By Shavonne Walker

shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com

Two teens were issued citations after authorities warned a group of teens and others against jumping from the Tuckertown Bridge on Saturday afternoon.

The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office cited Michael Paul Whitaker, 19, and his brother Erik Dshane Whitaker, 16, with impeding traffic/standing in the highway.

A report said a deputy went to 17318 Stokes Ferry Road around 12:30 p.m. to warn people there were laws that prohibit anyone from being on the bridge and jumping from the bridge. Authorities spoke to several people who were there to have a picnic in the park and were swimming.

Deputies stayed in the area for 30 minutes and returned about four hours later to find a crowd on the Tuckertown Bridge. The two brothers were standing in the roadway impeding traffic, the report said.

The officer noted there is only a one-foot clearance between the white line and the guard rail. The officer said the two boys were at the lake with their mother. They were given the citations and released to their mother.

Rowan Sheriff’s Capt. John Sifford said authorities have warned people for years about jumping off the Tuckertown Bridge. He estimates the the drop into the water to be about 10 yards.

In other sheriff’s reports:

• A man reported on Friday his mo-ped was stolen from the Love’s Travel Stop parking lot, 1105 Peeler Road.

• A woman reported on Friday she was the victim of a knife assault in the 5700 block of Faith Road.

• A man reported on Friday his back door was kicked in and someone went through his house while he was on vacation in the 1300 block of Poole Road.

• A man reported on Friday someone broke into his house in the 1100 block of Ebenezer Road.

• A woman reported on Saturday someone used a rock to break a bedroom window in the 200 block of Dappler Lane.

• A man reported on Saturday his property was vandalized in the 100 block of Kings Terrace.

• A man reported on Saturday someone took items from his vehicle in the 200 block of Hutchins Way.

• A woman reported on Saturday a burglary occurred in the 400 block of Forest Winds Drive.

• A woman reported on Sunday she was assaulted in the 100 block of Village Creek Way.

• A woman reported on Sunday items were taken from her vehicle in the 300 block of Leach Road.

• A man reported on Sunday two all-terrain vehicles were taken from the 800 block of Shaver Road.

In police reports:

• Global Energy Services reported on Monday a utility trailer was stolen from a parking lot in the 1000 block of North Long Street.

• Novant Health reported on Monday some teens tried to set fire to bushes at 130 Mocksville Ave.

• A man reported on Monday he was the victim of an assault in the 2300 block of Statesville Boulevard.

Contact reporter Shavonne Walker at 704-797-4253.