By Jeanie Groh

jeanie.groh@salisburypost.com

Police serving a warrant in the 400 block of Chesapeake Drive walked away with an arrest, but not the one they were planning on.

Jerome Leroy Hosch, 31, was arrested when police knocked on his door to serve a warrant for another man.

“They could smell marijuana coming from him,” said Capt. Shelia Lingle.

Hosch let them in the house, and while the man they were looking for wasn’t there, they did find several burnt blunts in the ashtray and paraphernalia on the kitchen counter.

Police searched the house with a K-9 and found a bag with 3 grams of marijuana and a small bag with .1 grams of cocaine with a cigarette package in the trash.

Hosch was arrested and charged with one felony and one misdemeanor charge of simple possession of a controlled substance and one misdemeanor charge for possession of drug paraphernalia.

He is being held in the Rowan County Detention Center under a $1,500 bond.

 In other police reports:

• A man reported that two cellphones were stolen from his truck in the 300 block of S. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.
• A woman reported a larceny in the 800 block of Jake Alexander Boulevard W.
• A woman reported that a wallet and knife were stolen from her vehicle in the 1700 block of N. Main Street.
• Shoplifting was reported by Kmart’s loss prevention at 815 E. Innes St.
• A woman reported identity fraud in the 300 block of S. Fulton Street.
• A man reported the larceny of automobile accessories in the 300 block of South Arlington Street.
• A woman reported a hit and run in the 1200 block of North Church Street.
• A woman reported credit card fraud in the 100 block of Pearl Street.
• A man reported that a cellphone was stolen from his vehicle in the 400 block of West Franklin Street.
• Sheetz reported that a counterfeit bill was used at 1520 South Jake Alexander Boulevard.
• Kayla Danielle Jones, 25, was charged with misdemeanor communicating threats.
• Zuleika Irene Ramseur, 27, was charged with misdemeanor injury to personal property.
• Calvin Jerome Rasheen Ingram, 21, was charged with misdemeanor carrying a concealed pistol or gun in the 400 block of West Innes Street.
• Mario Laron Rankin, 30, was charged with marijuana possession in the 300 block of West Innes Street.
• Fredrick Andrew Hargon, 21, was charged with felony breaking and entering and larceny. He is being held at the Rowan County Detention center and is being held on a $2,500 bond.
• Randall Scott Christenberry, 47, was charged with assault on a female and violation of a restraining order.
• Kelly Nicole Hosch, 28, was charged with larceny by a servant or other employee. She is being held in the Rowan County Detention Center under $1,000 bond.
• Amber Scheree Bottoms, 34, was charged with resist, delay, obstruct a public officer and trespassing in the 500 block of East Innes Street. She is being held at the Rowan County Detention Center under a $1,000 bond.
• Albert William Johnson, 34, was charged with assault on a female and interfering with emergency communication in the 200 block of West 10^th Street.

 

In sheriff’s reports:

• A woman reported that her social security number was used to file income taxes by someone else.
• A woman reported fraud in the 100 block of Highland Park Drive.
• Trevacyia Shenae Scales, 26, was charged with obtaining property by falsely representing an animal’s pedigree.
• Michael Anthony Wells, 47, was charged with possession of stolen goods in the 200 block of North Main Street.
• Michael Wayne Eppley, 32, was charged with communicating threats in the 200 block of North Main Street.