Rome News-Tribune

Rome police seeking two suspects in Sam’s Club laptop theft

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Rome police are looking for two men who reportedly stole three Dell laptops from the Sam’s Club on Redmond Circle.

According to Rome Police Department reports:

The men stole laptops with a combined worth of $1,999.97 on Sunday afternoon. The Sam’s Club manager told police the theft was recorded on security cameras. He believes they left in a silver Ford Explorer.

Report: Teen stole vehicle out of Bartow County

A Woodstock teen was being held for Cartersvil­le police after he was arrested by Floyd County police on theft by receiving stolen property charges.

According to Floyd County Jail reports:

Joshua Michael Easter, 18, of Woodstock, was seen walking away from the vehicle after it was left at the intersecti­on of Cartersvil­le Highway and Nichols Road. When the owner came to get the vehicle, she stated that she had seen Easter and another man near the vehicle around the time it was taken.

FCPD officers found Easter and the man near the scene, but were unable to apprehend the other man. Both of them have warrants out of Cartersvil­le for theft and driving with a suspended license charges.

Acworth man charged

with felony theft

An Acworth man was in jail Monday without bond on a probation violation after he was arrested outside the Berry Food Mart Sunday afternoon on a felony theft by receiving stolen property charge, reports stated.

According to Floyd County Jail report:

Robert Lewis Collum Jr., 42, of Acworth, knew the 2009 Chevrolet he had received was stolen.

Police: Rome woman had 3 packages

of meth

A Rome woman charged with felony possession of meth and intent to distribute was release from jail Monday on bond.

According to Floyd County Jail reports:

Diane Raditz Mcilvaine, 57, was arrested on Avenue A after Rome police found three

packages of meth in her possession.

Burglary reported at Pennington Avenue

home

Several items were reported missing out of a storage shed on Pennington Avenue after the owner found the the chain lock and door handle broken.

According Rome Police Department reports:

The owner noted there was no other damage done to the building. A backpack blower, weed eater, hedge trimmers, chainsaw and dirt bike were all reported missing, a combined value of $1,850.

Truck hits man, convenienc­e store on Shorter Avenue

Rome police are looking for a driver who reportedly ran into a man and then a building on Shorter Avenue before leaving the scene, reports stated.

According to Rome Police Department reports:

Police are seeking a man believed to have struck a man with his black truck before driving it into Sam’s Food Mart on Shorter Avenue.

The truck didn’t have any tags and the complainan­t said the man hit him because his ex-girlfriend got him out of jail. The man said he didn’t want to press charges.

Report: Woman put child out of car, tried to bite

police

A Rome woman arrested at the intersecti­on of Match Point Way and the Armuchee Connector is accused of driving under the influence of alcohol with children in the car and fighting with police who responded, reports stated.

According to Floyd County Jail reports:

Anita Latavia Dupree, 24, told the 10-year-old to get out and walk down the highway. Floyd County police officers found the child walking and went to where Dupree and the other child were. She initially resisted arrest and attempted to bite and kick the officers. After she was detained and put in the back of the patrol car, Dupree kicked the cage, cracking it and causing it to bend forward.

Dupree is charged with felony interferen­ce with government property, obstructio­n of a law enforcemen­t officer, misdemeano­r DUI, endangerin­g children by DUI, cruelty to children in the third degree and willful obstructio­n of law enforcemen­t.

She was released on bond Saturday.

Silver Creek man charged with felony marijuana possession

A 20-year-old Silver Creek man was arrested on Rockmart Road after Floyd County police pulled him over for a window tint violation and found marijuana and THC oil in his vehicle, reports stated.

According to Floyd County Jail reports:

Makaylen Deshaud Sullivan, 20, of Silver Creek, had a firearm in his vehicle, as well as over an ounce of commercial­ly packaged marijuana and a marijuana “blunt.” Officers also found that his driver’s license was suspended.

Sullivan is charged with felony possession of a Schedule I controlled substance, marijuana possession, firearm possession during commission of a crime and intent to distribute drugs.

He’s also charged with misdemeano­r possession of drugrelate­d objects, a window tint violation and driving with a suspended license.

He was being held without bond Sunday, and had an outstandin­g warrant from the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office on unspecifie­d charges.

Rome man facing

meth charge

A Rome man was in jail Sunday with a $5,700 bond set after he was arrested at his residence on Cherry Street on a felony methamphet­amine possession charge.

According to Floyd County Jail reports:

Jonathan Wayne Haggard, 39, had a small bag of meth in his possession as well as a glass pipe. He’s also facing a misdemeano­r charge of possession of a drug related object.

Oliviamorl­ey,staffwrite­r

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