Report: Tennessee man traveled here for sex with child
A 25 year-old man remained in jail with no bond Wednesday after being arrested by Floyd County police on charges of felony attempted child molestation and obscene internet contact with a child.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
David James Sholtz, 25, of 154 Doc Miller Road in Madisonville, Tennessee, talked to a person he believed to be a minor on the internet and sent sexually explicit content to the person. He then traveled from Tennessee to Floyd County to engage in explicit acts with the person, which would’ve been aggravated child molestation.
Sholtz is also charged with felony electronic enticement of a child and furnishing obscene material to a minor.
Murray man charged with aggravated stalking
Floyd County police officers arrested a Murray County man Wednesday on stalking charges.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
Dewey Max Poole, 45, of 1010 Brackett Ridge Road, Chatsworth, violated a conditional bond by going to the person’s house and refusing to leave. He continued yelling and knocking on the windows until 1 a.m. when police arrested him.
Poole remained in jail without bond Wednesday night.
Rome man charged with possession of a controlled substance
A Rome man arrested on drug charges was released from jail Wednesday on a $7,900 bond.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
Charles Robert Henson, 59, of 2 Wood Valley Drive, was arrested by Floyd County police on Burnett Ferry Road Tuesday for misdemeanor driving without insurance and felony possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance.
Police warn about fake ‘movie money’
Recently, prop money used in movie productions has been circulating through Rome.
The counterfeit money says “motion picture purposes” across the top and also in place of “The United States of America” on the right side.
Rome police Sgt. Pete Sailors said a number of people have reported the money and he wants to make sure people in the area keep an eye out for it.
Fake money like this is very common, said Sgt. Chris Fincher of the Floyd County Police Department, and can actually be bought in bulk on websites such as Amazon.
Some people have passed on the money unintentionally. However, if a person uses it as actual currency knowing it’s fake, they will be charged with a crime.
If you come across any counterfeit money, call the nonemergency Floyd County dispatch center’s number, 706-236-4541.
Olivia Morley, staff writer
Man jailed on aggravated stalking warrant
A 38-year-old Silver Creek man remained behind bars on Wednesday after being arrested on an aggravated stalking warrant.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
Zakelvis Mylea Mayes of 1361 Old Rockmart Road in Silver Creek is on probation for simple battery and was served with a temporary protective order to have no contact with a victim. Since December, Mayes contacted the victim 123 times. He also threatened to shoot the victim.
He is charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, aggravated stalking and terroristic acts and threats.
He remained in jail without bond Wednesday night.
Aragon woman charged with meth
Floyd County Jail records show that Mary Doris Roberson remained in jail after she was arrested on a meth possession charge.
According to Floyd County Jail reports:
Roberson, 37, of 287 Brumbelow Road in Aragon, was arrested at her home after police found multiple bags of suspected meth.
She remained in jail without bond Wednesday night.
Kenya Hunter, staff writer
House Democrats opened arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial Wednesday, urging skeptical Republican senators to vote to remove Trump from office to “protect our democracy.”
Highlights of Wednesday’s session and what’s ahead as senators conduct just the third impeachment trial of a president:
WASHINGTON — ‘Corrupt scheme’
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-calif., the lead prosecutor, spoke for more than two hours, laying out the case House Democrats made in weeks of hearings last year. Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Trump had pursued a “corrupt scheme” to abuse his presidential power and then obstruct Congress’ investigation.
He appealed to senators not to be “cynical” about the politics of impeachment, asking them to draw on the intent of the nation’s Founding Fathers.
The founders “feared that a president could subvert our democracy by abusing the awesome power of his office for his own personal or political gain,’’ Schiff said. ”And so they devised a remedy as powerful as the evil it was meant to combat: Impeachment.’’
Fidgety senators
The challenge before Schiff and other House managers was clear, as they tried to win over not just fidgety senators sitting silently in the chamber but a divided American public. Senators were especially restless Wednesday, as lawmakers convened less than 12
In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff, D-calif., speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday. hours after a marathon session that stretched to nearly 2 a.m.
Freshman Rep. Jason Crow, D-colo., a House impeachment manager, had trouble holding the attention of senators, who by Senate rules were sitting in silence without access to phones or other electronics. Many senators left their seats and headed to nearby cloak rooms, or stood in the back or openly yawned as Crow talked about Trump’s hold on military aid to Ukraine. At one point, more than 10 senators’ seats were empty.
Crow, a military veteran who tried to emphasize the importance of the delayed aid to Ukraine, noticed the unusual level of activity, telling Chief Justice John Roberts at about 5 p.m. that he saw a lot of senators moving about. He wondered aloud if the Senate wanted to take a recess. No such luck. Roberts urged him to continue, and Mcconnell announced the Senate would not break until 6:30 p.m. for dinner.