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Cedartown, Ga. – July 1, 2019– Officials are reporting that one individual is dead after a mid-morning shooting that took place on East Gibson Street in Cedartown. The shooting took place around 10:30 a.m. on July 1. The Cedartown Police responded to the scene and have requested the assistance of the Georgia Bureau ofContinue Reading

Cedartown Police detectives and the GBI were on the scene this afternoon of a earlier shooting at 624 East Gibson St. residence. According to reports, only one victim is known at this time, as the scene is still being investigated as of early this afternoon. Police are not currently seekingContinue Reading

WRGA Three people who were initially arrested in connection with thefts that occurred in Polk County are now facing additional charges in Floyd County. According to Floyd County Jail records, 30-year old Anthony Samuel Tumpson, 30-year old Kayla Morris, both of Rockmart and 35-year old Chad Carver Garrison of RomeContinue Reading

WRGA Two Rockmart residents are in the Floyd County Jail charged with felony theft by receiving stolen property and possession of tools for the commission of a crime. According to Floyd County Jail records, Anthony Samuel Tumpson and Kayle Morris, both age 30, were apprehended in the Reeceburg Road areaContinue Reading

MEDIA RELEASE A 30-year-old inmate who was being held in the Floyd County Jail for felony drug charges has died, and an autopsy will be performed by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). Bradley Clifford Wimpy, who was arrested and incarcerated on June 25, of this year, apparently suffered aContinue Reading

(Dallas, Georgia) – On June 26, 2019, the GBI arrested Jorge Menera, Daniel Duarte Landa, and Dominguez Marcio Vazquez on charges of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Additional charges are pending. On June 26, 2019, at approximately 9:15 AM, the GBI Haralson Paulding Drug Task Force executed a searchContinue Reading

Cedartown, Ga. – June 27, 2019– A Cartersville man is currently in custody in the Polk County Jail charged with the June 24 robbery of the Cedartown Chevron gas station on North Main Street. 50-year-old James Davis Nicholson was arrested in Bartow County on June 26 and charged with robberyContinue Reading

UPDATED 8:42pm  – June 26, 2019 Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier has announced the identity of the man who was found inside his burned home on East 3rd Street in Aragon. Bobby Brinkley, 83, of Aragon was pronounced dead at shortly after 2:00 am by chief deputy coroner Marty Robinson.Continue Reading

Cedartown, Ga. – June 24, 2019– The June 19 Cleo Street shooting deaths of 22-year-old Stephanie Lopez and 25-year-old Tevin Frazier have been officially ruled as a murder suicide. The ruling comes from evidence gathered at the scene of the shootings as well as a forensic pathology examination completed onContinue Reading