From Polk County Police Department On Wednesday August 16, 2017 Police were dispatched to the area of Hillside drive on Morgan Valley Road in Rockmart in reference to someone shooting across a field from a house in the direction of the neighbor who was working on his tractor. The neighborContinue Reading
A man was taken to the Polk County Jail Wednesday afternoon after a standoff with officers. Polk County Chief Deputy Jonathan Blackmon told WGAA Radio that a man had shot a firearm near a man who reportedly had to take cover behind a barn for much of the early afternoonContinue Reading
No one was hurt and one person is in custody after a tense situation in the Morgan Valley Road area early Wednesday afternoon. According to Chief Deputy Jonathan Blackmon, Polk County Police and Polk County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call of shots being fired across the roadway. Deputies arrivedContinue Reading
Polk County Police Chief Kenny Dodd was suspended without pay for the rest of the week following a confrontation with County Commissioner Jennifer Husley after Tuesday’s county commission regular session meeting. Polk County Manager Matt Denton said that he officially reprimanded Dodd for his actions. Hulsey told the Polk CountyContinue Reading
The Polk County Drug Task Force would like to issue the following press release in regards to the recent conclusion of criminal investigations conducted by the Polk County Drug Task Force during the month of July, 2017. Agents conducted several investigations that resulted in search warrants being executed at fourContinue Reading
The Polk County Jail releases the arrest reports in the mornings during the week. Click on the link below to view the file in PDF format. Media Arrest Summary with Photos__2017-07-20_08-02-08-AMContinue Reading
The Polk County Jail releases the arrest reports in the mornings during the week. Click on the link below to view the file in PDF format. Media Arrest Summary with Photos__2017-07-13_08-28-21-AMContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE Polk County, GA – Three (3) people were arrested and charged with crimes related to possession, of images of child pornography and other violations of Georgia laws after a several week long investigation by the Polk County Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division, Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child ExploitationContinue Reading
The Polk County Jail releases the arrest reports in the mornings during the week. Click on the link below to view the file in PDF format. Media Arrest Summary with Photos__2017-06-20_08-32-09-AM-1Continue Reading
A man wanted in connection with a shooting that occurred in the front lawn of the Polk County School District Board of Education Central Office in late May was arrested on Friday. According to Polk County Jail reports, 19-year-old Derian Bona Ventura-Flores of a Lawrenceville, Georgia address, was taken into custodyContinue Reading