From STAFF REPORTS
CORDELE — City police officers were asked during the weekend to investigate the theft of almost $2,000 worth of items that had been removed sometime within the past several months from a unit at Cordele Mini Storage on 24th Ave. E.
The property owner told Sgt. Charles Dennard a Maytag brand washer, dryer, freezer, refrigerator and stove all valued at $300 each were taken along with a 1970-71 Crisp County High class ring, a collection of clown dolls, kitchen ware, family photos and a wheelchair.
In other weekend activity, police:
— Served Henry A. Fox Jr., 18, of 1510 Oconee Circle, with a warrant for battery (family violence) in connection with a previously-investigated incident. Pvt. Erica Cromer was the officer involved.
— Filed multiple traffic charged against a woman they had been seeking in connection with a Dec. 31 hit-and-run accident.
Col. Lewis Green said he received an anonymous call from a subject who directed him to the Hampton Inn where Katherine Hosley, 51, of 702 Ninth St. S., had been seen.
The officer said Hosley admitted to her involvement in the wreck, telling him it occurred when she reached down to pick up a cell phone she had dropped onto the floor of her car.
She said she panicked and then drove her Ford LTD away from the scene of the mishap, leaving the car parked behind an abandoned residence in the 300 block of 17th Ave. W. It has been there ever since.
Hosley has been cited for driving while her vehicle registration was canceled, driving while unlicensed, leaving the scene of an accident and operating a vehicle without insurance.
— Received a couple of theft complaints.
An employee of Watson Food Store on 16th Ave. E. told PFC Clinton Latham the driver of a four-door Dooly truck with a white camper pumped $37.29 worth of fuel into the vehicle shortly after 3:30 p.m. Friday and left without making payment. Police looked for but could not locate the truck.
A resident of the 700 block of Turner St. told Cpl. Bruce Gourley someone stole a temporary tag decal from a vehicle he had just purchased.
— Charged Javorius Deontia Taylor, 18, of 201 First St. S., with theft by receiving stolen property.
Lt. Scott Farrow said the citation stemmed from Taylor’s possession of a go-cart that had been recently reported stolen from a Sixth St. N. location sometime within the past six months.
— Cited two persons for shoplifting.
Robert Cross, 47, of 203 15th Ave. W., was cited after he allegedly took four sticks of Old Spice deodorant from Fred’s Dollar Store Friday afternoon.
A store employee said when she confronted Cross about his actions, he got close to her face, told her “You didn’t see nothing” and then upon being advised police would be called responded, “You better not call the police on me.”
After running from the scene, Cross was taken into custody near 10th St. and 14th Ave. by PFC Latham who said he found the stolen goods valued at $7.96 in his possession.
PFC David Haas charged a 16-year-old with taking an MP4 player from Wal-Greens and running from the store shortly after 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The youth was taken into custody at his home as the result of an identification made by a customer who was inside the store when the theft occurred.
The search for the suspect led to the arrest of Edward Carter, 29, of 708 15th St. S., on a disorderly conduct charge. Police said Carter jumped from a vehicle stopped in connection with the shoplifting case and ran. He was later found hiding beside a house on 20th Ave. E.
—Looked into a fraud complaint filed by a woman who told Latham that on Friday she unknowingly dropped a $565 money order she had purchased from Wal-Mart.
Unable to find it after realizing it was missing, she submitted a claim form to the money order company and learned it had been cashed by a woman whose signature and driver’s license number was written on it. The case has been turned over to the detective division for additional investigation.
— Assumed custody of Alonzo Towns, 22, of 1205-B 13th St. S., after Worth County authorities apprehended him. Towns was being sought for a probation violation.
— Filed disorderly conduct charges against three persons.
Crideamer Latange Wiggins, 27, and Latesa Qunorda Wiggins, 30, both of 715 14th Ave. W., were issued citations by Lt. Frank Wise who was initially called to the American Legion’s 10th St. S. location to investigate a disturbance reported shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday.
Lt. Wise and PFC Davis Haas later cited Thomas Greene Phelps III, 19, of 2306 Hwy. 41 S., with the same offense when he created a scene as the same night spot was being closed for the night just before 2 a.m. Saturday.
— Said a routine traffic stop led to the arrest of a local woman being sought by Sumter County authorities who had an outstanding warrant against her.
Pamela B. Spivey, 30, of 405 Oak Ave. W., was initially pulled over just before 2 a m. Saturday by Cpl. Kristan Herrick for a rolling stop sign violation at 20th Avenue and Central Street and a seat belt violation.
She was subsequently released to Sumter authorities who met local officers at Crisp-Sumter line to take her into custody.
— Took two men into custody after they were stopped in separate incidents by Georgia State Patrol Trooper Benton
Frank Jasso, 51, of 123 S. Dorough Rd., was pulled over just before 3 a.m. Saturday on Ogburn Avenue. Jasso was cited for failure to maintain lane and DUI (second offense).
Tyrone Carter, 37, of 39 Carter Lane, was arrested on identical charges shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday.
— Received a terroristic threats and acts complaint from a man who came to police headquarters shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday to report that a woman he named had pointed a pistol at him.
The complainant told Lt. Louis New he went to a “bootleg house” on 23rd Ave. W. to buy a cigarette and that while he was there a friend of his also purchased marijuana at the location.
He said the two of them began singing “Gangsta” songs, leading the seller of the items to think they where making reference to her. It was at that point the weapon was allegedly pointed at the pair.
—Recovered a 2006 Toyota Highlander that had been reported stolen in 2008. No further details were provided on the initial report filed by Lt. New.
— Filed multiple charges against the operator of a four-wheeler after receiving a complaint the vehicle was being driven recklessly Saturday afternoon on Second St. between 9th-10th Avenues and had almost struck a child in that area.
When Sgt. Jeremy Taylor saw the vehicle, the operator took off in a different direction. The officer gave pursuit and stopped him a relatively short distance away.
When told to turn off the vehicle’s ignition, the subject instead reportedly shook his head “no” and took off again. Pursuit speeds reached 50-60 mph. The operator managed to elude officers before the four-wheeler was later found hidden behind a house on 17th Avenue E. while covered by a sheet.
The operator, Sirad Glover, of a 12th Ave. E. address, was later found inside a local video rental store. He was charged with three stop sign violations, attempting to elude officers, reckless driving, no insurance, operating a vehicle without registration and operating an unsafe vehicle.
— Made three arrests for possession of marijuana.
Capt. Tommy Jackson said he was patrolling the Hilltop Apartments area on 24th Ave. W. shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday when he became suspicious of a car seen in the backside of the complex.
Subsequently arrested when “pot” was found either in their possession or inside the car were Marquis Mathis, 19, Quintavis D. Mathis, 20, and a 16-year-old juvenile.
— Went to a Cloverdale Circle residence and an 11th St. church Saturday evening to investigate apparent break-in attempts.
The residential complainant told Lt. Wise someone had broken a window in a back bedroom in an apparent effort to get into his home. A church member said he had been told 3-4 black males made a futile attempt to enter a trailer behind that place of worship.
— Took a 14-year-old boy into custody on an unruly juvenile charge after being called to a residence in the 400 block of Fourth Ave. W. at 10 p.m. Saturday. No details of that incident were listed on media reports.
— Arrested Marquis Shamar Palmer, 29, when they learned he was wanted on an outstanding warrant issued by the Crisp County Sheriff’s Department. Palmer was taken into custody while police were investigating loiterers in the Holsey Cobb apartment complex Sunday afternoon.
—Responded to a possible drug discovery at a residence in the 600 block of Third Ave. W.
The mother of a juvenile son told Cpl. Bruce Gourley she had found under her son’s bed a pink zip baggie containing a white powder believed to be cocaine. Neither her son nor a friend who had been with him were at home at the time officers were called to the scene. Police seized the item for testing.
