MEDIA RELEASE: Six Cedartown convenience store clerks were cited last week for selling vaping products to a minor during a compliance check initiated by the police department. Cedartown Police report that a 16-year-old non resident of Polk County assisted the department with the compliance check. The check was conducted afterContinue Reading
Two more arrests have been made in connection with a double homicide investigation. 27-year old Dione Lavarius Wade of a Mardi Way address in Rome and 26-year old Devion Tremaine Neal of Cherry Street are both accused of giving false information to a GBI Special Agent who was investigating theContinue Reading
PRESS RELEASE: The following individuals have been arrested in the double murder investigation for the deaths of Vanita Richardson and Truvenia Campbell: Desmond Lavonta Brown, age 28, charged with Malice Murder (2cts), Felony Murder (2 cts), Aggravated Battery (2cts), Aggravated Assault (2cts), Possession of a Firearm During Commission of aContinue Reading
Tallapoosa, GA (July 2, 2020) – On Thursday, July 02, 2020, the GBI arrested Superior Court Judge Meng Lim and charged him with one misdemeanor count of battery under the Georgia Family Violence Act. Judge Lim is the Chief Superior Court Judge of the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit in the SeventhContinue Reading
The Georgia State Patrol said that three people were injured and transported to the hospital following a grizzly wreck on Highway 278 Monday morning. The wreck reportedly occurred when a Ford pickup truck driving northbound on Wheeler Ford Road hit another Ford pickup that was driving west on Highway 278.Continue Reading
Rome Police Department: The juvenile suspect in the Grady Avenue homicide has been charged with one count of Murder. On Monday, June 1, 2020 at approximately 7:02pm, the Rome Police Department responded to the area of Grady Avenue to a reported shots fired call. When officers arrived they found Sincere EstradaContinue Reading
Out of an abundance of caution for the safety of our citizens and the officers of the court, and in compliance with guidelines from the State, Chief Municipal Court Judge Andrew B. Roper has announced that all court cases scheduled for July 24, July 31, and August 7, 2020 will beContinue Reading
A Floyd County woman has been arrested, accused of bringing two teenage girls to Alabama for purposes of sex trafficking. The girls were found and taken to an advocacy agency. Marlette Lychelle Smith, age 26 of Rome – has been charged by Homewood, Alabama Police with Human Trafficking 1st Degree. Continue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE Sunday afternoon at 1:13 p.m. Polk County 911 received calls that a two vehicle accident had occurred on Hwy. 27 South near Shoemake Road in Cedartown, resulting in one of the vehicles overturning. Redmond EMS, Cedartown Fire & Rescue, Polk Co. Fire & Rescue, as well as unitsContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE Polk County Public Safety personnel had a very busy weekend which came to a tragic point on Sunday. Polk Co. 911 received a call to a bicycle accident on the Silver Comet Trail near its intersection with Clarkwood Road in Rockmart around 09:49 a.m. James Howard Adylette, ageContinue Reading