A Salisbury man was charged with heroin possession after a deputy spotted his vehicle in an area known to be where prostitution takes place and drugs are used, a report said.

The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office charged Ernest Hayes Smith, 26, of the 1400 block of Potneck Road, with felony heroin possession and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. He has since been released from the Rowan County jail under a $1,500 secured bond.

The officer saw a green Toyota Tundra sitting in the dead end of Crowder Dixon Road. When the deputy walked up to the driver’s side window he could see the driver, later identified as Smith, lean over the center console with a lighter in his lap and a flat piece of tin foil. The foil had a small amount of black tar heroin in it.

He also had a cut black straw and a cellphone. The officer knocked on the window and the driver threw the items that were in his lap onto the floor. He was asked to step outside the vehicle.

Smith later told the deputy he had other narcotics in a compartment inside the driver’s side door. Smith was arrested and placed into a patrol car. The deputy searched the compartment and found a clear plastic tube with a green lid on it. The tub had one gram of black tar heroin.

In other sheriff’s reports:

• A man reported on Friday someone broke into his vehicle and stole loose change in the 1000 block of Rosewood Drive, China Grove.

• Deputies responded on Friday to an incident where drugs were found on an individual in the 700 block of West Rice Street, Landis.

• A man reported on Friday he was the victim of fraud in the 6900 block of Beaver Road, Kannapolis.

• A woman reported on Friday a larceny occurred in the 6400 block of Wright Road, Kannapolis.

• A man reported on Friday he was the victim of a larceny in the 200 block of Fox Run Road.

• A woman reported on Friday someone stole her registration plate in the 100 block of Cambridge Road.

• A man reported on Friday someone broke into his vehicle and stole a firearm while parked in the Kohl’s shopping center parking lot.

• A man reported on Friday his home was broken into and guns were stolen in the 1000 block of Mount Hope Church Road.

• Deputies responded on Saturday to a traffic stop where a subject was issued a citation for simple marijuana possession in the 64400 block of Interstate 85 south and mile marker 64, China Grove.

• A man reported on Saturday someone took his license plate from his vehicle parked in the 900 block of Hawkinstown Road.

• A woman reported on Saturday she was the victim of a burglary sometime between March 7 and Saturday in the 200 block of Waccamaw Drive.

• A woman reported on Saturday someone vandalized her vehicle while driving through a work zone in the 12300 block of Wyatt Grove Church and Bringle Ferry roads.

• A man reported on Saturday he was the victim of an assault in the 1400 block of North Long Street, East Spencer.

• A man reported on Saturday someone stole items from his property and sold them in the 600 block of Morgan Road, Gold Hill.

• Deputies responded on Saturday to an incident and charged a subject with crack and marijuana possession.

• A woman reported on Sunday she was the victim of a domestic assault in the 5900 block of Southern Lane.

• A woman reported on Sunday a vandalism occurred in the 9100 block of Bringle Ferry Road.

• A woman reported on Sunday she was the victim of an assault in the 3400 block of Rockwell Road, Rockwell.

• Deputies responded on Sunday where a subject was charged with marijuana and drug paraphernalia in the 14600 block of U.S. 52, Gold Hill.

• A man reported on Sunday his home was burglarized in the 300 block Ketner Farm Road, China Grove.

• A man reported on Sunday his handgun was stolen from his vehicle in the 800 block of Maple Ridge Circle.

• Deputies responded on Sunday where a subject was found with marijuana and one oxycodone pill in the 100 block of Union Church and Stokes Ferry roads.

• J.T. Hall, 39, was charged on Friday with misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance schedule IV in the 700 block of West Rice Street, Landis.

• Kaitlyn Derae Walters, 16, was charged on Friday with misdemeanor possession of marijuana at East Rowan High.

• Jacob Edward Hobart, 17, was charged on Friday with misdemeanor possession of marijuana at East Rowan High.

• William Dean Honbarrier, 28, was charged on Friday with felony larceny of a firearm while at the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office.

• James Oscar Carpenter, 73, was charged on Friday with felony trafficking heroin or opium in the 600 block of South Main Street, Landis.

• Nigel Elijahoine Wiggins, 19, was charged on Friday with misdemeanor resist, obstruct, delay an officer in the 8000 block of of N.C. 801, Mount Ulla.

• Michael Eugene Long, 37, was charged on Friday with felony possession with intent to manufacture a controlled substance schedule I while at the Rowan County Courthouse.

• Nathaniel Wayne Pride Lemons, 22, was charged on Friday with felony assault by strangulation in the 100 block of Red Pine Road, Gold Hill.

• Cory Lamont Cruz, 44, was charged on Saturday with misdemeanor marijuana possession while on Interstate 85 at mile marker 64, Kannapolis.

• Ollie Everhart Wise, 58, was charged on Saturday with all other offenses against family in the 13000 block of Statesville Boulevard, Cleveland.

• Matthew Walter Robertson, 29, was charged on Saturday with felony possession of a controlled substance schedule II while at the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office.

• Eddie James Richardson, 42, was charged on Saturday with felony possession of a controlled substance schedule II in the 500 block of East Innes Street.

• Jeremy Paul Bowers, 26, was charged on Sunday with misdemeanor larceny and misdemeanor assault on a female in the 200 block of Wingate Lane, Rockwell.

• Maurice Boyd Woodward, 52, was charged on Sunday with felony possession of weapon by a felon while at the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office.

• Robert Joseph Rakowski, 25, was charged on Sunday with misdemeanor possession of marijuana in the 14600 block of U.S. 52, Gold Hill.

• Eva M. Marmoutas, 22, was charged on Sunday with misdemeanor possession of marijuana at Old Union Church and Stokes Ferry roads.

In police reports:

• A woman reported on Monday she was the victim of vandalism in the 300 block of East Council Street.