From Polk Today: Update: Just a few minutes after posting the identity of the man barricaded at a Kimwood Drive residence, he decided to give up after all. Justin Steve Hayes was taken into custody without further incident with the arrival of the Floyd County SWAT Team in the pastContinue Reading
From Polk Today: A Cedartown man died this morning after he was struck running a stop sign at the intersection of Chestnut Street and West Girard Avenue, according to preliminary investigations completed by the Georgia State Patrol. GSP reported that George Wheeler, 65, of Cedartown, failed to stop long enoughContinue Reading
From Polk Today No one was hurt, but Polk County Police investigators are asking for the public’s help after a Wednesday evening shooting incident saw two teens fired upon while walking down the road by two men in a vehicle. Per a release this evening from the PCPD, a 17-year-oldContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE: The Polk County Drug Task Force arrested 11 people after an investigation revealed that THC gummy “candy” and THC vapes were being sold at three Cedartown convenience store locations. The investigation and arrests came after school administrators and local parents expressed concern to DTF agents that several studentsContinue Reading
A man who received stab wounds during an altercation at a Davenport Street home Sunday evening was transported via LifeFlight helicopter. According to Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome, the unidentified man was conscious and alert when he was transported to an Atlanta hospital. Newsome said the emergency transport was onlyContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE: A Rome man is in jail after a heated domestic dispute left a 17-year-old with a gunshot wound to his hands. Cedartown Police were called to an East Queen Street address the night of August 11. They observed a 17-year-old male with what appeared to be a singleContinue Reading
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation released additional information about a GSP officer-involved shooting in Taylorsville that occurred during a chase that began in an Aragon Police traffic stop late Friday night and ended back in Polk County. According to a press release, the late Friday night chase began around 11Continue Reading
A Cedartown man remains in the Polk County Jail with bond denied after local authorities arrested him for allegedly ramming another vehicle on Highway 27 southbound near Cherokee Rd. According to a Cedartown Police report, 57-year-old Bobby Jerome Heath of a Cherokee Circle address was arrested after being stopped onContinue Reading
From Polk Today: A local man remains in critical condition with traumatic brain injuries following a wreck in southern Polk County that saw a suspect in a Floyd County shooting incident who has threatened judges locally as well taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. The story of Thomas CodyContinue Reading
Cedartown, Ga. – May 11, 2021– The Cedartown Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are working an investigation surrounding a suspected shooting death on Central Street. At approximately 11:30 p.m. on May 10, Cedartown Police responded to Central Street. Upon arrival, officers found an individual lying on theContinue Reading