Crime briefs:
• A man who lives in the 1500 block of Georgia Avenue in Omega reported early Saturday morning that two armed black males entered his residence and took an unknown amount of cash.
TIFTON POLICE DEPT.
Avania Deshawn Albury, 28, 1427 N. Park Ave., was charged Saturday with obstruction or hindering law enforcement officers without force.
Charles Robert Alsobrook, 26, 107 Oak Forest Lane, was charged Friday with simple battery.
Jermaine Rashad Bailey, 25, 510 Elm St., was charged Monday with disorderly conduct.
Corey Dewayne Brown, 29, 332 Outlaw Road, Ty Ty, was charged Friday with theft by shoplifting.
Bradford Patrick Brownlee, 33, 105 Ansley Ave., was charged Saturday with DUI, speeding and driving without a license on his person.
Ricky Lewayne Bryant, 43, 1201 Berry Lane, was charged Saturday with driving with a suspended or revoked license.
Tashambia Lecole Lampkin, 18, 1308 Haran St., was charged Friday with underage possession of alcohol.
David Christopher Matthews, 28, 89 O’Quinn Road, was charged Friday with possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute and misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
Courtney Levet McTear, 24, 395 Butler Court, Fitzgerald, was charged Friday with speeding and driving with a suspended or revoked license.
Danielle Burke Simmons, 19, 350 Moore Road, was charged Saturday with DUI and underage possession of alcohol.
Roy Daniel Swanson, 66, 105 High Hill Road, Ashburn, was charged Monday with driving with a suspended or revoked license and speeding.
Rafaela Avellaneda Villegas, 18, 163 Richards St., Enigma, was charged Saturday with driving without a license and failure to yield at yield sign.
Jennifer Marie Wallace, 30, 210 E. Eighth St., Apt. 2, was charged Monday with defective equipment, driving with a suspended or revoked license and possession of cocaine.
William Curtis Woodard, 23, 2508 Inverness Parkway, Columbus, was charged Sunday with DUI.
TIFT CO. SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Ariel Acosta, 38, 13015 Plantation Park Apt., Orlando, Fla., was charged Saturday with DUI, speeding, reckless driving and driving without a license.
Lisa Ann Cooper, 42, 114 Apricot St., was charged Friday with theft by deception.
Shane Richard Dean, 25, 351 Mallard Circle, Nashville, was charged Sunday with DUI, failure to maintain lane and driving with a suspended or revoked license.
Phillip Gammage, 39, 2102 Bellview Ave., Sylvester, was charged Monday with sex offender failure to register.
Xavier McQueen, 21, 211 N.W. Forris Drive, Port St. Lucia, Fla., was charged Saturday with speeding, driving without a license and a child restraint violation.
Colt Walker Myers, 18, 2065 Mauldin Road, Sycamore, was charged Friday with underage possession of alcohol.
Eric Monkivon Smith, 36, 515 Elm St., was charged Friday with abandonment of dependent child support.
Felix Leon Smothers, 52, 7241 Cedar Forest Drive, Douglasville, was charged Friday with speeding and driving with a suspended or revoked license.
Harold Rufus Turner, 36, 27 TC Gordon Road, was charged Saturday with abandonment of dependent child support.
GEORGIA STATE PATROL
Hugo Enrique Andres, 20, 106 S. Ave., was charged Sunday with driving without a license.
Maria Sanchez Contreras, 41, 2280 Mussle White Road, Lenox, was charged Saturday with driving without a license and a child restraint violation.
David Lawrence Durham, 31, 123 Open Door School Road, Alapaha, was charged Saturday with DUI.
Eduardo Hidalgo, 52, P.O. Box 626, Omega, was charged Sunday with DUI.
Juan Medina, 28, 148 Omega-Eldorado Road, Lenox, was charged Saturday with driving without a license.
David Noriega, 30, 155 Parkway Drive, Lot 41, was charged Saturday with DUI, driving without a license, driving without insurance and speeding.
Ozell Osby, 68, 110 Grove St., Ty Ty, was charged Friday with driving with a suspended or revoked license.
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Tift County Commissioners voted unanimously in a called meeting Tuesday to keep the millage rate set at 12.183 for both incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county.
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