Cadarius Word
An attorney told police he found a naked man asleep in his Georgia Avenue office.
Attorney Bill Jones said when he awakened the man he seemed confused and disoriented.
When police arrived, James Preston said he had been drinking heavily the prior night at a nearby fraternity.
He said he fell asleep after a basketball game and does not recall what happened after that.
Two fellow frat members were called and they agreed to take care of him as well as cover any damages.
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An off-duty officer working security near Kennedy Jewelers on Panorama Drive said he saw a white female and black male in a disagreement across the parking lot.
He and another officer checked out the man, 18-year-old Cadarius Word. They found two bags of Xanax pills and a bag of meth on him.
The woman said Word had borrowed her car.
Word was out on bond after being charged last November with possessing marijuana and crack cocaine for resale. He is set to go before Criminal Court Judge Don Poole on those charges next week.
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A woman said someone created a fake Facebook account profile of her as well as an adult ad on Backpage.com that listed her phone number.
She said she began to get "texts from random people asking about meeting up."
The woman was also sent some pictures of male genitalia.
She contacted Facebook to have the fake profile taken down.
Police advised her to have Backpage.com remove the adult ad.
She said she believes the account and ad were set up by a woman now living in Georgia who was upset with her due to her involvement with her ex-boyfriend.
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Police found Wayne Bettelyoun in Lookout Valley in a car that had been stolen earlier that morning out of East Ridge.
The vehicle was under a bridge on Cummings Highway.
A 21-inch Phillips TV believed to have been stolen was in the vehicle.
The car was returned to the rightful owner.
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Loss prevention at Kohl's said Felicia Kight tried to walk out with three pairs of Nike workout pants without paying. They are valued at $150.
She was charged with theft under $500.
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Thomas Finley claimed that Angela Smith had been trying to use his address and mail box to fraudulently get SSI benefits.
He said when he would not let her do that she became angry.
He said he watched through a window as she slashed his right front tire.
He said he followed her down the street, but she ran away.
A vandalism warrant was taken against Ms. Smith, police said.
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A police sergeant and an officer had their suspicions raised when they saw a man walking along the 1900 block of Market Street carrying an RCA TV, a belt sander and a Craftsman drill. They were all new in the box.
They said when the man saw them he abruptly turned away.
The man named Wenzel said he had bought the items for $50 apiece from a man he did not know in Hixson. He said he planned to resell them.
Officials at Sears at Hixson said Wenzel frequently pilfers items from the store.
There was a warrant for auto theft out of San Diego against the man.
Police were reviewing store video prior to deciding on charges.
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Police found a man and woman yelling and screaming outside a residence on Sandswitch Road.
The man said he wanted to leave the woman, but his wife would not let him.
Police advised that he was free to go.
The wife "was not happy," but she quit yelling and screaming and went inside her house.
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Flora Posey of Birmingham Drive in Hixson told police she has been married for nine years, but they have never lived together.
She said she recently allowed her husband to live with her, and he had been there about three weeks.
But she said he had been sneaking his girlfriend into the house.
She wanted an officer to search to see if he could locate her in the house.
The search turned up Rebecca Hunt. She said she had been there for several days, and Ms. Posey knew it.
The girlfriend agreed to depart.
Wayne Bettelyoun