Police/Crime News

April 14, 2022 Cedartown, Ga: Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents have charged Joseph Leroy Jones, 30, with murder, aggravated assault by strangulation, and aggravated stalking in connection to Monisha Leath’s death. Both Jones and Leath […]

MEDIA RELEASE: On March 29, 2022 the Polk County Fire Department with assistance from Rockmart Fire Department responded to a house fire located at the address of 13 Oak Grove Road in Aragon, GA. The […]

MEDIA RELEASE: A Lindale man is in jail after he fell asleep in a John Hand Road driveway behind the wheel of a  South Carolina stolen vehicle. Officers took Douglas Bray into custody early this […]

from Georgia Bureau of Investigation: The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting Polk County, GA. The Polk County Police Department asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on Monday, February 28, 2022. One […]

From Floyd County Police A Rockmart woman was killed Sunday morning in a single-vehicle crash on the southern Rome bypass near Black Bluff Road. The driver of that vehicle is in serious condition at a […]

Haralson County, GA (December 19, 2021) – The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Haralson County, GA. The Georgia State Patrol (GSP) and the Haralson County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) asked the GBI to conduct an […]

MEDIA RELEASE: Police have arrested and charged a local man with the December 12 hit and run death of 52-year-old Barry Ford. Jason Myles Ingram was jailed on charges including felony homicide by vehicle, failure […]

From Polk Today: Officials have reported that a house on Winkle Road has exploded this morning. No word yet on whether any casualties have been found on the scene. Police, Fire and EMS officials have […]

From Polk Today: Update: Just a few minutes after posting the identity of the man barricaded at a Kimwood Drive residence, he decided to give up after all. Justin Steve Hayes was taken into custody […]

From Polk Today: A Cedartown man died this morning after he was struck running a stop sign at the intersection of Chestnut Street and West Girard Avenue, according to preliminary investigations completed by the Georgia […]