Report: Man had drugs on US 411
An Atlanta-area man was taken into custody by police to face multiple drug charges just before midnight Monday night at a location on U.S. 411.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
William Frank Wynn, 33, of 3222 Lavista St., Decatur, was arrested by Rome police at 825 Cartersville Highway with one bag of marijuana, two bags of methamphetamine and two bags of cocaine.
He was charged with felony possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, felony possession of methamphetamine, felony possession of cocaine and misdemeanors for possession of drug-related objects and possession of marijuana.
Wynn was released from jail Tuesday on $16,700 bond.
Bartow man charged with cocaine, pipe
Rome police arrested a Bartow County man early Tuesday morning for possession of drugs after running from police in the 800 block of Martha Berry Highway
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
David Joseph Matthews, 33, of Clearview Drive, Cartersville, was arrested by Rome Police who were responding to a call about a prowler around 12:20 Tuesday morning. He allegedly tried to throw away a crack pipe with cocaine in it during the brief chase. After getting to the jail, officers found a small bag with suspected cocaine on Matthews.
He was charged with felony possession of cocaine, felony crossing a guard line with the cocaine and misdemeanors for possession of drug related objects, obstruction of officers and loitering or prowling.
Mathews was being held in the Floyd County jail Tuesday night pending a $10,100 bond.
Floyd police arrest 2 on drug charges
Floyd County police arrested a Rome man and Calhoun man on felony drug charges shortly after 10 a.m. Tuesday on Wilshire Road.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
Robert Brandon Headrick, 31 of 54 Glenwood School Road, Armuchee, and Freddie Dewey Sutton, 51, of 330 Carpenter Road, Calhoun, were arrested after a traffic stop for a cracked windshield on the vehicle Sutton was driving.
Police recovered meth, marijuana, plastic bags and a digital scale from the vehicle.
Both Sutton and Headrick were charged with felony possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, felony possession of meth and misdemeanors for possession of marijuana and drug-related objects.
Sutton was also charged with a felony probation violation and the cracked windshield.
Both men were being held in the Floyd County jail without bond late Tuesday night.
Disturbance at medical office leads to arrest
A Rome man was arrested between 9 and 9:30 Tuesday morning on charges of causing a disturbance in a local medical office building, then running from police.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
James Mitchell Couzzourt, 46, of 344 Fred Kelly Road, was charged with felony interference with government property and misdemeanors for loitering or prowling and obstruction of officers.
Police were called to 15 Riverbend Drive just after 9 a.m. when Couzzourt was found at the building without justifiable reason, causing concern on the part of other patients.
The interference with government property count resulted when Couzzourt fled into the Etowah River, damaging a police stun gun.
Couzzourt was being held without bond Tuesday night.
Rome man facing felony firearms charge
A Rome man was jailed for allegedly possessing a firearm at a location on Elmwood Street earlier this month.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
Edward Guy Paintin II, 44, of 21 Elmwood St., was transferred from the Polk County Jail to the Floyd County Jail to face charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
The warrant for Paintin’s arrest alleges he had been convicted of aggravated assault and drug charges back in 1996. He supposedly had an unspecified firearm at his home June 12.
Paintin was released from jail Tuesday on $3,500 bond.
Floyd man charged with taking auto parts
A Floyd County man was jailed Monday after he was arrested on a theft warrant for an incident that allegedly occurred earlier this year.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
Stanley Edward Stephens, 66 of 11 Craton Road, Silver Creek, was arrested by deputies and charged with felony theft by taking parts from a vehicle.
The warrant alleges that Stephens took engine parts and diesel fuel from a Freightliner truck on Rockmart Highway between January and May.
The total loss was estimated at $1,850.
Stephens was released from jail Tuesday after posting a $3,500 bond,