Floyd County Sheriff’s Office deputies booked an Adairsville man into their jail on Saturday after they said he stalked a woman, broke into her home, and attacked her in front of her children.
37-year-old Malcolm Jarrard Thompson faces multiple charges stemming from the incident at a residence on Alpine Court.
According to Coosa Valley News, Thompson first violated a court order by calling the 36-year-old woman 37 times and sending her numerous text messages. He then went to her home, used a stone to smash out the windows of her car, and forced his way inside by shoving out a bedroom window.
Once inside, authorities say Thompson broke the woman’s television, punched her in the face, and grabbed her phone to stop her from calling 911. The attack occurred in the presence of two small children.
Thompson is charged with burglary, aggravated stalking, obstructing a person making an emergency telephone call, criminal damage to property in the second degree, battery, and two counts of cruelty to children in the third degree.
In a separate case, Bartow County Sheriff’s Office deputies booked 65-year-old Rebecca Dawn Vaughn of Cherokee County, Alabama, into the jail on November 6th for battery, cruelty to a child in the second degree, and cruelty to a child in the third degree.
And on November 5th, Bartow County deputies arrested 44-year-old Charles Hugh Durham of Cartersville for possession of a Schedule II controlled substance after a traffic stop at the Hickory Mini Mart on Burnt Hickory Road near West Iron Belt Road for an inoperable front headlight. After probable cause to search the car, a deputy located a white, unlabeled pill bottle inside a book bag containing 14 different-colored pills and tablets of MDMA.
Anyone with information on these cases or other criminal activity should contact the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office.