Former Rome officer arrested on felony charges related to alleged sexual battery
by Kim Sloan, staff writer
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A former Rome police officer involved in a tasing incident is now facing two felony counts of making false statements, one felony count of violating his oath of office, and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery.

Marcus Alan McReynolds, 27, of 151B Fox Hall Drive, Calhoun, turned himself in at the Floyd County Jail on the charges after he was

indicted by a Floyd County Grand Jury.

The charges are not related to the June 25 tasing incident, said Rome Police Chief Elaine Snow.

McReynolds was assigned administrative duties in the records department after the tasing incident, and the sexual battery case involves a 17-year-old intern with the department, Snow said.

Once police were notified, an investigation began and McReynolds lied to investigators, Snow said.

McReynolds was fired from the Rome Police Department on Sept. 20 for unsatisfactorily completion of his probation period because of the sexual battery investigation.

He joined the department in November 2010.

The former officer was booked into the jail Monday afternoon and released on bond three hours later.

In the tasing incident last summer McReynolds spotted a 20-year-old man stumbling in the street on Martha Berry Boulevard and, after trying to call family members to come and get him, was attempting to arrest him for public drunkenness.

The individual resisted arrest and was tasered by Lt. Louis Johnson, who had arrived to assist McReynolds. The suspect sustained serious injuries as a result of a fall that occurred during the struggle.

Johnson and McReynolds were placed on administrative duties after the incident.

The injured suspect was never criminally charged.
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coosatown
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January 12, 2012
Okay, I think I got this. If we put good apples with bad apples, the good apples will go bad. But, the bad apples never go good. But, if we don't use some bad apples with the good apples, we don't have enough total apples.
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Tac1333
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January 12, 2012
Ok this is for the police haters that donot read the article, and just start bashing police officers.

McReynolds was assigned administrative duties in the records department after the tasing incident, and the sexual battery case involves a 17-year-old intern with the department, Snow said.

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No matter what job you do there is going to be the bad employee ( bad apples ) but there are also a lot of good employees. ( good apples ) the problem is that news medias prefer to only talk about bad stuff officers do instead of the good stuff these officers do.

It gets harder and harder for these officers to do their job because they are always looking over their shoulder for a someone with a camera or phone ( now a days ). Just waiting for them to make a mistake so that the media can report about how bad the police are.

The other problem is most of the time all the bad people ( not police just officers ) only get a slap on the wrist and get to go back to just being bad. I mean rad the arrest articles and watch the patern. They get arrested make bail get arrested again make bail it never stops. No one really gets punished for being bad. The only people that get punished by the people that are bad are the people that are good. Including police officers. So back to the apple bag. So why would you keep putting bad apples back into the bag to continue to make the good apples go bad. So throwing out the whole bag of apples including the good apples just does not make since. What does make since is just taking and not returning the bad apples back to bag.

Well just my two cents. And for all the people about to bash me, I will not respond to fuel the fire, or allow you to make me a bad apple.
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4lowertax
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January 12, 2012
Good apples don't have to look over their shoulder. The bad apples only do it to make sure they are not being recorded spraying mace in face of a innocent guy having a epilectic seisure! Not bashing, but who the h has the camera in their car pointed at the other direction?
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Vincent_Rubicon
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January 12, 2012
The news media reports on officer off the year, cops for kids, cops volunteering their time to help others. They also report on the bad side. Police are held to a higher standard. They should be. The problem is that this job attracts some low lifes. The people who want control. The people who want to boss others around. Most of the cops in Rome are good people. I know a lot of them and consider some my friends. But, I am never surprised to see a story like this. The media needs to report this. In my opinion they need to do more to root out the bad apples. If the bad cops see they have someone looking for them then maybe they will leave the department or change their ways.
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MissBrensLaw
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January 11, 2012
Wow- It's not just your PD guys...

This is a huge issue in the US! Huge... Police Sexual Misconducts has been a problem for generations, but now coming to light as a subject that we are ready to accept as a "Problem" and one that we are ready to do something about changing.

Excessive force is just the beginning, and the DOJ is aware.. Our Police have more issues than just “shooting/beating” first, asking questions later! Many more issues that must be addressed now!

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/doj-report-accuses-seattle-police-pattern-or-pract/nF4Xq/
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anabelle_lee
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January 11, 2012
What is the date of this alleged incident? If it was before the tasing incident (not alleged) then the department already suspected what kind of officer they had working for them but they continued to let him deal with the public.
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commonsense2
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January 11, 2012
The problem with these negative comments on police officers is simple. Most everybody has been pulled over by an officer before. Some of us have even received a citation. OF COURSE you have some negative views on police! "That %@%@% gave me a ticket for speeding? Who does he think he is?!?! Doesnt he know this will cost me money and make my insurance go up?!?!" Guess what people....you deserved the ticket. If you feel you did not you can go to court and fight it. Being a police officer is a job. These officers get up, put their work uniform on and go to work like the rest of us. Sure, Rome PD has had some "bad apples" do stupid things lately. I would not be surprised to find that this incident actually happened. But don't judge an entire department on the "bad apples". YOU KNOW that the first person you will call if someone breaks into your house or some other horrible act occurs will be a POLICE OFFICER because, unlike some others who just complain about officers, they CHOSE to don the uniform and risk their lives to protect both people who like them AND the ones who don't. I am a former Rome PD officer. There were bad apples when I was there and they got fired and arrested and all that. But there are some damn good men and women that serve this community too. I urge you to pray every night for these officers, that God will protect them and that they will be there when we need them.
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4lowertax
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January 11, 2012
Is your name Greg?
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4lowertax
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January 11, 2012
Many people in rome have been pulled over and left in the cold on the side of the road for 30 minutes while the officer talked to his buddy in the other police car, then issued a ticket for not speeding. Judge Hamilton(God Rest His Soul), once told me "if I let one off, i would have to let them all off". Until law enforcement and the Big G,(Government not God)can abide by th same laws that we abide by, there is always going to be attitudes of sort. I know there are always going to be bad apples, sometimes you must throw away the whole 10 pound bag! Spraying people with mace and tasing innocent people hoping for the right for free speech is communism. Police people are PUBLIC SERVANTS, they are paid by the public to UPHOLD laws and PROTECT, not revenue hounds!
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Trelicious
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January 11, 2012
Either the police department ridded itself of a bad apple, meaning the police department did what it was supposed to, or this guy did nothing wrong, meaning the police department did nothing wrong.

Sticks in your craw I'm sure annabelle, the old white lady. Eye roll.
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anabelle_lee
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January 11, 2012
If you gave the same lattitude to those that deal with the police, you would have more credibility.
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anabelle_lee
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January 11, 2012
I guess this reflects on the judgement of those of you on this forum that defended these animals
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anabelle_lee
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January 11, 2012
How many times do I have to keep telling you people? I have not had any trouble with the law. I a an older white lady. It's a little harder for cops to abuse us and get away with it. I do, however, have friends that are of different races and young people in my family that I don't appreciate the way they have been treated. If you were fishing, I hope that answers your questions about me.
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Ridiculous
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January 12, 2012
"notinrome"...please stay that way you f***ing moron.
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blhcfqg
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January 10, 2012
Sad part is the poor young man who was tasered will never walk again and is only in his early twenties. This could have been handled better especially when 2 policemen were on the scene. Shame on you!!
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crystalstansell
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January 10, 2012
Floyd County sure knows how to pick officers dont they?
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Trelicious
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January 12, 2012
Yep.

Crystal Marie Stansell, 28, of 235 Second St. in Shannon, was arrested late Sunday night by Floyd County police and charged with misdemeanor criminal damage to property and felony damage to government property.

Stansell allegedly was throwing rocks at a Wayside Road house and cars and damaged the windshield of the police car that responded to the complaint.

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