THOMASVILLE — A man “harassing customers” for a ride at a Quick Buys in Ochlocknee was arrested for public drunk Saturday, officials said.

Joseph Lee Turner Jr., 32, 9360 Ga. 188, Thomasville, was arrested at the convenience store around 11:30 a.m. for harassing customers in the parking lot.

Thomas County Sheriff’s Office Deputy John Sellers responded to the scene to see Turner “talking to an unidentified customer at the gas pump.”

The incident report states Sellers heard Turner tell the customer “if he did not give him a ride to Thomasville, he would not let the customer leave.”

Sellers made contact with Turner and the customer left.

The deputy stated in his report he “could smell a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage” on Turner’s breath. He also said Turner was “unsteady on his feet and appeared to be intoxicated.”

Turner became “very uncooperative” and provided “little information” after the deputy asked if he could assist the man in any way.

Sellers’s report stated Turner told the deputy he “should give him a ride to Thomasville so he could buy more beer.”

Sellers then asked Turner if there was someone the man could call who could pick him up and take him home.

“Mr. Turner stated he would not go home and was going to stay at Quick Buys until someone gave him a ride,” Sellers wrote in the report.

Turner was then arrested.

The store clerk told Sellers that Turner, prior to the deputy’s arrival, got into a couple’s vehicle while the husband was pumping gas. He “refused to get out of the vehicle” unless he was given a ride to Thomasville.

A Thomas County Jail representative said Monday Turner was released on a $550 bond Sunday.