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    • On April 12 Melvin Lee Dudley, 48, Covington, was arrested and charged with theft by receiving stolen property after he dropped off a Hustler Super Z mower at a Fairground Road repair shop. According to reports, a mechanic at the shop called a supplier for a part to the mower and after he gave the supplier the serial number for the mower the supplier advised the mechanic that the mower had been reported stolen on August 23, 2010 in Oglethorpe  County. An Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Office deputy confirmed the theft and Madison authorities interviewed Dudley regarding the lawn mower and then arrested him at the repair shop.
    • On April 19 a larceny complaint was filed at a Sycamore Street location after a man reported that while he was cleaning his basement he noticed that three firearms were missing. The man said a Smith and Wesson .38 revolver, a Rohm RG 7 revolver and a Terrni Rifle were all missing. The man said he suspects his son took the weapons in November to fund his substance abuse problem and that the son is currently in rehabilitation.
    On April 23 Stephanie Ann Callaway, 29, Madison and Jennifer Combs, 34, Madison, were both cited for interference with a  business after they allegedly engaged in a heated argument inside Wal Mart. According to reports, officers were called to Wal Mart after the two entered a heated argument inside the store. Combs had left the scene when officers arrived, reports state, but was near the store. Both were also served with criminal trespass notices and advised not to return to the store.

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    • On April 15 Curtis Terez Perryman, 18, Madison, was arrested and charged with a gas drive off after he allegedly prepaid for $8 worth of gas but pumped $53.43 worth of gas. According to reports, after Perryman was arrested he told authorities he thought he was “blessed” to get the extra gas and didn’t realize he needed to pay.
    • On April 11 a damage to property complaint was filed at a Mary Magnan Boulevard location after a man reported that someone had punctured two tires on an Ingersoll-Rand paver, punctured two tires on an Dynapac Paver, punctured four tires on a 2006 Kenworth, broke a windshield on the Kenworth and scratched the hood on the Kenworth. Officers located and documented foot tracks and tire tracks and processed a rock thrown through the windshield of the vehicle.
    • On April 11 Garrett Scot Mozingo, 18, Madison, was arrested and charged with criminal trespass and disorderly conduct after he allegedly was found nude in the back of a pickup truck at Heritage Park. According to reports, two people walking a track around the park reported observing Mozingo nude in the back of the truck. Mozingo told officers he was attempting to get a tan because spring break was approaching. He told officers he had driven around locked gates in an attempt to secure a private area for tanning. He also told officers he had fallen asleep and was not aware that anyone had observed him.

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    • On April 9 a larceny from auto complaint was filed at a Green Meadows Drive location after a man reported that sometime between April 5 and April 9 someone took two chain saws from his 2001 Dodge pickup truck. The truck was parked in the backyard of the man’s residence. The man told police that a friend had reported that he had observed a man in the neighborhood attempting to sell two chain saws. The saws are valued at $2,000.
    • On April 8 a damage to property complaint was filed at a Micha Way location after a man reported that earlier someone had scratched the passenger’s side door of his 2004 Ford F-150 and then later scratched the driver’s side door of the vehicle. The man suspects kids in the neighborhood, reports state.
    • On April 3 a fraud complaint was filed at a Carriage Lane location after a man reported that when he was attempting to make a purchase with a debit card at Wal Mart the card was declined. The man said he reviewed his bank statement and realized that someone had made 19 transactions using his account information from April 2 to April 3 totalling $1,884. The transactions, all less than $100 each, were made at a Sam’s Club in Florida.
    • On April 2 Rodriquez Thompson, 24, Madison, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after officers were called to a Bramblewood Drive apartment in regards to a domestic disturbance. When officers arrived, reports state, they observed two men engaged in a physical confrontation. When the men were told that officers arrived one man exited the apartment and spoke with officers. He then left the scene. Thompson, reports state, continued to curse and yell and struck a trash can in the apartment complex. He also struck a parked vehicle and ignored officers commands to cease. He was then arrested.

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    • On April 1 Danny L. Scott, 48, Madison, was arrested and charged with criminal trespass, public intoxication, disorderly conduct and possession of marijuana. Reports allege that at 9 p.m. officers were called to a West Washington Street liquor store after Scott allegedly refused to leave the premises. Once officers arrived they waited for Scott to secure a ride but he could not. An officer stated that he offered Scott a ride home but after they arrived at a Penor Street location the officer determined that the address given police was not Scott’s correct address. The officer reported that while at Penor Street Scott was having difficulty standing. The officer reported that at that point he transported Scott to the Morgan County Detention Center. During the transportation, reports state, Scott allegedly cursed at the officer. Once at the center a deputy located a small amount of suspected marijuana in his right front pocket.
    • On April 1 a larceny complaint was filed at a West Washington Street location after a woman reported that while she was working as a waitress someone took her wallet from her purse. The woman said the wallet and purse where in a secure area. The woman said the wallet contained a driver’s license, Social Security card, three credit cards, $28 in cash and medical insurance cards.

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    • On March 27 Guiomar Lopez Garcia, 35, Mexico City, was arrested and charged with speeding (107 in a 70 mph zone), reckless driving and fleeing and attempting to elude police after an officer clocked her allegedly driving 107 on Interstate 20. According to reports, Garcia refused to stop when an officer initiated a traffic stop. Once the vehicle was stopped, an officer asked Garcia why she did not stop and she allegedly told officers that in Mexico people did not stop for police.
    • On March 16 a burglary complaint was filed at a Micha Way location after a man reported that someone had broken a living room window and entered his apartment. The man reported that five bottles of Nautica cologne were missing. Value of the cologne, the man said, is $500.
    • On March 21 a damage to property complaint was filed at an Eatonton Road  location after a woman reported that after she finished shopping she noticed that someone had scratched her vehicle on both the passenger side door and the driver’s side door.
    • On March 16 a damage to property complaint was filed at a North Main Street location after a man reported that someone had pried open a drink box and removed money.

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    • On March 17 a illegal use of credit cards complaint was filed at a South Main Street location after a man reported that sometime around December 16 his Home Depot credit card was misplaced. Since then, the man reported, someone had made five purchases at the Covington Home Depot totaling more than $800. The purchases where all made between December 18 and December 30, 2010.
    • On March 20 a larceny complaint was filed at an Eatonton Road location after a woman reported that someone stole her Coach purse from her vehicle when she stopped at a convenience store to purchase a lottery ticket. The woman said there was $17 in cash in the purse, a cell phone, a bank debit card and her driver’s license.
    • On March 13 a burglary complaint was filed at a Mapp Street location after a woman reported that someone had entered her house by kicking in a door and removed an X Box 360 game console, two controllers, 10 games, an  Acer Notebook PC and a silver necklace with a cross. Estimated value of the items $1,200.
    • On March 18 a damage to property complaint was filed at an Eatonton Road location after a woman reported that while she was shopping at a department store someone put a dent in the rear passenger side door of her vehicle and also left key marks on the front driver’s side door.
    • On March 15 Linda Ann Furlow, 46, Madison, was arrested and charged with shoplifting after she allegedly attempted to take a red shower curtain from an Eatonton Road department store without paying. According to reports, the manager at the store told police that she had observed Furlow place the shower curtain in her purse.