Blotter: Salisbury Man charged with felony assault by strangulation

Published 12:00 am Monday, September 28, 2020

SALISBURY – Ryan Michael Price,  33, of Salisbury, was charged with felony assault by strangulation Friday after allegedly assaulting a woman by placing his forearm against her neck and chocking her until she was unconscious.

Price was booked into the Rowan County Detention Center with no bond with a Monday court date. In North Carolina, bond can not be set by a magistrate in a domestic violence case and must be determined by a district court judge.

In other arrest warrants:

  • Jennifer Helms Elmore, 39, of Salisbury, was charged with felony larceny by employee after allegedly stealing $40 from from Burger King, her employer.
  • Christina Marie Griffin, 28, of Salisbury, was charged with felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell or distribute a schedule II controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia on Saturday after allegedly being found in possession of two grams of methamphetamine and a spoon with white residue.
  • James Lawrence Townsend, 54, of Salisbury, was charged with two counts of felony possession of a schedule II controlled substance with intent to manufacture, sell or distribute on Saturday. Townsend was allegedly found in possession of 31 pills of hydrocodone and two grams of methamphetamine.
  • David Wayne Armstrong, 28, of Walkertown, was charged with felony possession of methamphetamine and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia on Saturday. Armstrong was allegedly found in possession of methamphetamine and a plastic wrapper to package “a controlled substance other than marijuana,” according to the warrant from Armstrong’s arrest.
  • Tyesha Phillips, 25, of Concord, was charged with felony possession of methamphetamine and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia on Sunday. Phillips was allegedly found in possession of methamphetamine and a glass pipe with burns and residue.
  • Andrea Marie Reynolds, 44, of Kannapolis, was charged with felony conspiracy to obtain property by false pretense on Sunday. Reynolds allegedly conspired to obtain money from Suntrust and BB&T with an unknown person, according to the warrant for her arrest.
  • Brittany Nicole Hendrix, 21, of Woodleaf, was charged with felony possession of a schedule II controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia on Friday. Hendrix was allegedly found in possession of methamphetamine and a digital scale.
  • Tykeith Jaharald Wade, 24, of Henderson, was charged with felony possession of a schedule I controlled substance on Saturday. Wade was allegedly found in possession of MDMA.

About Carl Blankenship

Carl Blankenship has covered education for the Post since December 2019. Before coming to Salisbury he was a staff writer for The Avery Journal-Times in Newland and graduated from Appalachian State University in 2017, where he was editor of The Appalachian.

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