Report: Man influenced witness
A Rome man, who has been arrested twice on theft charges since last September, tried to get a man to drop charges against another person by offering him $500 and promising the return of his stolen truck.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
Cody Lee Barron, 28, of 1137 Calhoun Ave., was arrested Friday on a felony influencing a witness charge. He had tried to get a man to drop charges against 33-year-old James Ray Hash, of 29C West Butler St., who took the man’s truck.
Prior to this latest arrest, Barron had been taken into custody in February on felony charges related to the theft of approximately $3,365 in items from a vehicle parked in a lot at Binkley’s Auto Care & Towing. Also in September 2017, he was charged with felony theft by shoplifting after being accused of stealing pork chops and a crossbow from Walmart.
Barron is also charged with felony failure to appear. He and Ray remained in jail without bond Saturday night. while she was holding a then-8week-old baby in her arms.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
Joshua Charles Lipham, 32, of 2531 Shorter Ave. — the Pine Village mobile home park — was arrested Friday on charges related to the Feb. 6 incident at his home. He hit the woman in the face and shoved her head into a wall. He also forcibly prevented the woman from leaving the home and took her phone as she tried to call 911.
The altercation took place in front of two kids, as well as putting the baby the woman was holding in “substantial and unjustifiable risk of harm.”
He is charged with felony false imprisonment along with misdemeanor obstructing or hindering persons making emergency telephone call, reckless conduct, battery under the Family Violence Act, probation violation and two counts of cruelty to children in the third degree.
Oliver Chase Carter, 28, of 102 Briarwood Drive, Calhoun, stole a 2001 Nissan Altima, valued at more than $1,500, from a Lewis Drive home March 30. He was arrested at a Minshew Road apartment.
He was released from jail Saturday.