Report: Inmate fought deputies

He was already facing 2016 charges of threats, aggravated assault and escape

A Rome man is being held in the Floyd County Jail without bond facing multiple charges related to acts of violence that date back to August of 2016.

Ryan Keith Tilley, 35, of 111 Asbury Drive, was picked up from the Huttonsville Correctional facility and returned to Rome on Thursday to face felony charges of terroristic threats and acts, aggravated assault and escape, all related to incidents that are alleged to have occurred on Aug. 23, 2016.

After he got to the Floyd County Jail on Thursday, Tilley brawled with jail personnel resulting in additional felony charges of willful obstruction of officers, unlawful acts of violence in a penal institution, aggravated assault on law enforcement and a misdemeanor simple battery charge.

K9 alert at traffic stop yields drugs

A traffic stop at Dodd Boulevard and U.S. 411 east has resulted in the arrest of a Polk County man 0n a felony drug charge.

According to Floyd County Jail reports:

Timothy L. Chapman, 22, of 1211 Old Cedartown Road, Rockmart, was charged with felony possession of a Schedule I controlled substance for having seven suspect ecstasy pills.

He was also charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana after a K9 unit alerted to his vehicle during the traffic stop.

Bond for Chapman was set at $5,700.