Traffic stop leads to impaired driving charges for Rowan County man

Published 12:00 am Thursday, May 22, 2014

The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office charged a Rowan County man following a Monday night traffic stop in the 2300 block of Miller Road. Authorities charged Patrick Gene Widenhouse, 29, with driving while impaired, drinking beer while driving, reckless driving and misdemeanor possession of control substance schedule II.

In 2001, he was convicted in Cabarrus County with misdemeanor possession or purchasing a malt beverage by someone under 21 and misdemeanor larceny from a 2009 Cabarrus County offense. A deputy issued a DWI blood test kit be used to determine his blood alcohol content.

In other sheriff’s reports:

• Someone reported Monday a student brought alcohol to Southeast Middle School May 15 in the 1500 block of Peeler Road.

• Reliable Pawn reported Monday someone sold stolen golf clubs for cash in the 100 block of Mooresville Road.

• Someone reported Monday a registered sex offender moved without reporting their address change.

• A man reported Monday a motor vehicle theft in the 6400 block of Enochville Circle, Kannapolis.

• R & S Remodeling Services reported Monday a larceny of a metal bender from a job site in the 2300 block of Airport Road.

• A woman reported Monday credit card fraud in the 1100 Leonard Road.

• Someone reported Monday two metal grates covering drain holes were remove from Hurley Elementary School in the 600 block of Hurley School Road.

• A man reported a larceny in the 3800 block of Statesville Boulevard.

• A woman reported Monday someone stole her vehicle from the 100 block of Suncreek Lane.

• A man reported Monday someone kicked in his door at his home in the 1100 Forest Oaks Drive.

• Someone reported Monday three juveniles got into a fight over shorts in the 7900 block of Red Road, Rockwell.

• Wilco Hess reported Monday someone stole a bag of coffee from the store in the 900 block of Peeler Road.

• A man reported Monday someone broke out a front window with a rock in the 8100 block of Fisher Road.

• A man reported Monday his utility trailer was stolen from his home in the 4500 block of Mooresville Road.

• Aaron Eugene Mothershead, 24, was charged Monday with misdemeanor larceny in the 100 block of Knights Place.

• Creaig Wilson Helms, 32, was charged Monday with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia in the 1200 block of Double J Lane.

• Elvis Lee Thompson, 58, was charged Monday with misdemeanor false report of theft or conversion.

• Daniel Max Lowder, 37, was charged Monday with misdemeanor larceny in the 900 block of Peeler Road.

In police reports:

• Patriot Towing reported Tuesday someone stole a vehicle from behind the business that was being repaired in the 2900 block of South Main Street.

• A man reported Tuesday a larceny at the YMCA in the 800 block of West Jake Alexander Boulevard.

• A woman reported Tuesday a former complex manager defrauded residents of money sometime between March 1 and March 20 by taking water bill payments and not sending the money to providers in the 800 block of Carowood Drive.

• A woman reported Tuesday an attempted breaking and entering i the 300 block of South Caldwell Street.

• A man reported Tuesday a possible breaking and entering in the 1400 block of Lakewood Drive.

• A man reported Tuesday a breaking and entering in the 300 block of West Thomas Street.

• Pro Tow reported Tuesday a simple assault in the 2300 block of South Main Street.

• A woman reported Tuesday someone took her wallet from her purse while at the Post Office in the 600 block of East Innes Street.

• Salisbury Community Development reported Tuesday a burglary in the 700 block of Torrence Street.

• Nicolas Rashad Luckey, 27, was charged Monday with misdemeanor false report to police radio broadcasting station in the 1900 block of Shirley Avenue.

• Ross Aaron Chesshire, 42, was charged Tuesday with simple possession of schedule IV substance in the 200 block of Faith Road.

• Talita Krishaun McCain, 35, was charged Tuesday with simple assault in the 400 block of Best Street.

Contact reporter Shavonne Potts at 704-797-4253.