The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office confiscated pills and drug paraphernalia from a China Grove man earlier this week. James Andrew Brawley, 24, was found Monday to be in possession of two white pills, which officials determined to be Xanax. Deputies also found a cut straw inside his wallet. Brawley was issued a citation for possession of controlled schedule II substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Brawley was convicted in October 2011 and May 2012 of misdemeanor drug possession, according to the N.C. Department of Corrections. In 2011, a then 22-year-old Brawley was charged with drug offenses following a traffic checkpoint where authorities found pills, a glass pipe, a small amount of marijuana and a straw officials said at the time, was likely to snort crushed pills.
In other sheriff’s reports:
• A woman reported Monday an assault and vandalism in the 1300 block of Rankin Road.
• A man reported Monday credit card fraud in the 500 block of Newport Drive.
• A man reported Monday a larceny in the 3700 block of Woodleaf Road.
• Nazareth Children’s Home reported Monday a juvenile was charged after vandalizing the sidewalk at a Rockwell church in the 800 block of Crescent Road, Rockwell.
• Higgins Automotive reported Monday the business was broken into sometime between Saturday and Monday in the 4300 block of South Main Street.
• Carolina Stairs Company reported Monday someone broke into the shop and took power tools in the 200 block of Belk Road, Mount Ulla.
• A man reported Monday someone broke into and ransacked his residence in the 9000 block of West NC 152, Mooresville.
• James Andrew Brawley, 24, was charged Monday with misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance schedule II in the 100 block of McField Drive, China Grove.
• Shannon Dale Hartman, 39, was charged Monday with driving while license revoked in the 7100 block of Old Concord Road.
In police reports:
• A man reported Tuesday someone used his vehicle without his permission in the 200 block of South Caldwell Street.
• McDonald’s reported Tuesday an employee vandalized a company car in the 600 block of West Jake Alexander Boulevard.
• A man reported Tuesday someone took a bicycle in the 900 block of Richard Street.
• Food Lion reported Tuesday a man took items from the store, caused a false fire alarm activation and damaged the merchandise that was later recovered in the 2100 block of Statesville Boulevard.
• Norma Chewning, 49, was charged Tuesday with felony obtain a controlled substance by fraud/forgery in the 100 block of East Liberty Street. The charge stems from a 2010 case.
Contact reporter Shavonne Potts at 704-797-4253.