Author: Staff Reports

Man Sentenced to Life for Callier Forrest Murder

Posted by Staff Reports | Dec 15, 2015 | Chattooga News, Floyd News |

A Floyd County Judge sentenced convicted murderer Kyle Timmons, 21 of Trion, to life on prison...

Rome Man Attempts to Throw Cocaine into River

Posted by Staff Reports | Dec 15, 2015 | Floyd News |

Labron Deon Southern, 36 of Rome, was arrested on Monday following a traffic stop at the intersection of Turner McCall Boulevard and Riverside Parkway. Reports said that during the traffic stop Southern allegedly attempted to...

Altercation Leads to Stabbing in Rome

Posted by Staff Reports | Dec 14, 2015 | Floyd News |

David Wayne Phillips, 62 of Rome, was arrested Sunday after police said he stabbed a man. Reports said that Phillips and the victim got into an altercation at a home on East Drive just after 8 pm on Sunday. Reports added that...

Rockmart Teen Charged with Rape

Posted by Staff Reports | Dec 14, 2015 | Floyd News, Polk News |

Rockmart Police arrested 17 year-old Jacob Lamar Pritchard recently and charged him with the sexual assault of a woman. Reports said that an 18 year-old female told police that she went over the Pritchard’s home to ‘hang out as...

Rome Teen Charged with Robbery

Posted by Staff Reports | Dec 14, 2015 | Floyd News |

Austin Taylor Smith, 19 of Rome, was arrested over the weekend on robbery and and terroristic threat charges. Reports said Smith stole an elderly woman’s cell phone before going into the Dollar General store on Turner...