MOULTRIE — A Moultrie police officer was injured when she tried to chase down a suspect who fled into some woods early Monday morning.

The officer, Kimberly Weissinger, was on First Avenue Southeast at 1:26 a.m. Monday when she spotted a black male walking off of the back porch at Rayon Supermarket and fled on foot. The man was carrying a long, unknown object in his hand, and the officer began to pursue him.

The officer yelled for the man to stop several times as she called in her location over the radio. The man stumbled as he ran, and she was able to take him down before she was hit in the head with an unknown object.

The officer let go of the man after she was hit, and he escaped behind Harvey’s Supermarket. The officer was taken to Colquitt Regional Medical Center and was treated for a concussion, and she had a knot on the right side of her head, a swollen cheek and bruising. A hospital spokesperson said she was treated for her injuries and released Monday.

Arrests:

Moultrie Police

• Richard Anthony Ozzello, 46, of 404 E. Central Ave., Apt. 3, was charged Friday with disorderly conduct.

• Daniel Alford, 50, of 306 11th Court S.E., was charged Friday with simple battery (family violence).

• Maria Delacruz, 19, of 20 30th Ave. N.E., was charged Friday with driving without a license and tail lights required.

• Scott Shealey, 33, of 616 Third Ave. S.W., was charged Saturday with simple battery (family violence) and battery.

• Deborah Knighton, 29, of 713 Second St. N.W., was charged Saturday with duty to obey an officer, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct.

• Dennis Mitchell, 38, of 324 First Ave. N.W., was charged Saturday with duty to obey an officer, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct.

• Elbernezer Bershon Walker, 36, of 508 Third St. N.W., was charged Saturday with public drunkenness, disorderly conduct and theft by conversion.

• Juan Carlos Dominguez, 30, of 731 Sumner Road, was charged Saturday with defective equipment, driving with an expired tag, DUI (second offense), driving with a suspended license and giving false information to an officer.