A man wanted in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Floyd County is now in custody after a traffic stop in the Taylorsville area. On Tuesday evening, a Bartow County Sheriff’s Office deputy was patrolling near John Kay Road and Iron Hill Road when he spotted a silver 2023 Toyota Corolla. The passenger matched the [read more...]
A Cartersville manufacturing company owner faces federal charges accusing him of defrauding a bank of about $24 million. 48-year-old Thomas Mwangi of Atlanta, the former owner of CAMaster in Cartersville, appeared in federal court in Atlanta on August 10th. Prosecutors charged him with two counts of bank fraud and 13 counts of wire fraud. A [read more...]
Georgia State Patrol troopers have booked a South Carolina woman into the Bartow County Jail on charges of homicide by vehicle in the first degree, driving under the influence of drugs, and reckless driving following a fatal crash near Adairsville. Troopers from Post 3 in Bartow County responded just after 12:30 a.m. Sunday to a [read more...]
A one-year-old Tennessee girl reported missing is safe in Bartow County after deputies stopped the vehicle carrying her Wednesday evening. Around 6:30 p.m., a deputy of the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office was in the area of Interstate 75 southbound near mile marker 290 looking for a 2017 gray Kia Sportage with a Tennessee [read more...]
A one-year-old Tennessee girl reported missing has been found safe in Bartow County. Authorities located Lilly Hill during a traffic stop in Bartow County on Wednesday evening after a license plate reader alerted deputies to the vehicle linked to the case. Deputies took the child into protective custody and arrested her non-custodial mother. The Franklin [read more...]
Cartersville firefighters quickly extinguished an equipment fire Monday at the Qcells solar manufacturing plant in Cartersville. According to 11Alive, no injuries were reported, and crews brought the blaze under control without further incident. The fire started in an area where the facility produces ingots for solar panels. Cartersville Fire Department officials responded promptly to the [read more...]
State officials have barred a Cartersville-based charity that claimed to manage over $10 billion in assets from operating in Georgia after allegations that it misused donor contributions for personal expenses. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger issued an emergency cease-and-desist order against the SDG Impact Fund and its CEO, Anthony “Tony” Suber. The order accuses the [read more...]
Federal immigration officers arrested a convicted sex offender right here in Cartersville over the weekend as part of a nationwide crackdown on serious criminals living in the country illegally. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, targeted what officials call the “worst of the worst” – individuals with convictions for murder, child sexual abuse, violent [read more...]
Authorities recovered the body of a 60-year-old Cartersville man from the Etowah River on Sunday afternoon. Officers responded around 1:40 p.m. on July 5th to the Etowah River Canoe and Kayak Launch Boat Ramp at 1540 West Avenue after a passerby reported finding a body in the water while walking through nearby woods. The responding [read more...]
Bartow County authorities have recovered the body of a man who disappeared in Lake Allatoona on Sunday. Georgia Department of Natural Resources game wardens, along with Bartow County Fire/Rescue, located and recovered the body of Fidel Ojwang, 28, of Lilburn, just after midnight Monday. Crews found him in about 60 feet of water near Glade [read more...]
