Officer shoots aggressive dog

Staff Reports

October 03, 2008 10:34 pm

— MOULTRIE — A Moultrie police officer shot a dog that was overly aggressive early Friday morning.
An officer was called to a house on Hutchinson Drive at 2:09 a.m. Friday about dogs barking. He was told by an anonymous person that one of his dogs had gotten loose from his chain and was attacking another of his dogs, which remained chained.
The officer felt the dog could turn on him or the homeowner at any moment and was not responding to commands, so he notified his supervisor of the situation. The supervisor agreed the only way to control the dog, since it was unchained and acting violently, was to shoot it.
The officer fired one shot at the dog’s hind quarters, and the dog backed away from the other dog and laid down. The dog being attacked was able to get away, running underneath the porch. The dog acting violently was able to only get up briefly before lying back down.
The Humane Society of Colquitt County took custody of the wounded dog.

Arrests:
Moultrie Police
• Calvin Tyrone Suggs, 19, of 1515 Fourth Ave. N.E., Apt. L-7, was charged Wednesday with criminal attempt to commit armed robbery. Suggs was shot during an alleged armed robbery attempt at an apartment on 26th Avenue Southeast Sept. 27.
• Melissa Latisha Thomas, 27, of 532 27th St. S.E., was charged Thursday with driving with a suspended license (third offense), a brake lights violation, giving false information to an officer and probation violation.
• Denise Amie Farrow, 31, of 526 Hinsonton Road in Meigs, was charged Thursday with theft by shoplifting.
• Glenda Lowery, 46, of 530 Hinsonton Road in Meigs, was charged Thursday with theft by shoplifting.
• David Barge, 27, of 825 E. Central Ave., was charged Thursday with cruelty to children (third degree), disorderly conduct and simple battery.
• Jimmie Darrell McCall, 47, of 1201 13th Ave. S.E., was charged Thursday with public drunkenness (third offense).
• Floyd Patterson Jr., 43, of Moultrie, was charged Thursday with public drunkenness.
• Edgar Cinto, 22, of 651 Willow Drive, was charged Friday with DUI, failure to maintain lane, driving without a license and an open container violation.
• Antonio Lonard Stewart, 26, of 818 Third St. S.W., was charged Friday with two counts of criminal trespassing and battery.

Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office
• Darrell Maurice Lee, 35, of 3109 S. Veterans Parkway, Apt. E-11, was charged Thursday with crossing a guardline with contraband.
• Terrance Reddick, 32, of the Colquitt County Correctional Institution, was charged Thursday with possession of a cell phone by an inmate while incarcerated.
• Antonio Demetrie Harris, 32, of the Colquitt County Correctional Institution, was charged Thursday with possession of a cell phone by an inmate while incarcerated.
• Matthew Duke Roberson, 36, of the Colquitt County Correctional Institution, was charged Thursday with possession of a cell phone by an inmate while incarcerated.
• Thomas Arthur Bernard, 30, of the Colquitt County Correctional Institution, was charged Thursday with possession of a cell phone by an inmate while incarcerated.

Norman Park Police
• Vera Frances Rogers, 33, of 282 Cherry St., was charged Thursday with driving with a suspended license and no proof of insurance.

Other Incidents:
Moultrie Police
• An employee of the credit union on First Street Southwest reported a thief broke out the driver’s side window of a Ford Explorer and stole a JVC CD player and broke out a passenger window of a Honda Accord and stole CD player faceplate Thursday. The value of the stolen items was $250.
• An employee of Cars and Trucks Unlimited on Industrial Boulevard reported a thief stole various items Thursday. The value of the stolen items was $1,600.
• Ossie Wilson reported someone damaged the air conditioning unit at her rental house on 10th Avenue Southeast between 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and 11 a.m. Thursday.
• Frank Goza, of Fourth Avenue Northeast, reported a thief stole a Husqvarna chainsaw from his garage between 8 p.m. Sunday and 12:02 p.m. Thursday. The value of the stolen chainsaw was $700.
• Virginia Daughtry reported a thief damaged an air conditioning unit at a vacant house on 11th Street Northwest and stole the copper tubing between 9 p.m. Wednesday and 12:53 p.m. Thursday.
• Toure Taylor reported someone hit a fence on his property at Regency Village Drive while driving a Plymouth Breeze Thursday. Damage was estimated at $1,000.
• Bonnie Rayburn, of Morris Road, reported Thursday a thief stole a silk bag, containing several pieces of jewelry, Sept. 4 and pawned the jewelry. The value of the stolen items was $550.

Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office
• Diane Beck, of Cleveland Street in Ellenton, reported a thief stole a Craftsman riding mower and a Craftsman tiller from her storage building between 4 p.m. Sunday and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Beck gave sheriff’s deputies the name of a male suspect.
• Darlusz Adamski, of Norcross, reported Thursday someone in Moultrie used his Social Security Number to open a credit card account Aug. 5 and used it. The amount used on the credit card was $1,311.21. Adamski gave sheriff’s deputies the name of a female suspect.
• Fidel Cruz and Feliba Hernandez, of Circle Road, reported a male acquaintance stole $100 cash, fought with Cruz and held Hernandez in the house until Cruz arrived Thursday.