Police/Crime News

MEDIA RELEASE A Polk County Grand Jury has indicted Ralph William Dover, III a/k/a Ryan Dover on charges of Felony Hit and Run, and Reckless Conduct, and Othel Doyle Kelley III, a/k/a Trey Kelley, on […]

From Polk Today: A Savannah man remained in the Polk County Jail this morning on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges after several police agencies from Polk and Floyd counties chased in him a stolen truck […]

MEDIA RELEASE: The Cedartown Police Department has arrested and charged an individual with the November 19 armed robbery of the Discount Grocery and Tobacco Mart, 425 South College Street. Sterling Mitchell, 37, of a Central […]

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 […]