The Dalton Police Department is asking for the public’s help to identify two suspects who used bank cards stolen from a woman’s purse to make more than $3,600 in gift cards and other items from two area grocery stores. The victim’s wallet was stolen from her purse while she ate at the Cracker Barrel on Market Street.

The incident happened on March 13^th. The victim first noticed that her wallet was missing while she was trying to pay for groceries at the Kroger on West Walnut Avenue. After checking with her bank, the victim discovered that her credit card had been used to buy three $500 gift cards and other items from the same Kroger store and also more than $2,100 in gift cards and merchandise from the Walmart neighborhood market. An investigation determined that the suspect’s bank cards were used by two suspects, a male and a female. The male suspect was also seen on surveillance video at the Cracker Barrel with another man when the victim’s wallet was stolen. The pair entered and then left the restaurant after approximately two minutes.

The first suspect was a black male wearing a dress shirt with a dark tie and a baseball hat. The second suspect was a black female wearing a gray jacket and a baseball cap pulled low over her eyes. The third individual who was with the first suspect in the Cracker Barrel was a black male wearing a jacket with a black shirt underneath. Pictures of all three individuals are included below.

Anyone who recognizes these individuals or who has information on this crime is asked to please contact Detective Charles Williams at 706-278-9085, dial 9 and enter extension 280.

Below: The suspects were recorded on store surveillance

A Dalton woman was arrested Wednesday after a domestic incident at a local extended stay lodge sent a man to the hospital with a stab wound to his leg. The victim is expected to recover from his injury.

Police were dispatched to the Underwood Lodge at 1306 Underwood Street to a report of a man with a stab wound shortly after 8:00 PM on Wednesday night. When officers arrived, they found the victim suffering bleeding from a wound to his upper right thigh. The responding officers were able to cut off the victim’s pants leg and apply a tourniquet to limit the bleeding. The victim told officers that he was stabbed by his girlfriend, Sanna Noland. Firefighters and EMS then responded to the scene and took over care for the victim, who was ultimately transported to the hospital.

Officers then went to the room where the stabbing took place, and eventually entered the room and found 40 year old Sanna Rose Noland hiding in the bathroom. She eventually came out and surrendered to officers without incident. She was taken back to the Police Services Center where she was interviewed and ultimately arrested. She was charged with one count of aggravated assault and also a probation violation.

A phone scammer called a Dalton resident on Tuesday evening claiming to be from the Dalton Police Department. The scammer’s number appeared on caller ID as the police department’s phone number, and the scammer attempted to get the victim’s social security number and other sensitive information. Fortunately, the victim in this case didn’t fall for the trick and instead reported the situation to police and investigators are warning the public to be on the lookout for this scam. Police departments or other government agencies will never call you to ask for your social security number or banking information.

The scam phone call reported to police Tuesday night was made in the evening after normal business hours. The victim reported that her phone rang with the caller ID displaying “706-278-9085” which is the Dalton Police Department’s main phone line. The scammer, who the victim said had a Hispanic accent, told the victim that her social security number had been compromised in Texas and used to open multiple fraudulent credit cards. The scammer then asked for the victim’s social security number for confirmation. Fortunately, the victim did not give her full social security number. The scammer kept talking and told the victim to stop interrupting every time she attempted to ask questions. At one point, the scammer told the victim she was being “transferred” to another person posing as an investigator from Murray County to make the scam appear more real. Finally, the scammers threatened the victim that she would be arrested if she didn’t follow their instructions. The victim cut off the call.

This scam is not new, but it’s the first time it’s been reported in Dalton in the last few years. It’s fairly simple for a phone scammer to fake the caller ID to make any number appear when they call and scam callers often attempt to pose as police or other government agencies to trick victims into giving up their personal information or to send scammers money to settle fake fines or settle fake warrants. Police or other government agencies do not call you to ask for personal information like social security numbers or bank account information. Fines aren’t collected over the phone on cold calls. And police or government agencies don’t instruct people to make specific types of payments for fines like instructing people to purchase prepaid credit cards or gift cards.

If you ever receive a call from the Dalton Police Department, simply get the name of the person calling and hang up and call the police department back to confirm it. The police department’s number is 706-278-9085, and you can also contact the 911 center’s non-emergency line at 706-370-4900 to confirm the identity of the caller. If the caller claims to be from another police department or agency, the contact numbers for those agencies are typically available online.

Please be wary of anyone that you don’t know calling and asking for your personal information.