Cartersville Teen Arrested for Hitting Girl Posted by Staff Reports | Sep 24, 2018 | Bartow News, Floyd News | 0 | Dawson Perry Abernathy, 19 of Cartersville, was jailed in Rome after police said he hit a 19 year-old woman in the arm. Reports said that the punch occurred at the intersection of Ga 140 and 53. Abernathy is charged with battery.