Warrant: Check cashed, work not done
A Silver Creek man was in jail without bond Wednesday, accused of failing to complete a job he had already been partially paid to do.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
Joshua Ramon Mantooth, 31, 3512 Old Rockmart Road, received an advance payment in the amount of $2,000 on May 1 from an elderly man for property improvement work. He cashed the check and never completed the job.
Mantooth is charged with felony exploitation of an elderly person, conversion of payments for real property improvements, theft by conversion and a probation violation.
Police: Felon fired pistol into the air
A Rome man was released from jail on bond Wednesday after his arrest on charges connected with firing a handgun into the air.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
Kimethe DeVaughn McClure, 29, of 10 Fortune St., a convicted felon, fired a 9mm pistol into the air around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday and was arrested a short time later.
McClure is charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He is also charged a stop sign violation, reckless conduct, driving with a suspended license, improper tail light requirement and operation of vehicles on approach of authorized emergency vehicles — all misdemeanors.
Report: Man had needle with meth
A Rome man accused of possessing methamphetamine was in jail Wednesday with a bond set at $3,500.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
Clifford Jay Vaughn, 48, of 15 Bollen Court, was found with a needle loaded with meth near the intersection of Wilkerson Street and Williamson Road around 10 p.m.
Vaughn is charged with felony possession of methamphetamine and misdemeanor possession and use of a drug related object.
Jailed man facing more charges in Ala.
A Rome man in jail on felony drug charges was additionally charged Wednesday with being a fugitive from justice after police discovered an active arrest warrant out of Alabama.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
Ronaldo Maurice Hodges, 33, of 103 Pinecrest Drive, has been in jail since February on charges of trafficking in illegal drugs. He was additionally charged with being a fugitive around 2 a.m. Wednesday when police discovered an active felony warrant for his arrest out of Dekalb County, Alabama, for failing to appear on a charge of possession of a controlled substance. Blake Silvers, staff writer
Police: Meth found on FMC shoplifter
A Shannon-area woman was in jail on drug charges Wednesday after she was accused of shoplifting at the Floyd Medical Center gift shop.
According to Floyd County Jail records:
Tonya Lane Astin, 49, of 179 Shannon Road, is charged with felony possession of methamphetamine and the misdemeanors possession of a drug-related object and shoplifting.
Astin was stopped by FMC security on suspicion of shoplifting Wednesday afternoon. Police found an $18 pair of stolen earrings on her, along with meth and a pipe containing meth residue.
More charges for accused burglar
A man already jailed on burglary charges was additionally charged Wednesday with thefts from two other homes.
According to Floyd County Jail records:
Investigators say James Harlan Griffin Jr., 35, took a $3,500 set of golf clubs from a Bethel Church Road residence on Aug. 24. He also took a $400 pressure washer and $150 Makita planer from a residence on Eagle Ridge Drive in Kingston.
Griffin was additionally charged Wednesday with felony theft by taking, misdemeanor theft by taking and criminal trespass. Diane Wagner, staff writer
Indictment renews murder charge
ATLANTA (AP) — A grand jury renewed murder charges Wednesday against a white former Atlanta police officer in the 2016 death of a black man who was fatally shot while driving a car.
A new indictment reinstated felony murder charges against former officer James Burns barely a month after Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard dropped the original indictment. Howard had cited legal concerns about how the case was originally presented to grand jury two years ago.
Prosecutors say Burns was responding to a suspicious person call in June 2016 when he fired shots into a car driven by 22-year-old Deravis Caine Rogers, killing him. Investigators concluded the office wasn’t in danger when he opened fire, and that he had no way to identify Rogers as the reported suspicious person.