Staff report
Salisbury Police had to arrest a man to get him off the railroad tracks.
On Sunday afternoon, police were called to the Old Wilkesboro Road rail crossing, where a man was reported lying on the tracks and waiting for the train.
Officer J.A. Vail responded and found the 54-year-old man lying on the tracks.
Vail reported the man responded, “It looked like a nice place to take a nap.”
After further discussion, the man told the officer that he didn’t intend to harm himself, but refused all assistance.
At that point, Vail arrested the man for trespassing on railroad tracks and took him to the Rowan County Detention Center.
Woman flags down police, gets arrested
While the man on the tracks wasn’t happy to see police, a 36-year-old woman flagged down another officer.
Coya Michelle Hargrave, a resident of the streets of Salisbury, flagged down Officer D.R. Lancaster early Saturday morning to ask if there were any warrants outstanding on her.
Lancaster ran a warrants check and found she was wanted on a failure to appear charge.
She was taken to the Rowan County Detention Center.
Other incidents or charges reported on Sept. 13:- Kristina Lee Moore reported she was injured in a fight in the parking lot at 2020 Statesville Boulevard. She told police that her assailant also drove over her foot.
Other incidents or charges reported on Sept. 11:
– Eric Tjuana Harris, charged with felony assault by strangulation at 122 E. Kerr St.