Tag: shooting
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REPORT: Man faces trio of charges for shots fired, aggressive driving
A Lindale-area man was booked and later released on bond following an incident last Friday that saw Polk County Police responding to a shots fired call later in the evening hours along Highway 27, according to reports. Officers charged Shelby Paxton Murphy, 26, of a Lindale-area address late on Friday, June 13, following a call…
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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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UPDATE: Suspect booked on multiple charges following late November shooting
A man was charged by Polk County Police for a late November shooting incident, and deputies caught up with him in recent days for an arrest. Eriberto Vargas, 27, of a Rome address, was a suspect involved a Nov. 30, 2024 shooting on Potash Road. He was tracked down earlier this week and remains in…
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POLICE: Man jailed following shots fired call on Potash Road
A Cedartown man remains in custody and an investigation is still open following a Saturday evening shooting incident on Potash Road, according to reports. Little is known about what prompted the incident, but officers have arrested Ricardo Guzman, 28, on multiple charges and remains in custody on a $30,000 bond. Guzman was charged with felonies…
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REPORT: Man faces several charges for shooting deer
A pair were found on another’s property with a dead deer and one of the men holding a revolver, and that was what got one of the two in trouble with law enforcement over the weekend according to Polk County Police reports. Michael Chad Garrett, 42, of a Rockmart-area address, was taken into custody after…
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REPORT: One arrested for returning fire in suspect drive by shooting
Polk County Police charged a man after he was alleged to have returned fire at a vehicle speeding by a store suspected of being involved in a drive-by shooting earlier in the month, according to reports. Jatavion Jariq Stocks, 19, of a Rockmart-area address, was booked into custody and later released on bond after he…
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PSD: Talk to kids about recent Apalachee HS shooting, consequences for making threats
The school shooting last week at Apalachee High School in Barrow County that saw two students and two teacher killed and nine others wounded has left a major impact all across the state and the nation as the young school year continues, and Polk School District is making it clear that both parents and students…
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PCSO: Four-Year-Old’s Death Being Investigated As a 2nd Degree Murder
A toddler’s death is being investigated as a homicide due to the negligence of a gun owner, according to a release from the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office late this afternoon following a Friday incident. Here’s the full release from the PCSO: Paulding Detectives arrest a local man on Second Degree Murder charges in the death…
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Deputy Brandon Cunningham PCSO deputy killed, another injured; gunman dead of apparent self-inflicted wound
HIRAM — Several news agencies and the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office all confirmed the horrible news from Saturday night: a deputy is dead, another wounded and the suspect responsible seems to have shot themselves. The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office first posted the news last night that one of their deputies – Brandon Cunningham – had…