CRIME & SAFETY
1 hospitalized after 2 cars collide in Etowah Thursday
We're learning about a car accident that happened in Etowah on Thursday evening. A 2013 Chevrolet Silverado and a 2012 Infiniti QX56 collided at the intersection of Highway 30 East and County Road 608, according to Etowah Rural Fire Department. They say the passenger inside the Infiniti was freed from...
Alleged love affair may have led to straight razor threat
An alleged affair may have led to an attack in Sweetwater May 8. Sweetwater Police Officer Chris Corona said it was just after 3 a.m. when he went to the Economy Inn on a call of a man being threatened with a knife. Corona said he talked to Kenneth Stutzman who said he was sitting outside when Joseph Yates approached him, acting angry and cussing at him. Stutzman said Yates...
Man accused of smacking child says he has a bad temper
A man was arrested May 4 after he allegedly smacked his girlfriend’s juvenile daughter hard enough to nearly draw blood. Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy Dalton Townsend said he went to a home on Glenlock Road outside of Sweetwater and talked to two sisters who said one of them had started “back talking” their mother’s boyfriend, Shane Rosales, and he had smacked the eight-year-old in the face. Townsend said he could...
Man says he was jumped, demands to be taken to jail
There was a report of two men fighting in the Duck Park in Sweetwater May 5, but when police arrived, they only found one. Sweetwater Police Officer Kurt Cannon said he went to the Duck Park and saw one man walking in the street, flailing his arms and screaming. Cannon said when he stepped out of his patrol car, the man, identified as Zachary Plemons, fell to the ground and...
Woman returns reportedly stolen diabetic medicine after opening it
A woman is facing charges after she allegedly stole diabetic medicine out of a co-workers backpack April 20. Vonore Police Detective Cory Fritts said he went to the Subway on Highway 411 and talked to a man who said he had been working with a new employee, Kayla Ashmore, and saw her at one point going through his backpack without permission. Fritts said he watched security video and could see...
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