Report: Man with child in the car flees from police

May 16, 2021–6:47 p.m.

FLOYD COUNTY JAIL RECORDS

A Rome man is accused of fleeing from Floyd County Sheriff’s Deputies at a high rate of speed with a child in the back seat of his vehicle.

According to jail records, 31-year old Ridge Remon Donaldson was eventually taken into custody at a location on Alford Road just over the Bartow County line Saturday evening.

The report states that Donaldson’s vehicle reached speeds of over 100 miles per hour.

The child, who was in the back seat, was not wearing a seat belt.

Donaldson is charged with felony counts of fleeing or attempting to elude and 1st-degree child cruelty.

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