Tuesday, May 14, 2013
A couple of Cartersville police reports caught our eye, but chronicle alleged crimes and the people involved are assumed innocent until their cases are settled in the courts.
A couple of police reports chronicling alleged criminal incidents in Cartersville and Bartow County in the last day or so caught our eyes at Cartersville Patch. Here are the stories: An allegedly intoxicated man found lying in a parking lot Sunday appeared deceased to the Waffle House worker who called police. Bartow County sheriff's deputies responded about 3 p.m. to the Highway 20 eatery to a report of a man in the back parking lot, who didn't appear to be breathing, according to the incident report, attached. The man, who identified himself as Jeffrey Sumner, smelled of alcohol and apparently had been drinking a 24-ounce can of Steel Reserve in a brown paper bag in his right hand, a deputy reported. Describing himself as "not too drunk…
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
A couple of Cartersville police reports caught our eye, but chronicle alleged crimes and the people involved are assumed innocent until their cases are settled in the courts.
A couple of police reports chronicling alleged criminal incidents in Cartersville and Bartow County in the last day or so caught our eyes at Cartersville Patch. Here are the stories: A Cartersville woman originally pulled over for an inoperable brake light allegedly told police officers they'd have to physically fight her to get a mug shot following her arrest. Stephanie Leigh Gaglione's mug shot, however, was taken at the Bartow County jail, according to Cartersville Patch's crime blotter. A Cartersville Police Department officer spotted the 2008 Nissan Armada driven by Gaglione, 45, of Mission Ridge Drive, on West Avenue about 4 a.m. Sunday, and arrested Gaglione on a DUI charge. Gaglione's vehicle was turned over to her husband, …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
A couple of Cartersville and Bartow County police reports caught our eye, but chronicle alleged crimes and the people involved are assumed innocent until their cases are settled in the courts.
A couple of police reports chronicling alleged criminal incidents in Cartersville and Bartow County in the last day or so caught our eyes at Cartersville Patch. Here are the stories: A taxi driver who allegedly drove off both sides of the road and nearly hit two cars was servicing five passengers when he was arrested and charged with DUI. Osvaldo Cruz, 29, of Mac Johnson Road in Cartersville, was driving a blue 1998 Honda Odyssey when Tuesday at 3:15 p.m., he caught the attention of a deputy on patrol, according to the Bartow County Sheriff's Office incident report, attached. During a traffic stop near the intersection of Highway 41 at Highway 411, Cruz said he hadn't drank since 11 the prior night, but smelled of alcohol, a deputy …
Thursday, April 18, 2013
A few Cartersville and Bartow County police reports caught our eye, but chronicle alleged crimes and the people involved are assumed innocent until their cases are settled in the courts.
A couple of police reports chronicling alleged criminal incidents in Cartersville and Bartow County in the last day or so caught our eyes at Cartersville Patch. Here are the stories: A Cartersville woman who stopped to help men on the side of the road says she was robbed and slapped by the two who were called "Unc" and "Chris." The victim, 37, was returning to her Gaines Road home about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and noticed a blue SUV stopped on the shoulder near Spring Place Road, according to the Bartow County Sheriff's Office incident report, attached. She stopped to ask if the pair needed help and the passenger asked to use her cell phone, but snatched it, "back-handed her in the face" with his left hand and fled in the newer GMC Denali …
Monday, April 8, 2013
A few Cartersville and Bartow County police reports caught our eye, but chronicle alleged crimes and the people involved are assumed innocent until their cases are settled in the courts.
A few police reports chronicling alleged criminal incidents in Cartersville and Bartow County in the last day or so caught our eyes at Cartersville Patch. Here are the stories: A man who allegedly showed up for work intoxicated and asked a coworker for drugs seemed confused when police came to arrest him, according to the Cartersville Police Department incident report, attached. The manager of Cartersville's new Bojangles' told police about 5:20 a.m. that Brett Jackson Hyatt, 27, of Kingston, had came to work early Saturday morning and asked the "biscuit baker if they had any weed to share." An "extremely relaxed" Hyatt, who said he would test positive for marijuana and methamphetamine, also told an officer that he had gone out drinking …
Saturday, April 6, 2013
A couple of Cartersville and Bartow County police reports caught our eye, but chronicle alleged crimes and the people involved are assumed innocent until their cases are settled in the courts.
A few police reports chronicling alleged criminal incidents in Cartersville and Bartow County in the last day or so caught our eyes at Cartersville Patch. Here are the stories: A Cartersville woman who allegedly said she was the Federal Bureau of Investigation before asking a local motel clerk to call 911 found herself the subject of a complaint to police. Angela Marie Bates, 44, a Guest House resident, entered the office Thursday shortly after noon to ask for her mail, but grabbed paperwork and threw it in the clerk's face and screamed across the counter, calling the clerk a name, according to the Bartow County Sheriff's Office incident report, attached. Deputies reported smelling alcohol on Bates, who said she had been cursed at, too. "I…
Monday, April 1, 2013
Cartersville and Bartow County police reports chronicle some weird crime stories, which include a couple jailed after allegedly trying to cash a fake check at a local store.
A few police reports chronicling crazy crime stories in Cartersville and Bartow County in the last day or so caught our eyes at Cartersville Patch. Here are the stories: A Bartow County firefighter who accused a coworker of having an affair with his wife was jailed on drunk-driving and terroristic threat charges following a Sunday incident. Garry Shaun Roberson, 34, of Taylorsville, a Bartow County Fire Department employee, allegedly called his coworker, a 31-year-old firefighter from Cartersville, about 8:30 p.m., saying he on his way to Station 1 and adding, "I'm gonna stomp the [expletive] outta your ass," according to the Bartow County Sheriff's Office report attached. The firefighter said he had received several voice mails from …
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Cartersville and Bartow County police reports chronicle some weird crime stories, which include a man from whom three goats have been taken and another who said he smokes spice out of a pipe found in his car.
A few police reports chronicling strange happenings in Cartersville and Bartow County in the last day or so caught our eyes at Cartersville Patch. Here are the stories: A man walking in a parking lot Tuesday caught the attention of police, who searched his bag and found items the man said he thought weren't there. Police stopped Christopher Livingston, 23, about 11:35 a.m. near Applebee's due to recent incidents of auto burglaries in the Cherokee Place shopping center, according to the Cartersville Police Department incident report, attached. Livingston, of Acworth, said his vehicle was being repaired across the street and he was waiting. He allowed police to search his bag, which allegedly contained a glass pipe that contained burned …
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Cartersville and Bartow County police reports chronicle some weird crime stories, which include a local trio accused of using a pry bar found during a traffic stop to steal mail addressed to numerous other people.
A few police reports chronicling strange happenings in Cartersville and Bartow County in the last day or so caught our eyes at Cartersville Patch. Here are the stories: Perhaps an early start to St. Patrick's Day fun led to a Cartersville woman's arrest after a motorist reported her to police. The man called 911 about 1:20 a.m. Sunday to report a woman walking on Burnt Hickory Road had tried to get into his car while he was stopped at a stop sign, according to the Bartow County Sheriff's Office incident report, attached. Deputies found Toni Jarrard Shierling, 60, of Saddle Club Drive, in the area of Burnt Hickory's intersection with Bingham Drive. She said she was at home drinking, walked outside and got lost, but was attempting to get …
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Cartersville and Bartow County police reports chronicle some weird crime stories, which include a woman who allegedly didn't pay her rent, refused to pack up and leave, and tried to fight the law.
A few police reports chronicling strange happenings in Cartersville and Bartow County in the last day or so caught our eyes at Cartersville Patch. Here are the stories: A man who was reportedly walking into traffic after midnight on North Tennessee Street said five men gave him a drink that made him want to kill three of those men. Tavaris Eugene Major, 25, of North Erwin Street in Cartersville, told police Wednesday about 12:02 a.m. that "sometime" that day two African-American men and three men from Mexico gave him a cup of Kool-Aid and told him to drink it. "Major stated that the drink must have been alcohol because 'it [expletive] me up!'" a Cartersville Police Department officer wrote in the incident report, attached. Major, who was …
Jo Cooper
10:41 am on Monday, May 13, 2013
How embarrassing this must be for her. I pray she gets the help she needs. My son was killed by a drunk driver and anyone who drinks and drives is either an alcoholic or an idiot or both. more ›