Police said Tongia Hale, 39, was driving on Springdale Drive at Virginia Avenue when her Toyota Tacoma drifted to the right and struck the pole, sideswiped two mailboxes and crashed into a tree about 3 p.m. Wednesday.
Officers said Hale was lethargic and had slurred speech at the medical center, and other drivers reported seeing her passed out at the wheel of her vehicle on Vernon Street near Crockett Brothers’ before the wreck.
She was treated at the hospital, then taken to Troup County jail on charges of driving under the influence, driving on a expired tag and failure to maintain lane.
Man threatens ex-girlfriend
A man allegedly struck a woman and choked her when they attempted to discuss getting back together.
Police said the man had gone to the woman’s house while she was asleep and wanted to discuss dating. The woman told him she had moved on, and the two began to argue.
Officers said the man then grabbed the woman around the neck and said he was going to “cave your face in.” The woman called police.
Police said she had red marks on her neck and left eye that had started to darken.
The man could not be located. The woman was advised of warrant procedures for battery and criminal trespass.
Damage
— A vandal carved vulgar words into a vehcile and scratched the rest of it in the 200 block of Colonial Drive, causing more than $500 damage.
— A bullet was found in the hood of a vehicle in the 200 block of Warner Road.
— A vandal damaged the mailbox and street number sign of a residence in the 6300 block of Old West Point Road.
Thefts, burglaries
— Items valued at $500 were stolen from a residence in the 600 block of Ware’s Cross Road.
— A thief stole a T-Mobile cell phone valued at $350 from a shelf in the 200 block of Handley Street.
— A Verizon Wireless modem valued at $269 was taken from a residence in Whispering Pines apartments at 1515 Hogansville Road.
- It is the policy of LaGrange Daily News to print the names of people charged with felonies.
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