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Name:
Whatley, Christopher Scott Sr
Date of Booking:
03/02/2025
Reason(s) For Booking:
PUBLIC INDECENCY-1ST OR 2ND CONVICTION – MISDEMEANOR
SEXUAL BATTERY – MISDEMEANOR
Officer’s Narrative:
[Please note: The following is a direct transcription from the official initial incident report. The Georgia Gazette does not fix any spelling or grammatical errors that may exist. Any changes or redactions made by our staff are placed inside brackets. Some errors may exist. All subjects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The topics discussed may be sensitive to some readers. Discretion is advised.]
On March 2, 2025, at 1605 hours, I was dispatched to 255 JEWEL FROST DR SW. Rome, GA 30165 for a call involving a man who accused of showing his privates to multiple females in the area of Heritage Park.
When I arrived, other officers were already questioning Christopher Whatley about the situation. Whatley matched the description of the suspect that dispatch had given us. Whatley claimed none of the things he was being accused of happened.
The victim, [VICTIM #1], had already left the scene when I arrived, so I got her cell phone number from another woman that was friends with her that was still in the area. I talked to [VICTIM #1] on the phone and she said “I was trying to light a cigarette when a man came up behind me and used a credit card and swiped [REDACTED BY AGENCY] and when I turned around, he had his [REDACTED BY AGENCY] out.” [VICTIM #1] eventually arrived back at the scene and spoke with Officer Jackson. [REDACTED BY AGENCY]
I then placed Whatley under arrest for sexual battery and public indecency using handcuffs to the rear, checked for tightness and double locked. I then searched Whatley incident to arrest at the front of my patrol car, and then placed him in the back of my patrol car, after visually searching the backseat of my patrol car.
Whatley was transported to Floyd County Jail, where he was booked for the charges listed above.
[End of Narrative]