| Fraud alert The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) recently issued a scam alert. Numerous citizens have reported the receipt of calls about "missing jury duty" or "missing court" from persons claiming to be "Officer Davis" or "Lt. Hudson." Each such call involved "paying with your credit card" or "buying prepaid cards" to "avoid arrest and jail." These are all fraud. The LCSO will not call you and will not tell you to "pay the fine to avoid arrest or avoid going to jail.” |
Lancaster County Sheriff Patrick McCranie this week reported charges against eight individuals.
Felonies
De’Avion Jamiere Holden, 18, of Lancaster, was charged May 27 with rape, threats of death or bodily injury to a person or member of family, misdemeanor stalking, and misdemeanor causing or encouraging acts rendering children delinquent or abused
Jalin Nathaniel Powell, 23, of Reedville was charged May 27 with assault and battery of a law enforcement officer, and while being a prisoner in a state, local or community correctional facility or in the custody of an employee thereof, willfully break, cut or damage building, fixture or fastening of such facility or a part thereof for the purpose of escaping.
Towanga Hosea Palmer, 53, of Lancaster was charged May 29 with manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give or distribute a controlled substance.
Misdemeanors
A Weems man, 49, was charged May 26 with reckless handling of a firearm so as to endanger life, limb or property; and May 29, failure to appear in court on May 28 on the underlying charge of reckless handling of a firearm.
An Urbanna man, 32, was charged May 29 with failure to comply with VASAP and to be on peace and good behavior on the underlying charge of driving while under the influence, first charge.
A Manassas woman, 54, was charged May 30 with assault and battery.
A Lancaster man, 36, was charged May 30 with assault and battery.
A Weems man, 27, was charged June 1 with driving while intoxicated with a BAC of at least 0.15 but not more than 0.20.
Activity report
May 26: Staff responded to Greentown and Gaskins roads for gunshots in the early morning hours, to the 7000 block of River Road for threats, to the 200 block of Yorkshire Street for a custody dispute, and to the 800 block of Boys Camp Road for threats.
May 27: Staff responded to the 200 block of Oyster Creek Drive for a scam, to the 200 block of McSwain Road for a scam, and to the 1400 block of Shore Drive for a custody dispute.
May 28: Staff responded to the 300 block of Harbour View Drive for a scam, to the 200 block of Norwood Church Road for gunshots in the late evening hours, and to the 11000 block of Mary Ball Road for an abandoned vehicle.
May 29: Staff responded to the 1000 block of Hoecake Road for fraud, to the 700 block of Newtown Road for a scam, and to the 400 block of Mifarm Road for a scam.
May 30: Staff responded to the 400 block of Middle Gate for a suspicious vehicle, and to the 1000 block of Regina Road for a domestic assault.
May 31: Staff responded to Morattico Road and Shore Drive for a disabled vehicle, to the Robert O. Norris Jr. Memorial Bridge for debris in the highway, and to Mary Ball and Peirces roads for a two-vehicle traffic crash.
June 1: Staff responded to the 5000 block of Mary Ball Road for a domestic disturbance, to the 100 block of Gaskins Road for a verbal disagreement, to the 100 block of Kathy Drive for a subject with a gun, to the 900 block of Hunton Lane for trespassing, to the 100 block of Alfonso Road for gunshots in the late evening hours, and to Windmill Point Road for a reckless driver.
Staff also conducted seven traffic stops, issued two summonses, assisted four motorists, recorded two deer strike accidents, handled a request for traffic control, investigated three building alarms, processed three mental health orders, logged three inmate transports and received an E911 hang up call.
Fire calls
White Stone Volunteer Fire Department responded to a propane leak at 289 Tammy Drive.
Upper Lancaster VFD responded to a control burn at 1114 White Chapel road and to a traffic crash at Mary Ball and Peirces roads.
