2 injured in wreck involving dump truck
A witness told police the driver of a dump truck involved in a two-vehicle wreck at the intersection of Huffaker Road and Garden Lakes Boulevard on Monday afternoon ran the red light and struck a Toyota RAV4 on the driver’s side door, before turning over and spilling dirt on the road and another vehicle.
According to Rome police officer Brandon Brown:
The drivers in the RAV4 and dump truck were both taken to a local hospital by ambulance after suffering minor injuries in the wreck. Their names were not available Monday night.
The RAV4 was heading east on Garden Lakes Boulevard just before 5 p.m. when the dump truck ran the red light while heading south on Huffaker Road, a witness told police. The dump truck hit the RAV4 on the driver’s side door and pushed it off the west side of the road on Huffaker.
After striking the RAV4, the dump truck turned over and spilled dirt onto Huffaker as well as a Honda CR-V, which was going north on Huffaker. The driver of the CR-V was not injured, but the spilled dirt had blocked her vehicle in as it swerved off the east side of the road.
The driver of the dump truck, owned by Todd Spears, was cited for running a red light.
Traffic on Huffaker Road was rerouted for over an hour.
Report: Man tells cop he will kill him
A Rome man told a police officer who was taking him into custody on charges pertaining to a vehicle theft that he would kill him Monday morning, reports stated.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
Jeremiah Ray Douglas, 27, of 102 Beech Creek Drive, was arrested just before 11:30 a.m. Monday. Earlier in the day, around 5:20 a.m., he got inside a woman’s vehicle and took off with it.
A Floyd County police officer saw Douglas driving the vehicle on Ga. Loop 1 several hours after the theft. While he was being arrested, Douglas threatened the officer.
“I swear to God I’ll kill you,” Douglas told the officer. “I’ll be the one to push you in the fire.”
Douglas is charged with felony theft by taking a motor vehicle, entering an automobile with intent to commit a felony or theft, and terroristic threats and acts.
He was in jail without bond Monday night.
Man charged with felony entering an automobile
A 17-year-old man was in jail without bond Monday night after being accused of getting inside two vehicles at a Heather Road home and taking chargers for a computer and an iPad.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
John Franklin Fields, of 40 Fortune St., was taken into custody Monday and charged with two felony counts of entering an automobile with intent to commit a felony or theft.
On July 15, around 1:20 a.m., Fields entered two vehicles at a Heather Road home and took a backpack with the charging cables. The chargers were valued at $100.
Rome couple charged with stealing power, damaging electric meter
A Rome couple accused of stealing electricity was in jail without bond Monday night and their young children were placed with family members.
According to Floyd County Jail and Rome Police Department records”
Randall Lee Little, 46, and Rhonda Little, 37, of 1 Lester Lane, are both charged with probation violation following the incident that led to their arrest Sunday.
Police were called to the home by a Georgia Power Co. investigator, who said the company has been dealing with the Little since December regarding siphoned electricity. Power was shut off to the home on Friday and the meter locked, but the investigator found the meter had been tampered with to reconnect the service.
The value of the damaged fixtures and stolen power topped $1,600.
Randall Little is charged with felony theft of services and damaging property of a public utility. In addition to a probation violation, he is being held for Cobb County on an unspecified charge.
Rhonda Little also was arrested on a probation violation and a caseworker called to the home to determine care of two young children there. Police said there was little food in the residence, which was filled with piles of “clothing, trash and junk.”
The children were placed with family members and a dog with puppies on the premises was turned over to animal control.
Police: Man who stole beer had forged IDs
A Floyd County man who was not charged with stealing two 24-ounce bottles of beer was in jail Monday on felony forgery charges.
According to Floyd County Jail and Rome Police Department records:
Bond was set at $3,500 for Alejandro Alvardo-Herrera, 48, of 2026 Rockdale St. He remained in jail Monday night.
Police got involved Sunday morning when a clerk at Circle K, 1425 Turner McCall Blvd., reported he left the store without paying for two bottles of beer. When officers located Alvardo-Herrera on Lee Street, he provided a fake ID, belonging to a woman, and a Social Security card that did not contain nine digits.
Alvardo-Herrera is charged with two felony counts of firstdegree forgery. The clerk declined to press charges but banned him from returning to the store.
Woman turns self in on felony meth charge
A Big Texas Valley woman was released from jail on bond Monday after turning herself in on a felony drug charge.
According to Floyd County jail and police department records:
Montana Hope Corbin, 21, of 5426 Big Texas Valley Road, was arrested on a warrant stemming from a Thursday morning incident on Ga. 1 at Old School Road.
Corbin was stopped while driving and her car searched. It was later determined a bag and straw ends in the vehicle contained suspected methamphetamine. She also was found with suspected marijuana and a camera caught her discarding another bag of marijuana as the vehicle was searched.
Corbin is charged with felony meth possession and the misdemeanors possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, abandonment of dangerous drugs and tampering with evidence.