By Shavonne Walker

shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com

Police cited a Charlotte man with marijuana possession after they say his license plate came back to an older, different vehicle than the one police spotted.

Joshua Marquis Byrd, 30, of the 1900 block of Village Brook Drive, was issued a citation Friday for fictitious tag, no insurance and simple possession of marijuana.

An officer conducted a traffic stop on an Infiniti near Lloyd Street, but upon searching in the system the vehicle came back to a 1984 Ford. The officer followed the vehicle near Bank and Grim streets. A man standing beside the vehicle was talking with the driver, later identified as Joshua Byrd, and both men reached into the passenger’s side.

The driver dropped “something” out of the window, said Police Capt. Melonie Thompson. The officer searched the area after asking the man outside to step away from the vehicle. The officer found a small bag of marijuana.

The officer asked Byrd to step outside of the vehicle and could smell marijuana coming from the car. Byrd told the officer he’d just gotten the car and forgot to replace the tag. The officer confiscated 1.3 grams of marijuana.

Byrd was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, assault with a deadly weapon, assault on a law enforcement officer, possession with intent to sell a schedule II, common law robbery, and driving while license revoked.

In other police reports:

• Knox Middle School reported on Friday the property was shot into overnight at 1625 W. Park Road.

• A man reported on Friday someone used his ATM card at various machines throughout the city without authorization within a 10-day span from Aug. 17 to Aug. 26.

• A woman reported on Friday a larceny occurred in the 800 block of North Caldwell Street and Lake Drive.

• A man reported on Friday someone took items from his vehicle in the 2700 block of South Main Street.

• A man reported on Friday a larceny occurred in the 1300 block of Forestdale Drive.

• A woman reported on Friday an assault occurred in the 100 block of Henry Laurens Circle.

• A man reported on Saturday he was the victim of an assault in the 1300 block of Larchmont Place.

• Liberty Storage Solutions reported on Saturday a vandalism and property damage at 905 W. Innes St.

• A man reported on Sunday a larceny in the 500 block of Klumac Road.

• Police responded on Sunday to the parking lot of Moose Pharmacy to a possible child neglect incident and determined three children were unharmed, but the mother was taken to the hospital for mental evaluation.

• Lori Ann Spencer, 39, was charged on Saturday with felony larceny at Walmart.

• Tracy Christy Heffner, 41, was charged on Sunday with misdemeanor engaging in prostitution while at Waffle House.

• Ian Austin Wilson, 26, was charged on Sunday with misdemeanor communicating threats while at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center.

• Desmond Ray Brooks, 31, was charged on Sunday with misdemeanor stalking while at the Rowan County Magistrate’s Office.

In sheriff’s reports:

• A man reported on Thursday someone removed money from his bank account and opened a credit card account in his name in the 200 block of Old Camp Road.

• Deputies responded on Thursday to West Rowan High for a student who was in possession of alcohol on campus, 8050 N.C. 801, Mount Ulla.

• Rita Faye Conrad, 49, was charged on Thursday with misdemeanor simple assault in the 400 block of B Leazer Road.

• Julie Baker Tutwiler, 51, was charged on Thursday with misdemeanor simple assault in the 600 block of Gold Knob Road.

• Antowane Dennis Koontz, 36, was charged on Thursday with felony assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.

• David Michael Yarboro, 42, and Matthew Curtis Morgan, 23, were both charged on Thursday with misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance schedule II in the 200 block of Peeler Road.

Contact reporter Shavonne Walker at 704-797-4253.