Warrants issued in Callier Forest shooting
Police were looking Sunday night for a Rome man accused of shooting another man at the Callier Forest Apartments.
“The victim is still in the hospital but he is expected to survive,” Sgt. Brandon Pledger said.
Warrants were issued for Derricus Jamar Wade, charging him with aggravated assault in the shooting of Dakota Allen Malone, according to Assistant Police Chief Debbie Burnett.
The incident took place at around 12:45 p.m. Sunday at the apartments at 131 Dodd Blvd. Malone was shot twice in the back, Burnett said.
Pledger said the shooting “followed some sort of dispute. We’re not sure what it was about yet.”
Witnesses on the scene provided information to investigators that led to the issuance of the warrant. Pledger said a .45 caliber handgun was taken as evidence.
Wade, 28, is on parole from a 2015 aggravated assault conviction in Floyd County, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections website. He was released Feb. 14, 2018, from Telfair State Prison. His incarceration could have run to Sept. 9, 2020, on charges that also included possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and theft by receiving stolen property.
According to Floyd County Jail reports on July 29, 2015, police found Wade at the Callier Forest Apartments with a stolen Ruger LCP .380 handgun. The DOC website lists assault and weapons convictions dating back to 2007.
Police: Men had stolen vehicle on Donahoo Road
Two men facing probation violation charges were in jail without bond Sunday night after police reportedly found them in a stolen car.
According to Floyd County Jail records:
Devin Ray Dockery, 26, of 86 Arnold Road in Cartersville, was driving the vehicle when police pulled him over shortly after 1:30 p.m. Sunday on Donahoo Road.
The vehicle had been reported stolen in Rome and Dockery said he had purchased it from another person. He is charged with felony theft by taking a motor vehicle and probation violation.
His passenger, Toby Keith Johnson, 23, of 71 Dr. Moore Road in Silver Creek, had a backpack containing about an ounce of suspected methamphetamine and zip-lock plastic bags.
Johnson is charged with the felonies theft by receiving a motor vehicle, possession of meth with intent to distribute and probation violation.
Rome man jailed without bond after alleged assault
A Rome man accused of trying to punch a woman in front of her children was in jail without bond Sunday night.
According to Floyd County Jail records:
Demonte Devon Jones, 25, of 22 Tamassee Lane, Apt. J8, fought with a woman, shoved her up against a wall and punched a hole in the wall when he tried to hit her but missed. He also took her cellphone and house keys.
The incident happened Sunday afternoon in front of two children. Jones left the residence and initially refused to stop his vehicle for a police car with flashing lights and siren. He crossed the double line to pass several cars before being taken into custody.
Jones is charged with felony fleeing law enforcement and was being held on a parole violation.
He’s also facing misdemeanor charges of simple battery, simple assault, criminal trespass, theft by taking (two counts), cruelty to children (two counts), passing in a no-passing zone and driving without a license.