5 indicted on drug charges in hotel raid

Five people who were arrested at the Relax Inn on drug-trafficking charges in July were among 42 cases recently indicted by the Floyd County grand jury.

According to Floyd County Jail and Rome Police Department reports:

A Rome officer received a tip that a woman wanted on child support warrants was in Room 209 of the hotel at 1204 Martha Berry Blvd. When officers went to the room, they found the door partially open and the smell of marijuana coming from inside.

Kayla Mae Kinney tried to shut the door but they pushed in and saw drugs and several guns in plain sight. Officers then called the Metro Task Force to get a warrant to search the room.

A search turned up 28 grams of suspected synthetic marijuana as well as methamphetamine, three guns, a digital scale and a suspected marijuana cigarette.

Kinney, along with Eric Dennis McConnell, Timothy Derrel Dupree, Ronnie Jackson Vanmeter and Crashun Jogno Patio, were indicted on a violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act charge on Feb. 9.

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: Jacob D. Grizzle, aggravated stalking Labron Jenkins, criminal damage to property Mauro N. Cruz, aggravated assault Tieka T. Daniel and Natasha M. Ragland, terroristic threats

Charles J. Dupree, violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act Jamal T. Harper, cruelty to children Nicholas J. Ashley and Catherine G. Sartin, theft by receiving

Christopher L. Reed, aggravated assault under the Family Violence Act

Kumar Mandjinder, aggravated stalking

Robert T. Smith, aggravated battery under the Family Violence Act

Tiffany R. Chambers, Wanda J. Chambers, Jessica N. Jackson and Lamario A. Majors, aggravated assault

Antonio D. Foster, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon Tony R. Ingram, aggravated assault John A. Johnson, criminal damage to property Scott Warren, cruelty to children Wiley B. Watson, terroristic threats James J. Wright, aggravated assault under the Family Violence Act

Oliver C. Carter, false statements and writings Xavier C. Cheeks, aggravated assault Billy Joe Fisher, aggravated assault Roderick D. Stocks, terroristic threats April A. Davis and Lillian V. Robertson, violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act

Timothy C. Pettyjohn, attempt to elude

Jill M. Brown, aggravated stalking

Ryan B. Beasley, criminal damage to property

William C. Moses, obstruction of an officer William P. Padgett IV, cruelty to children Pamela Pounds, terroristic threats Dominique R. Leath, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon Patrick R. Smith, aggravated assault Christie J. Stansell, violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act

Misti D. Carter and Justin Hilyer, terroristic threats Jenny S. Burns, forgery Gregory B. Farmer, aggravated assault British N. Office and Timothy Wilson, aggravated battery Jeffrey A. Shedrick, cruelty to children Demetrius D. Allen, arson Rachel F. Garrett, interference with government property

Joel W. Goldin, criminal damage to property Hilton Hayes III, terroristic threats Joel T. McPherson, terroristic threats.