Area beat: March 23, 2016

Published 2:00 pm Friday, March 25, 2016

Americus Fire & Emergency Services

• Firefighters responded to 13 calls for medical assistance.
• Firefighters responded to Waitsman Drive to a report of a possible structure fire. When they arrived, no smoke or fire was visible. They heard an alarm and smelled smoke. After forcing entry they found a structure filled with smoke and a pot on the stove burning. They removed the pot and ventilated the structure.

Americus Police Department

Arrests
• Pandoria Barker, 30, of 711 Barlow St., Americus is charged with DUI.
• Isaiah C. Bell, 28, of 408 Roger St., Americus is charged with criminal trespass, and was jailed.
• Latrena M. Bess, 38, of 916.5 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Americus is charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespass.
• Dominigue R. Deriso, 25, of 214 Habitat St., Americus is charged with theft by shoplfting.
• Kenyatta R. Dodson, 23, of 507 Dodson St., Americus is charged with theft by shoplfting.
• Vonterrious L. Harrison, 31, of 102 Oak Court, Montezuma is charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
• John E. Harvey, 49, of 401 Ashby St., Americus is charged with non-compliance and public intoxication.
• Brittany N. Ingram, 23, of 602-A Pine St., Americus is charged with assault-battery, reckless and dangerous use of dangerous weapons and criminal trespass.
• Markel A. James, 40, of 109-D Bush Circle, Americus is charged with misdemeanor failure to appear in court for finger printable charge, and was released on bond.
• Stacey Journey, 23, of 513 Winn St., Americus is charged with assault-battery and reckless and dangerous use of dangerous weapons.
• A juvenile was charged with criminal trespass and unruliness on Ashby Street.
• Marcus A. Laster, 21, of 413 S. Hampton St., Americus is charged with disorderly conduct.
• Noe Lerma, 19, of Cordele is charged with failure to stop at stop sign and driving while unlicensed.
• Shaquena C. Mack, 26, of 1009 Douglas Circle, Americus is charged with failure to yield at stop sign after soppping and driving while license is suspended or revoked.
• Moses B. Maddox, 49, homeless, Americus is charged with theft by taking.
• Shaneice L. McCoy, 27, of 710 Sunny Dale Circle, Americus is charged with stalking, and was jailed.
• Laquasha M. Robinson, 22, of 45-C Reddick Drive, Americus is charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespass.
• Mario L. Robinson, 38, of 111 Holly Drive, Americus is charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespass.
• Tyrone Robinson, 35, of 111 Holly Drive, Americus is charged with assault-battery.
• Angela Sims, 57, of 508 Pineview Drive, Americus is charged with vicious animals and restraint of dog and prohibition against nuisances.
• Chelsea M. Smith, 38, of 102-G Eastview Circle, Americus is charged with failure to stop at stop sign, possession of cocaine and DUI, and was jailed.
• Hernando C. Tyner, 39, of 101 Tom Hall Circle, Americus is charged with probation violaion, and was jailed.
• Jacqueline N. Wallace, 34, of 334 Whiteline St., Montezuma is charged with open container, failure to yield at stop sign after stopping, misdemeanor possession of marijuana and DUI.

Georgia State Patrol Post 10, Americus

Arrest
• Cassandra F. Sampson, 44, of 315 Spaulding Road, Montezuma is charged with DUI and failure to obey signs or control devices, and was released on bond.