Report: Random check of car tag leads to drug, driving charges

A Floyd County woman stopped when a check of her car tag showed the insurance had been canceled was being held Sunday night on a probation violation charge out of Haralson County. According to Floyd County Jail records: Christina Delynn Lacey, 31, of 439 Kasonovich Road, also is facing a felony charge of being a habitual violator.

A Rome police officer stopped behind Lacey at a red light Saturday night, ran her tag numbers and learned her insurance was canceled. Her driver’s license also had been revoked and a search on her vehicle after a K-9 alert tuned up a small amount of marijuana.

In addition to the felony for habitual driving violations, Lacey is facing misdemeanor charged of driving with a revoked license, driving with invalid insurance and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.

Lawn mower stolen from Rome Church of Christ

Rome police are investigating the theft of a push lawn mower from Rome Church of Christ, 121 Primrose Lane.

Investigators think the theft happened shortly after 6:30 a.m. Saturday when an alarm was triggered. Police responded to find the gate open and a shed unlocked, but a riding lawn mower was in the shed and there was nothing obviously missing.

Officers thought someone had been mowing the grass and failed to lock the gate and shed. However, a deacon called about 8 a.m. to report that the gate was missing one of its two locks and a $150 push mower was gone from the shed.