MOULTRIE — Moultrie police apprehended an alleged burglar Thursday morning with the help of two citizens.

A juvenile boy was charged with burglary.

Robert Phelps reported he and his wife pulled up to a house on East Central Avenue at 11:26 a.m. Thursday. He saw a black male, later identified as the boy, leave the house and run between two mobile homes.

Phelps and a witness told an officer they chased after the suspect and brought him back to the house. When the officer arrived, the boy stated he went inside the house because he saw an open door and heard voices inside.

A window was found opened, which is the alleged point of entry.

When the homeowner, Avel Teal, and the officer went through the house, they found several jars of change, cash and gold necklaces missing. The total value of the reported stolen items was about $925. More items may be missing, but Teal did not know until speaking with others who lived at the house.

The boy was placed under arrest and taken to the Moultrie Police Department. It was not known if the items reported stolen were recovered.



Arrests

Moultrie Police

• Courtney Deandre Nickerson, 24, of 502 27th St. S.E., Apt. 4, was charged Thursday with theft by shoplifting.

• Floyd Patterson Jr., 42, of 323 Second St. N.W., was charged Friday with theft by taking.



Colquitt County S.O.

• Lucia Leon, 20, of 4457 Cool Springs Road in Norman Park, was charged Thursday with driving without a license and defective equipment.

• Auro Gomez, 38, of 887 Sardis Church Road, was charged Thursday with driving without a license, head lights required and no proof of insurance.



Berlin Police

• Omar Montoya Martinez, 30, of Rural Route 1, Box 1975, in Newton, was charged Thursday with driving too fast for conditions and driving without a license.



Norman Park Police

• Tobias Demere Thomas, 19, of 325 10th St. S.E., was charged Thursday with driving with a suspended license and tag lights required.

• Louis Gonzalez, 23, of 133 Highway 319 N., Lot 6, in Norman Park, was charged Friday with driving without a license and tag lights required.



Other Incidents

Moultrie Police

• Tammy Cone, of South Gate Drive, reported someone sent her son a lottery-winning check Thursday. The check, with a Canada postmark and sent from Minneapolis, Minn., was turned over to the Moultrie Police Department.

• Patricia Alford, of 11th Court Southeast, reported someone withdrew her child support from her bank account Wednesday.



Colquitt County S.O.

• Thomas Griffin reported Thursday a thief stole a surveillance camera from Griffin Farms on Kendallwood Church Road between Sept. 13 and Sept. 14. The value of the stolen camera was $100. Griffin gave sheriff’s deputies the name of a male suspect.

• Scott Tillman, of Vinland Circle, reported a thief stole a Sears air compressor Monday. The value of the stolen air compressor was $100.