• Cindy Barnes Dixon, 57, was arrested on Friday and charged with trafficking opium or heroin and maintaining a vehicle or dwelling for a controlled substance. According to warrants, Dixon used her home at 1035 N. Church St. to keep and sell heroin and where she allegedly possessed 28 grams or more of heroine. A second charge also lists that Dixon was allegedly in possession of four or more, but less than 14 grams of heroin. She was placed in the Rowan County Detention Center under a $250,000 bond.
• Maurice Dirton, 34, was charged Friday with possession of up to 0.5 ounces of marijuana and misdemeanor larceny. Dirton was allegedly in possession of marijuana and an Apple iPhone 7 belonging to Darrell Hollar. Dirton was placed in the Rowan County Detention Center under a $500 bond. His address is listed as “the streets of Salisbury.”
• Bryce Honeycutt was charged Friday with violating probation by possession with intent to sell or deliver a counterfeit controlled substance. He was placed in the Rowan County Detention Center under a $10,000 secured bond.
• Michael William Abernathy, 48, was charged Friday with financial card fraud and identity theft. According warrants, Abernathy used a credit card which did not belong to him to rent a hotel room between May 16 and May 24 which had a value in excess of $500.