Tag: traffic
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Police: traffic stop near Paulding County line ends with arrest of passenger found with drugs
A traffic stop just past the Yorkville Highway turnoff and just inside the Polk County line near Paulding resulted in the arrest of a woman who police report was a passenger in the car and found with heroin and methamphetamine, among other items according to Polk County Police reports. Francis Ginger Locklear, 36, of 8…
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Report: Rome man takes responsibility for meth found during traffic stop
A Rome man took responsibility for baggies of methamphetamine found on the ground around where he was sitting while police were searching a vehicle he was riding in for contraband, according to Rockmart Police reports. Randy Lenor Beavers, 54, of 224 Ashland Park Blvd., Rome, remained in the Polk County Jail on felony charges of…
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Rockmart Police avoid crowd confrontation during drug arrest
Rockmart Police took three men into custody during a traffic stop on multiple charges including marijuana possession while also avoiding what could have turned into a confrontation with a crowd at the Goldin Street Apartments last week. Garfield Daylon Lester, 21, and Jasmond Daquan Rayshun Wilson, 19, both of 217 Jones Ave., Rockmart and Cortavious…
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Report: Man spotted driving erratically, arrested for DUI and drugs
A Carterville man remained in the Polk County Jail on multiple charges after Rockmart Police arrested him during a DUI traffic stop on traffic and drug charges, per a report from early Monday morning. William Proctor Burch, 28, of 36 Live Oak Run, Cartersville, was taken into custody after police caught up to him when…
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Report: Man jailed on theft charge who traded handgun for car had pieces from two stolen firearms
A man who told police he had owned a handgun for more than a year turned out to have pieces of two different firearms that were reported stolen, according to a Polk County Police report from the overnight hours of Sunday morning. Justin Michael Hotchkiss, 21, of 177 Fawn Circle, Carrollton, was jailed on two…
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Report: Cave Spring teen jailed after pulled over going 80 mph, weaving in and out of traffic on suspended license
A Cave Spring teen was jailed by Polk County Police after he was clocked going 80 mph in the area around Pea Ridge Road and Highway 278 and was found to be driving on a suspended license. Reports stated that police arrested Randall Kyle Guttery, 19, of 25 Rome Road SW, Cave Spring, on misdemeanor…
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Report: Heroin found under driver’s seat during early Tuesday traffic stop
A man was jailed on drug and traffic charges following an early morning Tuesday stop at Elm and Euharlee Streets in Rockmart, according to Polk County Police reports. Kenneth Leroy Baker, 59, of 611 Jones Ave., Rockmart, remained in the Polk County Jail on felony and misdemeanor charges after he was stopped with another man…
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Report: Kennesaw man jailed on traffic stop with vehicle suspected of involvement in Cedartown shooting death
Note: This story has been updated at 11:17 a.m. to include additional information about Mr. Pope’s warrant status. -KtE A Kennesaw man was jailed on drug charges and active warrants for his arrest after his vehicle was stopped after being potentially involved in a Cedartown shooting in the early morning hours of Tuesday. Rockmart Police…
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Police: Early Saturday morning traffic stop yields heroin, paraphernalia arrests
A man and woman from the Temple area remain in the Polk County Jail on multiple charges after they were found in possession of heroin and the items used to inject the drug into the bloodstream, according to reports from the early moring arrest on May 8. Polk County Police took Charles Robert Morris, 35,…
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Report: Woman stopped for no tag on vehicle found with cocaine
A Rockmart woman stopped by police because she didn’t have a valid tag on the vehicle was jailed on drug charges, according to local police reports. Rockmart Police arrested Normaleen Jestus Luke, 59, of 93 Miles Way, Rockmart, on felony charges of possession of a Schedule II controlled substance and possession and use of drug…