Report: Man, woman charged with obstruction after hiding man in wall

Rome police say two Rome residents hid a Silver Creek man who had a warrant out for his arrest inside an air conditioning vent Wednesday night at the Callier Forest Apartments on Dodd Boulevard.

According to Floyd County Jail reports:

Anthony Alan Rogers, 28, of 3755 Rockmart Road, was arrested at 131 Dodd Blvd. where police found him hiding inside the wall of an apartment. Rogers was wanted for assaulting a person with a baseball bat on the property where he was trespassing. He is charged with felony aggravated assault, misdemeanor criminal tres- pass, and obstruction.

Rogers was hiding in the apartment of Cedrick Ray Jackson, 25, of 131 Dodd Blvd., who along with Amanda Jean Nails, 35, of 231 Alfred Ave., were arrested for helping to hide Rogers in the wall. The two already had warrants out for their arrest stating they fled from police on Turner McCall on Nov. 25, throwing methamphetamine and a stolen firearm out of the window of a vehicle. Both are being individually charged with felony possession of methamphetamine, theft by receiving and misdemeanor obstruction.

Rome woman charged with fraud

A Rome woman turned herself in at the Floyd County Jail Friday morning where she is being charged with using someone else’s identity to buy two new iPhones at Verizon Wireless.

According to Floyd County Jail reports:

Brittney Amelia Hammond, 30, of 6 Orchard Place, turned herself in after several warrants for her arrest were issued in regards to a Nov. 13 incident where she opened a contract with Verizon Wireless using someone else’s identity. She purchased two new iPhone X’s for a total of $2,398. On Nov. 21 she returned with a different identification and opened another Verizon Wireless account in their name. She purchased one new iPhone X valued at $1,199.

Hammond is being charged with felony theft by taking, two counts of identity fraud, and misdemeanor theft by taking.