Chattooga County Arrest Report for Monday, November 9th
Johnny Laprelle Cook – Entering an Automobile with the Intent to Commit a Theft, Theft by Taking, Criminal Trespass and Financial Transaction Card Fraud
Demetrius Fitzgerald Mosley – DUI
Kiandra Shante Underwood – Disorderly Conduct
Tammy Lavona Towe – DUI and Failure to Maintain a Single Lane
Currently there are 46 inmates housed in the Chattooga County Jail / 20 housed at the Polk County Jail / 43 housed at the Bartow County Jail and two housed at the Rome Youth Detention Center for a total inmate count of 111
CHATTOOGA COUNTY ARREST REPORT FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8th
Dana Michelle Baker – Financial Identity Fraud, Forgery 2nd Degree, Financial Transaction Card Fraud, Driving on a Suspended License and Violation of Conditions Limited Driving Permit
Russell Lee Branch – Parole Violation
Radall Travis Cockrum – Possession of Marijuana (less then one ounce), Obstructed Display of License Plate, No Insurance/No Proof of Insurance, Operating a Motor Vehicle without a Proper Decal
Demetrius Leshawn Gale – Failure to Maintain Single Lane, Expired Tag and DUI
Patrick Drew Lindsey – Pending
Austin Levi Miller – Probation Violation/State
Robert DeWayne Reynolds – State Court Probation Violation
John Wade, Jr. – Probation Violation
Timothy Scott Wood – Probation Violations: City, State and Superior
Currently there are 50 inmates housed in the Chattooga County Jail / 20 housed at the Polk County Jail / 39 housed at the Bartow County Jail / and 2 housed at the Rome Youth Detention Center for a total inmate count of 111
We’d like to congratulate Chattooga County Senior 4-H student Rachael McWilliams on her recent acceptance to Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College for the 2015 Fall Semester.
The Chattooga County Extension Office will be collecting Candy for the Troops through this Wednesday (November 11th); all the donated candy will be boxed up and sent to Operation Gratitude for shipment overseas to deployed troops.
Candy can be dropped off at the Extension Office weekdays between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm.
Melvin Theodore Thrift, 34 of Rome, was arrested after police said he set fire to a home at 314 Leafmore Road back on August 23rd.
Reports added that the fire also damaged an ATV.
Reports went on to say that Thrift deflated a tire, as well as scratched paint on a truck, resulting in $500 worth of damage.
Thrift is charged with arson in the first degree, arson in the third degree and criminal damage to property.
(WRGA)
The February shooting death of a Gaylesville, Alabama, child is the subject of a lawsuit filed against the manufacturer of the gun in the incident.
The Birmingham law firm of Morris, Haynes, Wheeles, Knowles & Nelson, and the West Virginia-based law firm of Bailey & Glasser, announced the lawsuit filed in Dade County, Florida, against Taurus International.
On Feb. 15, 11-year-old D.J. Simms of Gaylesville was killed when he was struck by a bullet.
Authorities said at the time that Simms’ father was cleaning a gun when the weapon discharged. However, Bailey & Glasser attorney David Selby II said the father was putting a magazine into the gun, bumped his hand against the bottom of the magazine to seat it, and the gun discharged.
The shot traveled through the father’s hand, striking the child, who was sitting on a couch. The shot also struck the mother in the elbow. Both parents were taken to a hospital for medical treatment. Simms was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the lawsuit, faulty design in the pistol led to the death of Simms and severe injuries to both of his parents.
The suit attributes the incident to a design flaw that makes certain types of Taurus pistols likely to discharge when the pistol is subjected to an impact or is dropped, even when the safety is engaged. According to the suit, the gun is still capable of being fired by a trigger pull even when the safety appears to be in the safe position.
Attorney M. Todd Wheeles said the suit contends that Taurus knew about the design flaws and continued to market the weapon.
The firms also brought a similar case against Taurus International that resulted in a $30 million preliminary class action settlement earlier this year.
(Rome News-Tribune)
Floyd County Investigators and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are investigating the human remains found Friday in the Kirby Road-Autry Road area.
Floyd County Coroner Gene Proctor said no additional information is being released at this time; however it has been noted that they are working with Gordon County officials to see if anyone has been reported missing from that area.
No word yet regarding how long the remains may have been there.
We’ll have additional information as it becomes available.
(WRGA)
A Floyd County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against a Summerville man charged with second degree arson.
According to previous reports, Tony Darrell Crabtree set fire to a transfer truck on May 3 on his cousin's property.
Crabtree was located about two miles north of the incident approximately two and a half hours after the incident.
When questioned about the fire, Crabtree told investigators he was walking to his residence from Cherokee Drive in Cedar Bluff, Alabama with another man. The man was also questioned, but stated he hadn’t see Crabtree in over a month.
Crabtree worked for the victim at one point and was fired several months before.