La Jonna Early

Name:
Early, La Jonna Renee

Date of Booking:
08/06/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
Terroristic Threats and Acts (Misd)

Harassing Communications

Aggravated Assault-Strangulation

Officer’s Narrative:
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[NARRATIVE #1 on July 12, 2025]

On July 12th, 2025 at 0639 I was dispatched to [100 BLOCK] Evergreen Trl Cartersville, Ga 30121 Apt. [REDACTED] in reference to a fight in progress. Dispatch advised that they could her a female making threats in the back ground while talking to the caller, [VICTIM #1]. [VICTIM #1] also said it had been physical. The caller said that the female making threats was in a red Nissan Altama and was about to leave.

On scene I located a red Nissan Altama with Ga tag [REDACTED], the engine was still running and the registration returned to a LaJonna Early. I spoke to the caller [VICTIM #1], she told me that she has been having on going problems with LaJonna Early. She said that Early came to her house this morning banging on the door. [VICTIM #1] said that as she opened the door, Early force her way in. [VICTIM #1] said that she confronted Early and pushed her outside as she was unwanted in the apartment.

During this time [VICTIM #1] was on the phone with Bartow County Dispatch, the call taker could hear Early banging on the door and making threats. [VICTIM #1] told me that Early made the threat to cause her physical harm. On dispatch playback I could hear [VICTIM #1] identify herself to dispatch and give all relevant information about the incident. I could then hear banging in the background and the call taker ask if that was her, [VICTIM #1] replied yes. I could then hear Early say “I will beat your mother fu*king a*s” while banging on the door.

It is believed that Early fled on foot, at the sight of law enforcement or after hearing sirens near by. The Nissan was parked infront of [100 BLOCK] Evergreen Trail Apt. [REDACTED]. Contact was made with an older black female at this address, when asked about the location of Early, the female closed the door. Shortly after this I drove through the area of Evergreen and saw that the suspects vehicle had been moved and the engine was no longer running.

Not long after that a blue Jeep left the area of Evergreen with GA tag [REDACTED]. This vehicle was parked infront of [100 BLOCK] Evergreen Apt. [REDACTED]. I conducted a traffic stop with that vehicle based on the fact that Evergreen was a oneway entry/exit and the victim had just called in saying Early was leaving in a different car. The driver of the blue Jeep was the same female that closed the door on Deputies when asked about Early. As soon as I made contact with the female she made the statement that no one was in her car. She told me that Early was in her apartment at [100 BLOCK] Apt. [REDACTED] but she made her leave. Early was not inside this vehicle and the driver was released. At this time Early has not been located and a Warrant for Terroristic Threats (M) has been secured.

[End of Narrative]

[NARRATIVE #2 on July 30, 2025]

On July 30th, 2025 around 1053 hours I was dispatched to make a phone call to [VICTIM #1] in reference to an incident that I took a report on 7/12/25.

[VICTIM #1] said that since this incident she has been harassed by LaJonna via phone calls, texts and other forms of social media. [VICTIM #1] said that she also had evidence that LaJonna Strangled her the day of this incident. [VICTIM #1] provided different videos and pictures to me via Polaris evidence drop.

I labeled four videos as the following: Admission Video, Stalking, Calls and threats and call. During these videos you can see that the victim [VICTIM #1] is recording an Iphone with another phone. During these videos there are 7 missed calls and three calls that [VICTIM #1] answers, all calls come from phone number [REDACTED]. The lock screen of the recorded phone reads (Sunday July 13th, 6:02). This takes place the day after the incident that I secured a Terroristic Threats Warrant, see original case report under this case number. In the video labeled Threats and Call, LaJonna makes comments that she is coming back to [VICTIM #1]’s house to fight her. [VICTIM #1] makes it clear that she does not want LaJonna at her house.

During the video labeled Admission Video LaJonna clearly identifies that she had been in an altercation with [VICTIM #1] at her home the day prior. LaJonna makes fun of [VICTIM #1] being strangled and the noises she makes at the start of the video. [VICTIM #1] then makes a comment to her that she is mad that LaJonna now has charges. She then made the statement “I’m not because I choked you”.

Over all within about three minutes [VICTIM #1] receives 10 unwanted calls, of the 10 [VICTIM #1] answers three. During these calls that were answered, [VICTIM #1] makes it clear that she does not want LaJonna to call her. LaJonna also admits to Strangling [VICTIM #1] and makes fun of how she sounded when she could not breath.

[VICTIM #1] also provided photos of her neck that are time stamped 7/12/25 around 1024 hours. This timeframe is about four hours after the initial incident that I responded two. The provided photos show red marks around [VICTIM #1]’s neck.

At the time of this report I have secured additional Arrest Warrants for LaJonna as follows, Harassing Communications and Aggravated Assult Strangulation.

[VICTIM #1] also said that LaJonna has posted sexually explicit videos of [VICTIM #1] on Snap Chat. Per Sgt. Abernathy, [VICTIM #1] was told to meet in person with an investigator in reference to evidence of this.

[End of Narrative]