Alec Heath Brogdon, 18 of Aragon, was arrested this week after reports said he gave a convicted felon, who is currently in jail in connection with the investigation in the killing of two Rome women, a stolen handgun.
Reports stated that the stolen Glock .380 pistol was given to Devin Watts back in May.
The handgun had been reported stolen from Pickens County.
Brogdon is charged with theft by receiving stolen property.
Desmond Lavonta Brown, 28, and Devin Lashawn Watts, 36, are being held without bond following their arrests as a result of search warrants obtained through leads and tips received by the GBI.
Both arrests stem from searches conducted a the Callier Forest Apartments on Dodd Boulevard May.
The GBI continues to investigate the deaths of Vanita Nicole Richardson and Truvenia Clarece Campbell. The women’s bodies were found under a bridge on the Rome bypass with bags tied over their heads and with gunshot wounds.
Brown was originally charged with misdemeanor obstruction of law enforcement officers after he reportedly entered a vehicle after being told not to and then proceeded to resist officers before being restrained. He was released and then later re-arrested in Bartow County on drug charges. He was transferred to the Floyd County Jail and is currently being held without bond on felony cocaine charges and a probation violation.
Watts is accused of hiding the stolen .380 caliber Glock pistol.
Watts, a convicted felon, is accused of hiding the gun in a closet of apartment J-10 at Callier Forest Apartments. He is being held without bond on charges of theft by receiving stolen property and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Aragon Man Arrested After Giving Stolen Gun to Man Arrested in Connection to Double Murder Case
Alec Heath Brogdon, 18 of Aragon, was arrested this week after reports said he gave a convicted felon, who is currently in jail in connection with the investigation in the killing of two Rome women, a stolen handgun.
Reports stated that the stolen Glock .380 pistol was given to Devin Watts back in May.
The handgun had been reported stolen from Pickens County.
Brogdon is charged with theft by receiving stolen property.
Desmond Lavonta Brown, 28, and Devin Lashawn Watts, 36, are being held without bond following their arrests as a result of search warrants obtained through leads and tips received by the GBI.
Both arrests stem from searches conducted a the Callier Forest Apartments on Dodd Boulevard May.
The GBI continues to investigate the deaths of Vanita Nicole Richardson and Truvenia Clarece Campbell. The women’s bodies were found under a bridge on the Rome bypass with bags tied over their heads and with gunshot wounds.
Brown was originally charged with misdemeanor obstruction of law enforcement officers after he reportedly entered a vehicle after being told not to and then proceeded to resist officers before being restrained. He was released and then later re-arrested in Bartow County on drug charges. He was transferred to the Floyd County Jail and is currently being held without bond on felony cocaine charges and a probation violation.
Watts is accused of hiding the stolen .380 caliber Glock pistol.
Watts, a convicted felon, is accused of hiding the gun in a closet of apartment J-10 at Callier Forest Apartments. He is being held without bond on charges of theft by receiving stolen property and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.