More charges filed against woman after standoff with police

Child cruelty charges were added against a Rome woman jailed for refusing to immediately leave her residence following a domestic dispute, according to Floyd County Jail records.

According to reports: Regina Diane Thomas, 56, of Big Texas Valley Road, was in jail without bond Wednesday.

She threatened to physically harm a person at her home Tuesday in front of the other adults and children who live at the residence. She also shot a gun into the ground after making the threats.

Floyd County police and other agencies, including the Rome-floyd SWAT team, descended upon the area after Thomas refused to follow police orders to come out. She surrendered to officers without incident after about an hour.

Thomas is charged with three counts felony seconddegree cruelty to children and two counts felony terroristic threats and acts, all under the Family Violence Act.

Rome man faces child cruelty charges

A Rome man was being held without bond Wednesday after a juvenile was hit in the head by a cellphone during a scuffle.

According to Floyd County Jail reports:

Carlos Correa Jr., 47, grabbed a person by the face Saturday and took their cellphone away while they were trying to call 911.

He then threw the phone, hitting a 13-year-old in the head.

Correa is charged with felony first-degree cruelty to children and misdemeanor simple battery under the Family Violence Act, as well as two counts of third-degree cruelty to children and one count of obstructing or hindering persons making emergency calls.