie Police

• James Love, Fourth Avenue Northwest, reported Saturday that a man struck him in the shoulder and leg with a stick after starting a fight with him.

Love had a swollen knee, police said.

Other investigations

Sheriff’s Office

• Fastrac, 1881 Tallokas Road, reported Friday that a $10 bill a customer tried to use for a purchase was counterfeit.

The customer used different money to pay for her merchandise and a store employee turned the suspected counterfeit bill over to police.

• Daniel Hunter, 3000 block Old Doerun Road, reported Friday that a soda machine was damaged at Boone’s Tire, 173 Hwy. 133 S.

• Stephany Guerrero, 200 block Dean Matthews Road, reported Sunday hearing gunshots and that one bullet struck the back glass of a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado.

A deputy determined the window was struck by a rock, police said. No shell casings were found in the area.

Moultrie Police

• Brandi Zimmerman, 300 block Third Street Southeast, reported Saturday that someone covered the doors of her 2005 Chevrolet Trail Blazer with oil.

Zimmerman told police that she heard a loud “thud” and found the damage when she went out to investigate. She suspected that a male relative was responsible.

• Celdis Western Wear, 317 Sixth St. S.E., reported Saturday that an unknown male threw a large piece of asphalt at a window of the store.

The window did not break, police said, and the suspect picked up the object and walked away.

Police were dispatched about four hours earlier, at 6:43 a.m., to investigate an alarm at the store. At the time officers found no signs of property damage or entry into the building.