Reported thefts top $4,000

Staff Reports

February 17, 2009 09:21 pm

MOULTRIE — Four Colquitt County residents reported Monday they were victims of property theft. Items reported stolen included guns, jewelry, cash, rods and reels and yard tools.
The value of the items reported stolen was $4,426. Those who reported being the victims of theft were:
• Tequilia Erving, of 12th Avenue Southeast, reported a thief broke out a bedroom window and stole $1,000 cash and two gold bracelets between 9 a.m. and noon Monday. The value of the stolen items was $1,325.
• Bradley Burnham, of Cool Springs Road, reported a thief stole eight rods and reels from a storage closet between 10 p.m. Sunday and 8:09 p.m. Monday. The value of the stolen rods and reels was $800.
• Todd Mathews, of Vinson Road in Meigs, reported a thief pried open his back door and stole a Browning .243-caliber rifle, an SKB 12-gauge shotgun, a Ruger .44-caliber revolver, a 12-gauge shotgun, a Leopold scope and a gold wedding band between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. Monday. The value of the stolen items was $2,151.
• Laverne Henson, of Tallokas Road, reported a thief stole a Yardvark edger from under her carport between 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Monday. The value of the stolen edger was $150.

Arrests
Moultrie Police
• Barbie Hicks Fonseca, 28, of 190 Smith St. in Berlin, was charged Monday with disorderly conduct.
• Eric Terry, 22, of 610 12th Ave. S.E., was charged Monday with malicious mischief.
• Jerri Pero, 38, of 1972 Highway 37 E., was charged Monday with theft by shoplifting. Pero allegedly attempted to steal various items from Murphy Express on South Veterans Parkway.
• Nathaniel Tyler Jr., 40, of 412 10th Ave. S.E., was charged Friday with cruelty to children (second degree). He allegedly pinched a 6-year-old girl’s breasts, causing bruising.
• Christopher A. Florence, 23, of 1109 Azalea Circle in Adel, was charged Monday with being a habitual violator, DUI less safe driver, DUI child endangerment, driving with a suspended license, a child restraint violation and failure to yield when entering a roadway.
• Ervin Ricko Watson, 37, of 726 W. Gordon Ave. in Albany, was charged Tuesday with running a red light, no proof of insurance, driving with suspended registration, driving with a suspended license and defective equipment.
• Dionna Alexcia Williams, 20, of 326 Ninth St. S.E., Apt. C, was charged Monday with theft of mislaid property.
• Bernice Williams, 48, of 514 Seventh Ave. S.E., was charged Monday with theft of mislaid property.

Colquitt County S.O.
• Walter Ruiz, 18, of 177 Cherry Ave., Lot D, was charged Thursday with fighting.
• Edgar Ruiz, 20, of 177 Cherry Ave., Lot B, was charged Thursday with fighting.
• Edgar Cinto, 22, of 651 Willow Drive, was charged Friday with fighting in a public place.
• Randy Bernard Downs Jr., 18, of 911 Tift St. in Albany, was charged Friday with theft by taking.

Other Incidents
Moultrie Police
• A employee at Circuit Board Computers on First Avenue Southeast reported Monday a known male customer paid for a laptop computer using a fraudulent check Feb. 3. The amount of the fraudulent check was $757.55.

Colquitt County S.O.
• James Tatum, of Sumner Road, reported two bulldogs killed two of his goats in a goat pen Monday. The value of the dead goats was $170. One of the two dogs was captured and taken to the Moultrie-Colquitt County Humane Society.
• George Tucker reported someone knocked 50 holes in the walls, eight holes in the roof, a hole in the living room floor and tore off a cabinet door from a house on Old Adel Road between Jan. 15 and 9:30 a.m. Monday. Damage was estimated at about $2,500. Tucker gave sheriff’s deputies the names of two male suspects.

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