Tag: aggravated assault
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Teen remains in jail following late night altercation that ends with injuries
A teen who got into an altercation last week in Cedartown as the year was closing out remains in jail with bond denied on felony charges. Cedartown Police officials reported that Isaiah Logan Pankey, 18, of a Central Street address, was taken into custody on New Year’s Eve minutes after an altercation in the area…
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Two shot during Turner Street Park altercation in Cedartown
The Cedartown Police Department have charged a former Cedartown resident following a shooting incident at Turner Street Park on Saturday night after gunfire shattered the night and left two injured. Per a release from the Cedartown Police 31-year-old Atlanta resident Demontray Rashad Price, formerly of Cedartown, pulled a handgun during an altercation outside of the…
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Victim stabbed in domestic incident on Bennett Road
Polk County Police charged a woman following their arrest for a stabbing during a domestic incident on Bennett Road on Saturday, according to officials. Gretchen F. Dorsey of a Bennett Road address in Rockmart was arrested at her home on Saturday, December 6 on felony charges of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm or…
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Driver unhappy with speed charged with aggravated assault following confrontation
A Cedartown man was booked on Sunday following an alleged confrontation that began as a case of road rage, according to local police. Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome confirmed that Richard Allen Hosmer, 61, was booked into custody on Sunday evening, September 21, after a weekend incident involving the driver of a motorcycle attempted to…
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PCSO: Jail officers injured after inmate barricaded himself in cell
Two jail officers were injured and an inmate already in custody since mid-May now faces more charges after he attempted to barricade himself in a cell, and attacked the officers coming into the cell to get him out according to a release from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. New charges were filed over the weekend…
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Brothers sentenced for 2024 shooting in front of West Jule Peek home
A shooting incident that happened in Cedartown in 2024 finally went to trial and earned the Tallapoosa Circuit District Attorney’s office two more notable convictions on the year. Two brothers: Edgar Cornejo-Reyes, 17, and Alonzo Cornejo-Reyes, 25 faced Tallapoosa Circuit Superior Court Chief Judge Mark Murphy in the courtroom with attorneys present on Tuesday to…
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Man rams cars, fights officers during Wednesday incident
A man is accused of causing chaos on Cedartown roadways after he rammed a vehicle on the Highway 27 Bypass, then did it again on Rockmart Highway in the area around the hospital before officers caught up with him, according to Cedartown Police. Officers finally took Dylan Lee Little, 33, of a Cedartown-area address into…
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REPORT: Shot fired at neighbor’s feet over near miss at four-way stop
A pair of neighbors were “fussing” at one another over a near miss at a four-way stop in Aragon on Monday, prompting one of the men toward gunplay according to a Polk County Police report on an arrest. Officers took Arnold Hutchison, 69, into custody on Monday afternoon when police responded to Prospect Road when…
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Jury convicts McClarity on all charges for 2022 shooting
A trial that ended this past week will see a man sent to prison after a jury convicted him on multiple charges including malice murder for a 2022 shooting in Cedartown. Randy McClarity will face a sentencing hearing following the guilty verdict on all charges against him on Friday evening following the conclusion of his…
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"Handcuffs" by The.Comedian is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. POLICE: Man jailed after pointing pistol, agitated prior to arrest
A man was charged with several felonies following a domestic incident where he was accused of pointing a pistol at another person and was later “agitated” during his arrest, per Polk County Police. PCPD took John Wesley Fain, 41, into custody on Friday, January 17, after officers arrived at a Benefield Road residence on a…