Public Safety

HILLSVILLE — Carroll deputies have charged three people after an investigation of a break-in at B&B Produce in Cana, according to Sheriff Warren Manning.
Investigators studied security camera photos from the store, identifying one of the suspects, a news release says.
This led to charges of felony breaking and entering and grand larceny against Joshua Harold, 22, of Ararat; Christopher Lee King, 31, also of Ararat; and Tabitha McMillian, 33, of Westfield, N.C.
Investigator Shannon Goad identified Harold from the photos.

INDEPENDENCE — A man arrested on a trespassing charge is being held without bond after trying to escape from police custody.
Kenneth Wayne Spencer, 43, of 581 Stewart Hollow Lane in Mouth of Wilson, faces several charges, according to the Grayson County Sheriff’s Department.
Grayson Sheriff Richard Vaughan said that on April 19 deputies responded to a home on Old Bridle Creek Drive after receiving a call about a suspicious person knocking on the front door.
The property owner told the subject to leave several times.

Grayson County Sheriff Richard Vaughan today warned citizens of a telephone scam requesting fundraising assistance for the Autism Society.  
Grayson County citizens have received telephone calls from someone claiming to be from the Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation and asking if they would send fundraising letters to neighbors and friends, Vaughan reported Friday afternoon.
The caller requests that donations be sent to post office boxes in other states and that those donations be sent to the Autism Society, Vaughan stated.



INDEPENDENCE — On April 25, the security manager at Grayson National Bank reported one of her customers was a victim of a lottery scam.
The victim, who wished to remain anonymous, attempted to cash a check for $4,800 at Grayson National Bank’s main branch, according to a press release from the Grayson Sheriff’s Office. GNB officials, suspicious of the checks validity, called the issuer of the check.
When they discovered the check was a counterfeit, they called the sheriff’s office.