Tuesday, May 16, 2023–10:18 a.m.
-Floyd County Jail records-
Man charged with animal cruelty
A 66-year-old Rome man was jailed Monday on seven misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals and one felony count of aggravated cruelty to animals.
According to Floyd County Jail records:
Joseph Eugene Morrison Jr. allowed seven kittens to live in an extreme hoard and unsanitary conditions.
A dead cat was also located in the residence on Sanders Avenue.
Report: Man threatened to blow up vehicle with child inside
A Rome man was arrested Monday after allegedly making threats at a location on East 13th Street.
According to Floyd County Jail records:
27-year-old Naderricus Sha’Quan Reed pushed a woman, causing scratches and bleeding to her arm.
He then threatened to kill the victim and blow up her car with a child inside.
Reed is charged with felony terroristic threats and acts, and a misdemeanor count of simple battery.
Man accused of fleeing from police on a bicycle
A Rome man is accused of fleeing from police on a bicycle on Highland Boulevard Monday.
According to Floyd County Jail records:
25-year-old Zachary Colt Edwards Sr. also resisted arrest and was found in possession of drug-related objects and methamphetamine, which he discarded as he was running from police.
Edwards is charged with possession of meth, possession of drug-related objects, abandonment of dangerous drugs, and two counts of misdemeanor obstruction of officers.
