MOULTRIE, Ga. — A Colquitt County couple’s attempt to hide from police by covering themselves with piles of clothing didn’t fool law enforcement on Tuesday and resulted in both going to jail.

Just before 8 p.m. two deputies arrived at the 1277 C.S. Powell Road, Omega, residence of Alan Scott Jones Jr. to arrest him on an outstanding warrant charging him with endangering a security interest.

As one officer knocked on the front door, the second officer saw a man’s head emerge from the back door and then disappear back inside. When he checked the back door it was locked and he heard movement inside the house.

The officer used a photo to identify Jones as the person he saw at the back door, police said. The deputies again knocked and informed anyone inside that they had an arrest warrant for Jones, and that he and anyone else in the residence would be arrested for refusing to open the door.

Eventually the officers forced open a door and searched the residence. They found Jones in the bedroom hiding under a pile of clothes on the floor, police said. Ashlee Renae Johnson was found under a pile of blankets in the same bedroom.

Police charged both Johnson and Jones with obstruction of a police officer.

In other arrests

Sheriff’s Office

• Chris Eugene Westberry, 38, 110 J.B. McCoy Road, was charged Tuesday with possession of a firearm by convicted felon.

• Ishmel Raphael Stevenson, 26, 185 Medders Drive, was charged Tuesday with bail jumping.

Berlin Police

• Frederick Gardner, 25, 599 Funston-Sigsbee Road, was charged Monday with failure to appear.

Moultrie Police

• Angel Gonzalez, 24, 2600 Seventh St. Apt. 7, was charged Tuesday with failure to appear.

• Vera Lee Stringer, 36, 1342 Summer Circle, was charged Monday with driving while license withdrawn and driving while tag suspended.

Probation violation

Sheriff’s Office

• David Justin Daniels, 28, 317 Sardis Church Road.

Moultrie Police

• Michael Clayton Tucker, 36, 2408 Gibson Road.

• Michael Jay Gray, 34, 330 S. Railroad St., Norman Park.

Battery

Sheriff’s Office

• Sherry Matamoros, 1400 block Murdock Street, reported Monday that a male companion tried to drag her into their bedroom to beat her after starting an argument about the residence being dirty.

Matamoros told police that the man hit her in the mouth.

She had a bloody bottom lip and bruises on her legs that she told police was from being beaten with a belt on a prior occasion.

As a deputy was entering the residence to speak with the man he ran out of the back door and into a wooded area.

• Vanessa Carter, 10 block 29th Avenue Northwest, reported Saturday that a juvenile female relative bit her finger during an argument over a cell phone. Carter’s husband gave the same account, police said, and police charged the girl with simple battery (domestic violence).

The girl had a laceration in the area of her right eyebrow, police said. An officer took her to the hospital for medical treatment. She was released to Carter.

Moultrie Police

• Tiarra Fulton, 23, reported Tuesday that she was attacked by two women and a man in the 700 block of Fifth Avenue Northwest.

• Candace Smith, 21, Moultrie, reported Monday that a male companion hit her in the face in the 500 block of Fourth Street Northwest.

Burglary

Sheriff’s Office

• Wes Smith, 400 block Millpond Road, reported Monday the theft of $40 in cash, a check book, ATM cards, desk drawer and gumball coin dispenser.

Thefts

Moultrie Police

• Anthony Gamble, 900 block Second Street Southeast, reported Tuesday the theft of a mini bike valued at $1,600 from his mother’s residence in the 1000 block of Third Street Southeast.

• Kevin Kinsey, 48, Moultrie, reported Monday the theft of a trailer valued at $2,000 from the 2700 block of South Main Street.

Entering auto

Moultrie Police

• Amber Dees, 17, Ellenton, reported Tuesday the theft of $50 and other property valued at $185 from a 2014 Ford Fusion parked in the 1800 block of Park Avenue.

• Bret Holden, 23, Moultrie, reported Tuesday the theft of $20 from a 2013 GMC Acadia parked in the 20 block of Doc Darbyshire Road.

• Travis Kern, Moultrie reported Tuesday that someone stole property from Laura Copeland’s 2007 Toyota Corolla while it was parked in the 1800 block of Park Avenue.

The thief took $200 and other property valued at $30, police said.

Forgery

Sheriff’s Office

• Sammy Taylor 3100 block Evergreen Road, Doerun, reported Monday that a male relative passed three checks, totaling $1,250, on his bank account without his authorization.

Property damage

Sheriff’s Office

• Romero Torres, 600 block Sardis Church Road reported Tuesday seeing a man damaging his own wife’s car.

When an officer arrived he saw a man walking in the street who told the officer that he had used methamphetamine two days earlier, had drunk vodka that day and “couldn’t handle his life.” He also said that he wanted to hurt someone, police said, and he was taken to Colquitt Regional Medical Center for evaluation.

Torres told police that the man broke two windows and the windshield of a 2004 Ford Taurus, and he said the car belongs to the man’s wife.