Police/Crime News

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office announces visitation restrictions at the Polk County Jail, due to the increase of spread of COVID-19 throughout the community. According to a post on the PCSO Facebook page, the jail […]

From Polk.Today A wreck had traffic blocked on Highway 278, and one fatality was reported according to the Polk County Police Department this evening. Elwin Clyde Tillery, 75, of a Rockmart address, died on the […]

A Friday afternoon shooting at 201 LaVista Avenue has left one individual dead. Cedartown Police report that Kevin Quillian, 40, was killed by a gunshot wound and pronounced dead at the scene. Police are investigating […]

MEDIA RELEASE: In the early morning hours of September 02, 2020, Patrol Officers with the Polk County Police Department were dispatched to Cherokee Circle in reference to a report of Shots Fired. Upon the arrival […]

MEDIA RELEASE: Cedartown, Ga. – September 1, 2020– Cedartown Police are investigating a shooting incident at a Vine Street address that left one person injured. According to Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome, officers were called […]

On Wednesday, August 19, 2020, at approximately 6:49 pm, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was requested by the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office to investigate an officer-involved shooting. Preliminary information indicates that Paulding County deputies responded to […]

From Polk County Police Department: On August 18, 2020, the Polk County Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division executed two search warrants for Sexual Exploitation of Children, and Child Pornography at a residence in Cedartown, and […]

MEDIA RELEASE: Six Cedartown convenience store clerks were cited last week for selling vaping products to a minor during a compliance check initiated by the police department. Cedartown Police report that a 16-year-old non resident […]

Two more arrests have been made in connection with a double homicide investigation. 27-year old Dione Lavarius Wade of a Mardi Way address in Rome and 26-year old Devion Tremaine Neal of Cherry Street are […]

PRESS RELEASE: The following individuals have been arrested in the double murder investigation for the deaths of Vanita Richardson and Truvenia Campbell: Desmond Lavonta Brown, age 28, charged with Malice Murder (2cts), Felony Murder (2 […]