Drugs Lead Police to 'Hot' Stash

A drug investigation led to a stash of hundreds of allegedly stolen items police found in a Cartersville home during the execution of a warrant, Chief Tommy Culpepper said in a press release.

Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force agents and police officers Tuesday at 6 p.m. searched the house at 27 Walker Street to try to find narcotics and stolen merchandise after agents were told the resident, Leroy Windom, 58, had traded stolen property for drugs.

In addition to two guns, police say they found drugs and hundreds of pieces of stolen property, including lawnmowers, power washers, weed eaters, leaf blowers, hand tools, tires, wheel rims, watches and other goods. 

Investigators are still checking stolen property reports, but have already determined many of the items were reported stolen.

Authorities arrested four people at the home:

• Leroy James Windom, 58, of 27 Walker St. in Cartersville, was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, sale of cocaine, theft by receiving stolen property, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

• Fadrick Alonzo Grissom, 35, of Elizabeth St. in Cartersville, was charged with possession of cocaine.

• Curtis Turner, 60, of Old Mill Road in Cartersville, was charged with possession of cocaine.

• Lawanda Marie Wilbanks, 26, of Rockmart, was charged with possession of cocaine.

The investigation continues and other charges may be forthcoming.