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Floyd man charged with aggravated assault, false imprisonme­nt

- Doug Walker, associate editor

A Floyd County is accused of threatenin­g a woman with a knife and not allowing her to leave his Doc Moore Road home, reports stated.

According to Floyd County Jail reports:

Toby Keith Johnson, 25, of Silver Creek, is accused of grabbing a woman by the throat late Monday and choking her in an effort to prevent her from leaving the residence. Johnson is also accused of attempting to damage the woman’s phone to prevent her from calling for help.

Johnson is charged with a felony probation violation, aggravated assault, false imprisonme­nt, terroristi­c threats and acts and misdemeano­r battery.

Woman accused of abandoning child,

leaving state

A woman was arrested at a location of Cliffview Drive after allegedly abandoning a child and leaving the state, reports stated.

According to Floyd County Jail reports:

Katrina Faye Johnson, 33, with a listed home address of Monterey, Georgia, is charged with felony abandonmen­t of a dependent child and the misdemeano­rs disorderly conduct, criminal trespass and willful obstructio­n of law enforcemen­t officers.

Police say Johnson attempted to damage a person’s vehicle and obstructed police who were called to the location on Cliffview Drive Monday evening to investigat­e the situation.

Traffic stop leads to drug charges against

Florida woman

A traffic stop by Floyd County police resulted in a felony drug charge against a Florida woman, reports stated.

According to Floyd County Jail reports:

Sandra Dee Darden, 40, was pulled over late Monday near the intersecti­on of Booze Mountain and Reeceburg roads. Police found two open containers of alcohol in the vehicle along with meth.

The woman admitted to having lived in Floyd County

for over a year and was driving on an expired Florida license.

Darden is charged with felony possession of methamphet­amine and misdemeano­r possession of drug-related objects, driving without a license, failing to maintain a lane, an open container violation and operation of an unregister­ed or unlicensed vehicle.

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