Salisbury woman arrested by undercover cop

Published 12:00 am Saturday, August 9, 2014

Police charged a Salisbury woman with selling pills to an undercover officer in the parking lot of Walgreens.
Crystal Gail Griffin, 31, of the 100 block of Owens Drive, was charged Thursday with misdemeanor maintaining a dwelling place for controlled substances, felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver a controlled substance schedule II, misdemeanor child abuse and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia in the 1500 block of East Innes Street.
Griffin is accused of selling seven opana pills to the officer. Opana is a brand of oxymorphone, a painkiller.
Griffin remains in the Rowan County Detention Center under a $10,000 secured bond.
In other police reports:
• A woman reported Thursday an attempted burglary in the 100 block of Ferndale Drive.
• A fraudulent offense was reported Thursday in the 100 block of Mahaley Avenue.
• Police found an offender Thursday in possession of marijuana at West Thomas and South Fulton streets.
• Police were dispatched Thursday to a larceny of a motor vehicle in the 1400 block of Tilman Street.
• An armed robbery was reported behind Latin Mix, 900 block of South Fulton Street.
• A woman reported Thursday an attempted burglary in the 400 block of Mahaley Avenue.

Sheriff’s reports:
• A woman reported Thursday a burglary occurred between July 31 and Thursday in the 200 block of Hard Rock Drive, Rockwell.
• A man reported Thursday a burglary occurred between March 15 and Thursday in the 100 block of Lynn Drive, China Grove.
• A man reported Thursday a fraudulent offense in the 6300 block of Long Branch Road,
• A woman reported Thursday a larceny occurred between July 28 and Thursday in the 200 block Webbwood Lane, Gold Hill.
• A woman reported Thursday a felony larceny occurred between July 28 and July 31 in the 1100 block of Bear Poplar Road, Cleveland.
• A man reported Thursday a felony larceny occurred between Aug. 3 and Thursday in the 2000 block of Glover Road.
• Rhonda Gail Hunt, 44, was charged Thursday with misdemeanor simple assault in the 100 block of Hilton Avenue, Kannapolis.
Contact reporter Shavonne Potts at 704-797-4253.