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Cedartown Teen Jailed After Found Driving Drunk

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Cedartown Teen Jailed After Found Driving Drunk

A 19 year-old Cedartown teen, Peyton Haley Binion, was arrested in Rome this week after reports said she was found driving drunk on Ga 20 near Cooney Road. Police added that during the traffic stop they found several opened bottles of alcohol inside. Binion is charged with DUI, open container and underage possession of alcohol. Source Read Article

Illegal Hispanic Male Beaten and Robbed in Cedartown

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Illegal Hispanic Male Beaten and Robbed in Cedartown

Wesley Basan Parker, 37 of Cedartown, was arrested this week after reports said he beat and robbed an illegal Hispanic male. Police said that they were dispatched to Merrits Avenue in response to a Hispanic male being beaten and robbed. The victim told officers that he initially did not want to report the incident because he was here illegally. Officers were told that the victim… Source See the Story

Cedartown Woman Jailed for Adandoning Child with Special Needs Teen

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Cedartown Woman Jailed for Adandoning Child with Special Needs Teen

Paolamacedo Reyes, 47 of Cedartown, was arrested this week after reports said she abandoned a 7 year-old child. Reports said that they were dispatched to 600 North College Street, regarding a 7-year-old male juvenile who was running around the park and playing in the fountain completely nude. Reports said that the mother left her child with an 18-year-old person with special needs to… Source Read Article

Cedartown Man Charged with Burglary, Arson

Christopher Lee Owens, 44 of Cedartown, was arrested this week after reports said he was found burglarizing and setting fire to a building on Lindsey Chapel Road. Reports stated that the incident occurred just after 9pm on June 27th. Owens is charged with 1st degree burglary, arson, criminal trespass and criminal damage to property 2nd degree. SourceCedartown · Cedartown Read Article

Cedartown Man Found with Drugs After Leading Police on Bicycle Chase

Adrian Rangel, 41 of Cedartown, was arrested this week after he led police on a chase on his bicycle. Reports said that officers attempted to pull over a bicycle that did not have headlights while riding down Canal Street. Police said that after attempting to pull over the bicyclist, later identified as Rangel, he raised his hand to say “hold on a second” while he continued to pedal down… SourceCedartown · Cedartown Read Article

Tennessee Woman Jailed After Striking, Killing Motorcyclist in Cedartown

Elisha Jane Weathers, 44 of McDonald, TN, was jailed in Cedartown this week after a wreck on June 22nd just after 4 pm. Reports said that GA 1 and GA 100 in Cedartown when Weathers ran a traffic light and struck a 2022 Harley Davidson motorcycle driven by Donnie Ross Ballew, 77 of Tallapoosa. A 51 year-old female passenger on the motorcycle was transported to a Rome hospital with serious… SourceCedartown · Cedartown Read Article

Cedartown Man Jailed for Molesting Small Child

Preston Wayde Zenga, 26 of Cedartown, was arrested this week after reports said he molested a small child. Reports did not indicate the age of the child or what actions were done against the victim. Zenga is charged with child molestation, sodomy, aggravated child molestation, sexual battery against a child, enticing a child for indecent purposes and contributing to the delinquency of a… SourceCedartown · Cedartown Read Article

Gail Lee Bragg, age 63, of Cedartown

Gail Lee Bragg, age 63, of Cedartown, Georgia, passed away on Friday June 13, 2025. She was born on September 5, 1961 in Villa Rica, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late James Woodard and Minnie Gore Woodard. She is survived by her daughters, Alicia Florence (Tarves) and Melissa Bragg; grandchildren, K’veon Newell, Jasmine Wright, Brehonna Wright, Korey Wright; sisters, Juanita Woodard… SourceCedartown · Cedartown Read Article

Mrs. Myrtle Swindall Bright, age 77, of Cedartown

Mrs. Myrtle Swindall Bright, age 77, of Cedartown, passed away Friday June 13, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Bright was born in Cedartown on August 26, 1947, the daughter of the late Oscar Shaw and the late Grace Williams Shaw. She was a devoted member of the Friendly Baptist Church and instilled her family with love, faith, and devotion. She always testified to others that she… SourceCedartown · Cedartown Read Article

Mrs. Elizabeth Marie Johnson, age 93, of Rockmart

Mrs. Elizabeth Marie Johnson, age 93, of Rockmart, GA passed away Friday, June 13, 2025. Mrs. Johnson was born on July 3, 1931, in LaGrange, GA, a daughter of the late Roy and Gwen Johnson. She spent her early years in LaGrange, where she formed cherished childhood memories before relocating to Texas. It was there that she met the love of her life, Rev. Carl Johnson. For the past forty… SourceRockmart · Rockmart Read Article

Kelly Dannette Jones, age 57, of Rockmart

Kelly Dannette Jones, age 57, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Friday morning, June 13, 2025. Kelly was born in Rome, GA, on April 29, 1968, daughter of the late Douglas Lamar Garrett and Patricia Hughes Garrett. She had lived all her life in Rockmart and was a cosmetologist and beautician. Kelly enjoyed crafts, especially quilting. She spent a lot of her time volunteering at places such as the… SourceRockmart · Rockmart Read Article

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