MOULTRIE, Ga. — Some days in the life of a law enforcement officer it seems like everything is going to the dogs. And the cows. And the horses.

On Thursday, neighbors’ complaints in four incidents to which 911 dispatched deputies centered around an animal or group of animals who escaped from the owner’s property.

At 6:21 p.m. Arun Patel reported that a neighbor’s bulldog and pit bull came through his gate and attacked his dog. When Patel put his dog in his house he noticed that the bulldog was bleeding and had retreated into a corner on his deck.

The deputy could not find the neighbors, so he called the Humane Society of Moultrie-Colquitt County, which picked up the injured animal.

About two hours earlier deputies responded to the 1700 block of Tift County Line Road, where Janet Martinez reported that two women took her family’s white poodle. At the time the poodle was taken it was in the yard of another neighbor who does not have a problem with it being there.

After investigating the issue, the officer determined that Martinez’s yard was fenced but the dog managed to escape, and at the time the two women at another nearby residence took it the dog actually was on the public right-of-way and was not in their yard.

At that location, Tasha Green told police they took the dog because it was in their yard and they cut the poodle’s hair “due to its unsightly appearance.” They had returned the animal before the deputy arrived.

The officer noted white dog hair in the yard at Green’s residence.

Police suggested that the Greens handle any future issues with neighbors’ dogs through the Humane Society or sheriff’s office.

At about 4 p.m. the roaming animals were a little larger at the residence of Edna Newsome in the 300 block of Dean Matthews Road.

There the officer saw four black cows in a field behind Newsome’s back yard. She pointed out damage to her fence and yard from prior occasions when the cows went wandering onto her property.

The deputy spoke with the owner of the cows. Newsome allowed him to cut her fence in order to remove the cows.

The officer notified him that he was responsible for the upkeep of fencing.

Thursday morning started off the animal complaints when 911 dispatched a deputy to the intersection of Thompson Road and Bill Smith Road.

There, Ronald Beaty reported that his neighbor’s horses had been grazing in his yard earlier. He told police that the horses have escaped their enclosure on multiple occasions.

Arrests

Sheriff’s Office

• Michelle Lynn Whitfield, 36, 630 N. Pinetree Blvd., Thomasville, was charged Thursday with driving under the influence.

• Ashley Nicol Allen, 24, and Andrew David Allen, 25, both of 318 Hyde Lane, Norman Park, were each charged Jan. 21 with use of fighting words during a phone call.

• Lisa Michelle Truluck, 43, 2913 E. Central Ave., was charged Jan. 13 with possession of methamphetamine.

• Mary Anntoniette Cole, 39, 2913 E. Central Ave., was charged Jan. 13 with possession of methamphetamine and failure to appear.

• Nathaniel Banks, 17, 205 Dennis Powell Lane, was charged Jan. 3 with failure to appear.

• Charles Fletcher Escoffier, 19, 710 Randal Salters Road, was charged Dec. 20 with possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, fleeing or attempting to elude police officer and failure to drive within single lane.

• Justin Ray Collins, 26, 1722 Hutchinson Drive, was charged Jan. 3 with burglary.

Moultrie Police

• Charius Lee, 25, 802 Sixth St. N.W.; Kimberly Joan Carroll, 43, 985 Circle Road; and Angela Renee Allen, 36, 409 Seminole Drive, were each charged Thursday with theft by shoplifting.

Police also charged Carroll with probation violation.

Police were dispatched at 2:10 to Wal-Mart, 641 Veterans Parkway S., where an employee reported that the three had removed merchandise valued at $129 from packaging.

Battery

Moultrie Police

• Elizabeth Bledsoe, 47 reported Thursday that a male acquaintance hit her in the head with his hand during an incident at about 1:30 a.m. in the 400 block of Third Avenue Northwest.

According to police, Bledsoe was intoxicated and changed the story’s details several times, including telling the officer the man had hit her with a chair.