Public Safety

HILLSVILLE — Carroll County deputies are investigating a Friday morning fire on Coon Ridge Road as an arson.

Hillsville and Galax fire departments and Carroll Fire Rescue were dispatched to the residence after multiple calls came in from cell phones to Twin County E-911 at around 11:15 a.m.

It quickly became apparent that the circumstances around the fire were suspicious. Investigator Shannon Goad noted that two individuals knocked on the door at 186 Coon Ridge and then fought with the woman that was at home.

Sean Dillian Tyler Hanks of Dugspur was arrested after a pursuit in Galax on Oct. 16.
Hanks was arrested after Sgt. Shawny Jones attempted to stop him on Country Club Lane for expired registration, according to a Galax Police Department report.
When Jones activated the lights on his patrol vehicle, Hanks fled west on Poplar Knob Road.
He was stopped after he struck a vehicle operated by Officer Andrew Burnett at the intersection of Meadow Street and East Stuart Drive, police said.