Under current Georgia law, funds cannot be recovered by the Secretary of State and returned to financial fraud victims.

A Rome man contacted police Friday night to report that he lost a book bag containing $40, his social security card and a loaded Taurus .357 revolver, reports state.

Police are looking for a man identified as "JJ" who pistol-whipped another man, which caused the pistol to fire, during a fight on Tamassee Lane early Monday morning, reports state.