Woman’s car stolen and burned

April 15--MOULTRIE -- It's got to be on a car owner's list of nightmares.

About 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, Mary Lou Smithwick got a knock on her door on Highway 133 South. It was a Colquitt County deputy.

"Ma'am, do you know where your vehicle is?" he asked.

"It's in the driveway."

"No, it isn't."

In fact, the deputy told her, the 2004 Dodge Durango was found, abandoned and on fire, in a ditch on Toney Brothers Road near Old Albany Road. A passing motorist had called 911 about the apparent wreck.

No one was found near the car, and Colquitt County sheriff's investigators are working on the case.

Smithwick told the deputy she may have left the keys in the SUV. She said the vehicle contained a diaper bag with her wallet and her identification cards, as well as car seats for her children.

The vehicle itself was valued at $6,800.

Arrests

Moultrie Police

--Louise Tina Sharpe, 35, 1016 10th Ave. S.E., was charged Friday with cruelty to children in the first degree.

--Robert Lee Williams, 52, 622 Second Ave. N.E., was charged Saturday with no insurance, driving while tag suspended and tag lights required.

--Tyreck Reed, 39, of Thomasville, was charged Saturday with no insurance, driving while tag suspended and tag lights required.

--Derrick Demond Green, 31, 519 First Ave. S.E., was charged Friday with drivng while license withdrawn.

--Daine Preston Clark, 24, 710 First Ave. S.W., was charged Saturday with driving without a license and tail lights required.

Berlin Police

--Hector Ramirez Jr., 22, 339 C.A. Hardy Road, Omega, was charged Saturday with driving while license withdrawn and tail lights required.

--Andrietta Shanteva Palmore, 22, 715 Eighth Ave. S.E., was charged Saturday with driving while license withdrawn, a window tint violation and a child restraint violation.

--Matthew Jamison Mitchell, 31, of Edison, Ga., was charged Friday with DUI and open container.

Sheriff's Office

--Calvin Bernard Moore, 37, Coolidge, was charged Friday on a bench warrant.

--Rick Sosa, 48, 1307 First St. N.E., was charged Saturday with driving without a license and open container. Gilberto Luis Sosa, 37, of the same address, was charged with allowing an unlicensed person to drive and open container.

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