Taylor Smith

Name:
Smith, Taylor Harris

Date of Booking:
08/01/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
Disorderly Conduct – Obscene Language – Minor (M)

Battery-Family Violence

Convicted felons, first offender probationers, possession of firearms prohibited (F)

Criminal damage to property 2nd degree-Family violence (F)

Simple Battery- Family Violence (m)

Officer’s Narrative:
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On August 1st at approximately 0047 hours, I, Deputy Dubreuiel #1303, was dispatched to [100 BLOCK] Woodford Reserve Pass in reference to a dispute. I arrived on scene and spoke to the complainant, [VICTIM #1], and she stated that her husband, Taylor Smith, was nowhere to be found and was last seen loading up one of his pistols. She said that they were upstairs, and once he loaded his pistol, he walked downstairs, and she had no idea where he was. I asked Ms. [VICTIM #1] what had happened, and she stated the following:

Mr. Smith was downstairs playing his video game and had commented about an ex that he used to talk to. Ms. [VICTIM #1] stated that she did not appreciate him talking about that, and she said that it upset him. Ms. [VICTIM #1] stated that he started asking for her phone because he knew that she was probably talking to other men. Ms. [VICTIM #1] told Mr. Smith that she would not give him her phone because he had broken her phone in the past by slamming it on the floor.

Mr. Smith grabbed her phone and attempted to take it out of her hand. Ms. [VICTIM #1] stated that Mr. Smith continued to try and get her phone from her, and they ended up going into the garage. Ms. [VICTIM #1] stated that once they got into the garage, Mr. Smith had knocked her over, causing multiple marks and bruises on her arms and shoulders. Ms. [VICTIM #1] also stated she did not know how she got the mark, but had finger abrasions on her left abdomen from the tussle.

Deputy Worthan #1243 and I cleared the house to make sure Mr. Smith was not inside the home. Ms. [VICTIM #1] advised us that we had been out to their house before, and Mr. Smith had run into the woods to avoid us. Ms. [VICTIM #1] also had multiple videos from the incident and was willing to show them to me.

In the videos Ms. [VICTIM #1] showed me, there was one video of Mr. Smith smacking the phone out of her hand, and then the video ended abruptly. Ms. [VICTIM #1] also had multiple videos of Mr. Smith cursing in front of their kids, which were inside the home. Mr. Smith used words such as “Bi*ch”, “F*ck”, “C*nt”, and “Dumba*s”. All these words were used in the heat of the argument while a 13-year-old, a 3-year-old, and a 1-year-old were present. Mr. Smith was also recorded ripping the 13-year-old’s PC console from the juvenile’s room and smashing it on the floor.

We attempted to locate Mr. Smith in the general area of the house and also had dispatch ping his phone number to get an exact location of where he was. Dispatch informed us that he was near [20 BLOCK] Social Cv, which is directly across their address through the woods. Deputy Maack #1418 and I checked that immediate area but were unable to locate Mr. Smith. Dep. Worthan advised us that someone was at the back porch door knocking, and suspected it to be Mr. Smith. We arrived back at the incident location, and Mr. Smith had taken off again into the woods.

During this time of searching for Mr. Smith, a Cobb County Police Officer had called Dep Maack and advised us that they had a camera on their back porch and saw Mr. Smith running through their back yard. That officer was well aware of Mr. Smith and advised us that he was on the phone with him, trying to get him to come and speak with us. Mr. Smith had told the officer that he had dropped the firearm at the right corner of his house in his backyard. Dep. Maack and I checked the back yard of the incident location and were able to locate the firearm, which was a Taurus Judge .45 Magnum (SN: KR240582) and was loaded with 5 rounds.

Dep. Worthan had called Mr. Smith and was able to speak with him, and advised him to come back to the incident location so we could get his side of the story. Mr. Smith finally arrived back at the incident location and was immediately searched to ensure he did not have any more weapons on his person. I asked Mr. Smith what happened tonight, and he stated the following:

He was trying to get his wife’s phone due to her posting stuff on TikTok that he did not like. He stated that they fought back and forth over the phone, but nothing ever got physical. I asked Mr. Smith if anything was broken in the midst of this argument, and he stated no. Lt. Winkles #744 asked Mr. Smith why he had a firearm on him when he left the house, and Mr. Smith responded that we could talk to his attorney about that.

Lt. Winkles advised him that he was not under arrest and was just asking him a question. Mr. Smith stated that he was not going to answer that question and stated that we could talk to his attorney about that. Mr. Smith advised me that he had pictures of what his wife had done to him and wanted to show me. Once I saw the pictures, the date on the pictures was July 3rd. I asked Mr. Smith if it happened today, and he stated no. I asked him if the altercation today did not get physical, then why did his wife have bruises on her shoulder, left arm, and abdomen? Mr. Smith stated he did not know and continued to say that it never got physical.

Mr. Smith was placed into handcuffs, which were double locked and ensured for proper fitting. Mr. Smith was then placed in the back of my patrol vehicle.

Ms. [VICTIM #1] had also informed us that Mr. Smith was a convicted felon, Dep. Maack got our GCIC to run a criminal background check on Mr. Smith and found out that he is a convicted felon. Mr. Smith had been convicted of possession of a schedule IV controlled substance back in 2014.

Mr. Smith was escorted to the Paulding County Jail without incident.

At this time, Mr. Smith is being charged with the following:

Simple Battery (FV) 16-5-23
Battery (FV) 16-5-23.1 (a)
Criminal Damage to Property (2nd degree) 16-7-23
Disorderly Conduct-Obscene language-Minor 16-11-39 (a)(4)
Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon 16-11-131

Warrants were taken and signed by Judge Johnson.

Pictures were taken of Ms. [VICTIM #1]’s injuries and the damaged PC console and are attached to this report. The videos that Ms. [VICTIM #1] had are also attached to the file in the sheriff’s office drive associated with this case number. The Firearm was also placed into evidence and placed in Locker #4.

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