Indictments include fake cop
In addition to the man accused of impersonating an officer by pulling over an off-duty officer, more than 30 more suspects are indicted.
A man police say impersonated an officer and attempted to pull over an offduty police officer was among those indicted by the Floyd County grand jury.
Tony Arden Ruth was arrested on Feb. 14 shortly before 10 p.m. using flashing lights and driving aggressively in an attempt to conduct a traffic stop on another motorist, according to Floyd County Jail reports.
The report came from the driver, an off-duty Floyd County police investigator, who was on her way home from an evening in Cartersville.
Ruth started flashing auxiliary lights in his grill and shining what appeared to be a handheld flashlight at her car then followed her down Turner McCall Boulevard. The officer called 911.
Ruth is charged with felony impersonating an officer and misdemeanor aggressive driving and reckless driving. He also faces three counts of cruelty to children in the second degree because there were three young children in the officer’s car.
Men indicted in shootings
Six men were indicted in three different shooting incidents.
Christopher Kenyun Atwater and Monyea Mico Smith were indicted on an aggravated assault charge for shooting a Rome man in the leg on East 12th Street around 6:15 p.m. on April 27.
Samithy Wayne McHenry and Lawrence Everest Harvers were arrested in July and accused of shooting at another car near the Floyd County Jail in July.
The two guns were found near the highway where the shooting took place. They were both indicted on an aggravated assault charge.
Maurice Zyslonne Stocks and Jaylon Jester were indicted on an aggravated assault charge for allegedly firing a pistol at two people on Kingston Avenue at Chambers Street in June. No injuries were reported.
The charge in the indictment does not necessarily show all the charges filed against a person accused of a crime. Others on the list from last week’s deliberations are:
Dornita Bell, terroristic threats
Gregory K. House, violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act
Michelle R. Mostiller, aggravated stalking
James M. Couzzourt, interference with government property
Roderick M. Chambers, aggravated stalking
Charles J. Jackson, interfere with electronic monitoring device
Terry W. Smith, aggravated stalking
Tyrance J. Diamond, aggravated assault
Devon L. Harris, burglary
Latasha L. Sumlin, aggravated assault
Charles G. Neal, violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act
Renalto P. Raper and Tynisha L. Raper, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
Shawn B. Salmon, attempt to elude
Michael L. Spears, attempt to elude
Taylor J. Hand, aggravated stalking
Henry D. Nails, burglary
Fred A. Collins, cruelty to children
Douglas D. Gann, Jr., aggravated assault
Brian A. Howell, theft by shoplifting
William J. Linton, violation sex offender registry
Adan J. Rodriguez, violation sex offender registry
Magan N. Sharpe, obstruction of an officer
Martinez M. Wilson, contraband inside guardline
Joseph L. Byrd, obstruction of an officer
Jennifer N. Marshall, obstruction of an officer
Demeishia M. Morgan, aggravated stalking
Mattie M. Wilkerson, aggravated assault under the Family Violence Act Megan E. Willis, burglary Eugene S. Ashley, entering an automobile
Richard B. Clark, criminal damage to property
Misty P. Rayburn, burglary
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