SALISBURY — Picnic tables were set on fire at Henderson Independent High School on Friday.

According to Salisbury Police Captain Shelia Lingle, an officer observed smoke coming from the courtyard area of the school. He called in the incident at around 10:40 p.m.

Two picnic tables were on fire.

The incident was reported as arson. Officers are reviewing surveillance video today for more information.

In other Salisbury Police Department reports:

• A man reported he was a victim of an assault at the 500 block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue on Sunday.
• An assault was reported in the area of West Thomas Street and South Caldwell Street on Sunday.
• A woman reported assault at the 1100 block of Bryce Avenue on Monday.
• Justin Jermaine Horton, 26, was charged with possession of controlled schedule II and VI substances and possession of drug paraphernalia at the 1300 block of West Bank Street on Friday.
• Eugene Oliver Jr., 46, was charged with larceny at the 600 block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue on Sunday.
• Elijio Adames Jr., 61, was charged with assault inflicting serious injury at the 1500 block of Sells Road on Saturday.

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports:

• Possession of drug equipment or paraphernalia was reported at the 700 block of Harmony Lane in China Grove on Thursday.
• A man reported larceny from a motor vehicle at the 400 block of Wildlife Access Road in Richfield on Thursday.
• A woman reported identity theft at the 300 block of Hall Road in Mount Ulla on Thursday.
• An in-car video CD was reported having been removed from a patrol car at the 200 block of North Main Street in Salisbury on Thursday.
• A man reported vandalism at 3600 block of Hickory Place in Salisbury on Thursday.
• Property was confiscated from a man at the 400 block of Freedom Drive in Salisbury on Thursday.
• A man reported assault at the 200 block of Blue Heron Road in Salisbury on Thursday.
• Roberto Jesus Rodriguez, 57, was charged with assault on a female at the 3600 block of Turner Avenue in Kannapolis on Thursday.
• Adrienne Day Uffner, 41, was charged with assault on a female at the 200 block of North Main Street in Salisbury on Thursday.
• Jordan Taylor Mays, 22, was charged with resisting, delaying, or obstructing a public officer at the 200 block of Blue Heron Road in Salisbury on Thursday.
• Matthew Tyler King, 16, was charged with simple assault at the 1100 block of Safe Haven Lane in Rockwell on Thursday.
• Sonja Phillips Downs, 48, was charged with simple assault at the 200 block of Blue Heron Road in Salisbury on Thursday.