From: HometownHeadlines.com The Bartow County Sheriff’s Office is investigating another bizarre death case. In August, Courtney Dubois’ dismembered body was found at the county landfill in multiple bags. This time, a man’s decomposed body has been found in Allatoona Lake with a gunshot wound to the head, a boat anchorContinue Reading
An Atlanta area man was reportedly shot and drove to a Rockmart grocery store to seek assistance was taken to the hospital Saturday evening. According to Polk County Police reports, 50-year-old Mallory McClarity of a Decatur, GA address was at a Pine Mountain Street address at around 7:45 p.m. whenContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE On Monday July 23, 2018, the Polk County Police Department was notified of a possible sexual assault that occurred in the early morning hours of July 22, 2018. It was reported that the assault occurred at a residence on Hillscreek road in Taylorsville. The victim is a 16Continue Reading
From Polk Standard Journal As a local man recovers from surgery this afternoon following a morning shooting, police are in search for the driver of a silver late model pickup truck that is believed to be the perpetrator. Polk County Police Chief Kenny Dodd was able to announce the incidentContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE Cedartown, Ga. – June 29, 2018– Criminal charges have been announced and an additional arrest made in the deadly Sunday night shooting that took the life of Cedartown resident Ronald Morris Bentley. Laryan Yance Walker, 30, of 501 Line Street, Cedartown, was arrested on June 28 and taken into custody on an initialContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE A Cedartown man has been arrested and charged with murder in the early Sunday morning shooting death of Ronald Morris Bentley. According to Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome, Laryan Yance Walker, 30, of 501 Line St., was arrested on murder charges at 7:45 this evening. The arrest came asContinue Reading
Polk County Standard Journal A man and woman were jailed after a group was accused of shoplifting at the Cedartown Walmart and ended up in hot pursuit by law enforcement in an attempt to get away. Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome said the chase that spanned three counties began whenContinue Reading
The investigation continues into the death of a Cedartown man, found lying in the street, dead of an apparent gunshot wound. According to Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier, 40-year-old Ronald Morris Bentley was found dead on the scene in the middle of the intersection of East Gibson Street and ParkContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE Cedartown, Ga. – June 13, 2018: J.P. Foster’s life has taken him many places. Atlanta, Calhoun, Canton, South America, Northern Virginia — but he’ll be the first to tell you that his home has always been Cedartown. “I am a product of the Goodyear Village. 237 Third StreetContinue Reading
A single vehicle wreck on Thursday night in Cedartown has claimed the life of a Rockmart teen. According to Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier, 15-year-old Kemarion Washington, a Rome High School student, was pronounced dead at Polk Medical Center in the emergency room at 11:48 p.m. Kemarion’s brother Brent, 12,Continue Reading