A forty-nine-year-old Rockmart man was arrested on Christmas Eve at the Department of Family and Children Service’s building on Riverside Parkway in Rome.  According to Floyd County Police reports, James Corey Espy was accused of attempting to strangle a woman and then destroyed $500 worth of the woman’s property.  The incident happened just after 3 PM on December 24th.  Espy was arrested and jailed on charges of aggravated assault and criminal trespass and was booked into the Floyd County Jail.