Woman charged with DWI after vehicle crash
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, October 7, 2014
A woman faces charges for driving while impaired, as well as other pending charges after a run-in with police early Friday morning.
According to incident reports, Salisbury Police officers responded to a call about a vehicle crash at Lee St. and Monroe St. in Salisbury.
When they arrived, a man reported a truck had hit two cars in his backyard, as well as a pole and a street sign, and then left, heading into the wooded area behind his house.
Officers walked through the wooded area toward some railroad tracks, where they could see taillights and a woman “screaming and yelling,” according to Capt. Shelia Lingle.
Jennifer Ann Craig, 39, got out of the driver’s seat and stumbled, appearing to be intoxicated. Her husband was in the passenger seat of the truck.
Craig had an injury to her hand.
She told the officers that she had just left Nashville Nights and had just dropped a friend off.
“She said she had an AK-47 in the truck,” Lingle said.
When officers asked Craig where she was, she told them she was in China Grove.
The officers called EMS because of Craig’s hand injury and she was complaining of neck pain.
When paramedics arrived, she “started yelling, kicking and screaming,” Lingle said.
Craig eventually calmed down enough to be taken to Novant Health Rowan Medical Center. Her husband was taken as well because of possible injury.
When Craig was told she would be charged with DWI during her blood test, she “slung her arm and got blood on the officer,” Lingle said, adding that she laughed when the blood splattered on the officer’s uniform.
Craig was charged with driving while impaired and will likely face other charges within the next few days.
In other police reports:
• A woman reported a burglary in the 800 block of Park Avenue in Salisbury between Thursday at 6 p.m. and Friday at 12:30 a.m.
• A larceny was reported in the 500 block of W. Jake Alexander Blvd. between 12:15 a.m. and 10:28 a.m. Friday.
• A man reported a burglary in the 300 block of W. Henderson St. in Salisbury between 4 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 a.m. Friday.
• A man reported that money was stolen from a con-operated snack machine in the 800 block of W. Jake Alexander Blvd.
• A woman reported a burglary in the 500 block of N. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. in Salisbury between 10:50 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. Friday.
• A man reported that his debit card was stolen in the 800 block of N. Ellis St. in Salisbury between Thursday at 9:13 p.m. and Friday at 5:30.
• A man reported a breaking and entering, larceny, attempted arson and vandalism in the 600 block of Anderson Ave. in Salisbury Friday around 6:20 p.m.
• A man reported a larceny at Rowan Helping Ministries between 8 p.m. Thursday and 8 p.m. Friday.
• A woman reported an assault in the 700 block of S. Fulton St. in Salisbury Friday.
• A larceny was reported at the ABC Store at 1400 Jake Alexander Blvd. in Salisbury Friday at 8:30 p.m.
• A man reported an assault in the 2100 block of Statesville Blvd.
• A woman was hit in the head with a gun in the 1100 block of N. Jackson St. in Salisbury Friday.
• A man reported a larceny in the 500 block of E. Innes St. in Salisbury Friday.
• A man reported credit card fraud in the 500 block of W. Jake Alexander Blvd. in Salisbury.
• A woman reported a larceny from a motor vehicle at the Marriott in Salisbury at 120 Marriott Circle between 9:05 p.m. Saturday and 12:55 a.m. Sunday.
• A larceny was reported in the 200 block of S. Link Ave. in Salisbury Sunday.
A burglary was reported in the 1400 block of Tilman St. in Salisbury Sunday.
• Ladarius Tate, 16, was charged with possession of stolen goods
• Bryan Michael Williams, 31, was charged with misdemeanor larceny Friday.
• Yony Alverto VIjil, 33, was charged with misdemeanor larceny in the 300 block of S. Arlington St. in Salisbury Friday.
• Michael Leonard Geinko, 47, was charged with misdemeanor resisting, delaying or obstructing a public officer in the 700 block of S. Fulton St. in Salisbury.
• Bryson Letwane Gaymon, 24, was charged with identity theft when he used his brother’s driver’s license at a checkpoint Friday.
• Tobie Lowe, 53, was charged with misdemeanor second-degree trespassing in the 500 block of E. Innes St. in Salisbury Saturday.
• James Franklin Pyrtle, 43, was charged with resisting, delaying or obstructing a public officer.
• Nira Lynn Estrada, 34, was charged with resisting, delaying or obstructing a public officer in the 200 block of Heilig Ave. in Salisbury Sunday.
In sheriff’s reports:
• A woman reported a larceny Thursday in the 2500 block of Mooresville Road.
• A woman reported a larceny in the 100 block of Bee Tree Ln. between Sept. 30 and Thursday.
• A man reported a that his ATM card was being used by an unknown person in Spencer between Sept. 27 and Thursday.
• Christopher Paul Powell, 31, was charged as a habitual felon Thursday.
• Jeremy Chad Simmons, 33, was charged with taking a financial transaction card Thursday.
• Harry Claygett Vanpelt, 45, was charged with habitual larceny Thursday.
• Elbert Eugene Bostian, 33, was charged with larceny in the 4700 block of Bringle Ferry Rd. Thursday.
• Michael Dillion Daniels, 20 was charged with robbery with firearms or other dangerous weapons Thursday.
• Paul David Goodman, 30, was charged with breaking and entering a building in the 200 block of Pearl St.
• Kristine Olivia Ciancimino, 28, was charged with obtaining property by false pretenses in the 2000 block of S. Jake Alexander Blvd Thursday.
• Colton Kyle Edward Hensley, 26, was charged with breaking and entering a railroad car or other motor vehicle in the 400 block of Grace Church Rd. in Salisbury Thursday.
• Bryan Michael Williams, 31 was charged with charged with breaking and entering a railroad car or other motor vehicle.
• Stephen Andrew Robar, 47, was charged with marijuana possession in the 2600 block of Jonathan St. Thursday.
•Eric Lamont Graham, 33, was charged as a habitual felon in the 400 block of Grace Church Rd.