Area arrests

Published 7:30 am Friday, March 2, 2012

• Bobby Ashe Jr., 37, 10749 Highway 225, Crandall, was charged Wednesday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with simple battery (family violence), criminal trespass and felony theft by taking (auto).

• Randall Lee Hawkins, 21, 2828 Gregory Place Road, No. 8, Dalton, was charged Wednesday by the Dalton Police Department with felony possession of tools for the commission of a crime (violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act).

• Michael Joey Patterson II, 27, 633-B Womack Road, Dalton, was charged Wednesday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with DUI, open container violation, failure to maintain lane, too fast for conditions, operating without proper tag (two counts) and seat belt violation.

• Carl Robert Stanley, 33, 2375 Lake Francis Road, Dalton, was charged Wednesday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with aggravated stalking.