Saturday morning update from Floyd Sheriff’s Office: Happy to report that our jail officer from last nights incident is at home, resting, and doing well. Media release: Earlier this evening an off-duty jail officer was leaving our Employee Appreciation Banquet when he observed a Rome City Police Officer fighting with a suspect on the side of… Read more
Community safety: Track registered sex offenders in your community. Click Offender Watch Crime Mapping: See what crimes have been reported in your neighborhood. Crime Mapping Rome Police Department’s anonymous crime tip line. 706-236-5000.” Click for details. Floyd County Jail 4 a.m. 8 a.m. 8 p.m. Polk County Jail report: Friday Cartersville Police reports: Thursday 1 / 2 / 3 /… Read more
The Rome-Floyd Metro Drug Task Force seized drugs and weapons on Thursday with K9 Lex during a raid in north Floyd County. Totals include: $14,420 cash, 5.84 pounds of marijuana, four rifles, four pistols and prescription pills. We’ll have updates on arrests and other information later today. Task Force members were responding to a… Read more
From Floyd County Police: Bethel Church Road will be closed for at least a few hours. A train has struck a trailer carrying several vehicles and pushed it perhaps 200 feet down the track. No one was injured. Expect delays as the accident is investigated by police and railroad officials Read more
Floyd County Police, other agencies and family and friends spent much of Wednesday morning searching for 68-year-old Dickie Stewart. He apparently had wandered from his home at 5830 Alabama Highway. The family notified law enforcement about his being missing around midnight. Sgt. Chris Fincher reports Stewart’s body has been found and that the coroner… Read more
5:15 p.m. update: Traffic on Second Avenue is moving but there are still problems on East Sixth. Best bet is to still avoid the area for now. Floyd 911 is urging motorists to avoid Second Avenue by Riverbend and East Sixth because of what appears to be a pedestrian accident at the railroad crossing… Read more
From Floyd County Emergency Management: Att notification test scheduled for 3/20/19- 12:15 p.m. “As we approach the Spring storm season, we are testing the phone APP notification and alerting. This is only a test for your awareness that the app is functioning correctly. Please consider informaing others that the app is available and free. Download… Read more
From the GBI: On Tuesday, March 19, 2019, the GBI’s Commercial Gambling Unit, along with the Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force and in cooperation with the Georgia Lottery Corp., executed a search warrant in Cartersville for violations of Georgia’s gambling laws. A search warrant was executed at one business location in Cartersville, Gas & Go at 2320 Highway… Read more
Media release: The Bartow County Sheriff’s Office has charged a man and woman with multiple charges after an attempted home invasion on March 11. According to Sheriff Clark Millsap, on March 11 just before 1 p.m., a female resident at an East Pleasant Valley Road address called 911 reporting that a man was outside… Read more
Media release: On March 11, 2019 the Adairsville Police Department conducted a traffic stop due to a vehicle having an equipment violation. Officers soon discovered that the driver and one of the passengers had suspended licenses. After making the arrest officers located Methamphetamine, Marijuana, and over $4000.00 in cash in small bills in the vehicle. The… Read more
UPDATE, Thursday afternoon: From Rome Police report (narrative): No arrests were made during the drug sweep at Rome High on Wednesday morning. Here’s a summary of some of the activity, including the discovery of suspect pot in a pill bottle on the ground between two vehicles: ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13TH 2019 I, OFFICER (JOSH) GLOVER,… Read more
Media release: On March 13, the Cartersville Police Department, along with Home Depot investigators and Target investigators, completed an investigation involving a local business believed to be involved in fencing stolen property. Investigators discovered William Mark Anderson of Acworth, the owner of Anderson Pawn Shop in Cartersville, was purchasing and selling retail merchandise stolen… Read more
Media release: A Silver Creek man has been arrested after a resident came home Wednesday afternoon to discover the suspect in his house. Colby Lee Pope, age 33, was arrested near his home after police scoured the woods and set up road blocks in the area to search for persons of interest. At 2:30 p.m., Floyd… Read more