Family violence cases among weekend arrests

Feb. 17--MOULTRIE -- Local law enforcement made a number of arrests over the weekend, including two in connection with family violence.

Stephen Ray Madden, 34, 108 Sixth St. N.E., was charged with cruelty to children on a Tift County warrant Saturday after he was involved in an altercation with Daniel Simpson at their residence in Moultrie.

Madden told police Simpson had hit him in the face, but other people at the scene said Madden had started the fight.

Madden had agreed to leave the residence when the officer was notified of the active Tift County warrant, police said.

As he was being led to the patrol car, Madden said he was going to kill himself, so the officer took him to Colquitt Regional Medical Center, where he was evaluated and released the next morning to go to jail.

In other violence

Moultrie Police

--Tevin Shekeil Hightower, 19, 706 Coventry Circle, was charged with battery (family violence) Sunday.

--Rose Mary Allen, 52, 823 First St. N.W., was charged Friday with simple battery.

Sheriff's Office

--Rodney Carl Dobbs, 46, 134 W. Berrien Ave., Ellenton, was charged with disorderly conduct after an altercation with his stepson, Thomas Frye, of the same address, Friday.

Thefts

Moultrie Police

--Xavier Lavare Sims, 27, 116 Church St., Ellenton, was charged Saturday with burglary (2nd degree), theft by taking and criminal trespass.

Sims is accused of entering a pair of vehicles at Sunrise Nursing Home, 2709 S. Main St., Saturday morning. The vehicles belonged to Shontrail Jones of Moultrie and Roberta Letchworth of Thomasville. The police report said $130 in cash and $15 worth of other merchandise were stolen.

--Daisy Iola Benton, 17, 1538 Old Doerun Road, was charged Friday with shoplifting at Walmart. Benton allegedly concealed on her person merchandise valued at $30.

--Norma Jean Johnson and Grace Barfield, both of Moultrie, reported a theft in the 600 block of 26th Avenue Southeast. Taken were $383 in currency and $15 worth of other items. The report was filed Saturday, but the theft could have occurred as early as Wednesday.

--Jerry Wilson, of Moultrie, reported Friday that three window air conditioning units were missing from a house after a former tenant moved out. He noticed the units were gone Jan. 25, the day after the tenant moved, but he had tried to contact the tenant and get him to return the units.

--Gloria Powell, of Moultrie, reported Friday that two phone callers had told her she had won a $2 million lottery last April and she had to send money to receive her winnings. Since then she has sent a total of $1,350 to Jamaica as they directed. The responding officer told her it was most likely a scam and advised her not to answer their calls in the future.

Sheriff's Office

--Ced Dupree, 500 block Cool Springs Road, reported the theft of eight feet of barbed wire and hog panel wire. The theft was noticed Sunday but could have happened anytime since Feb. 1.

Other arrests

Moultrie Police

--Leah Gayle Williamson, 20, 128 W. Bay Ave., Doerun, was charged Friday with speeding, misdemeanor possession of marijuana, open container in vehicle and possession of alcohol by a minor.

--Tyler Nicole Castaneda, 20, 1311 11th Ave. S.E., was charged Friday with possession of alcohol by a minor and open container in a vehicle.

--Julius Marquis Sesler, 31, 1106 Sixth Ave. N.W., was charged Sunday with probation violation.

--Steven Michael Walker, 24, 522 27th St., Apt. 12, was charged Sunday with probation violation.

--Francisco Tisnavo Cedona, 33, 555 Country Drive, was charged Friday with expired or no driver's license, no insurance, driving with a suspended tag, operating a vehicle with improper plate and headlights requirement.

--Santwain Randell Fields, 18, 187 Church St., Ellenton, was charged Saturday with probation violation.

--Israel Lamar Shaw, 27, 2627-B Seventh St. S.E., was charged Saturday with keeping or storing alcohol without appropriate license, selling beer without a beer card and failing to display license. Vincent Lamar Green, 19, 302 Fourth St. S.W., was charged with consumption of alcohol by a minor. The incident in which they were arrested occurred at Jack-Pot, 2425 S. Main St.; both were released on subpoenas.

--Ketric Hayes, 17, 1205 Sixth Ave. N.W., Apt. F, was charged Saturday with criminal trespass.

Berlin Police

--Three men were arrested at a traffic stop early Sunday on Highway 133. Charidy Jaleato Jones, 19, of Adel, was charged with possession of alcohol by a minor, open container in vehicle and speeding. Anthwon Jeral Smith, 19, of Adel, was charged with possession of alcohol by a minor and disorderly conduct. Diontae Rayfon Jones, 22, of Morven, was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

--Gena Marie Spradley, 39, 2924 Alderman Road, was charged Sunday with disorderly conduct and public drunk.

--Derwin Kurt Tillman, 31, of Clayton, N.C., was charged Sunday with speeding, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and two counts of driving under the influence.

Sheriff's Office

--Gevino Martinez, 25, 5310 Highway 37 East, was charged with driving without a license, child safety restraint violation and failure to drive in a single lane.

--Jerome Lavon Clark, 42, of Albany, was charged Sunday with probation violation.

--Michael David Glasgow, 40, 1008 Holmes Drive, was charged Friday with probation violation and two counts of failure to appear.

--Martin Gonzalez, 28, 316 Tallokas Estates, was charged Saturday with DUI, driving while license withdrawn and failure to drive in a single lane.

--Eris Deandre McCray, 26, 1515 Fourth Ave. N.E., Apt. I-8, was charged Monday with suspended license.

--Pablo Lopez Valasquez, 30, 602 Circle Road, was charged Sunday with DUI, driving without a license and failure to drive in a single lane.

--Julius Antwarn Palmore, 33, 180 Robin Lane, was charged Saturday with driving while license withdrawn, no insurance, failure to drive in a single lane, failure to obey a traffic control device and defective equipment.

Doerun Police

--Brooke Kathleen Carlton, 22, 2797 Mitchell County Line Road, Hartsfield, was charged Saturday with failure to appear.

--Juan Antonio Torres, 21, 521 Indian Creek Subdivision, was charged Sunday with driving while license withdrawn and seat belt violation.

Georgia State Patrol

--Maurice Edwards, 32, 217 Second St. S.W., was charged Saturday with driving while license withdrawn and child restraint violation.

Other reports

Moultrie Police

--Brandy Head, of Moultrie, reported Saturday that she got in a fight at an apartment on Shy Manor Drive with a man she knows. As the argument escalated, she tried to call 911 but he pulled the phone cord from the wall, and when she tried to use her cell phone, he took it from her and threw it. It broke when it hit the floor. He had left the scene by the time officers arrived.

Sheriff's Office

--Shaun Johnson, 1800 block Overlook Drive, reported Friday that a man he knows only by his first name tried to run him over when he told the man to leave his residence. After Johnson got out of the truck's way, the man allegedly backed up and struck Johnson's Ford F150 before driving away at a high rate of speed.

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