A search warrant served Friday evening at a residence in Lenox netted more than a pound of marijuana, cash, numerous pieces of drug paraphernalia, and two arrests. The Lenox Police Department reports officers with the Lenox P-D, along with deputies from the Adams County Sheriff’s Department and the Drug Task Force, executed a search at a home in the 500-block of West Temple Street in Lenox, at around 5:30-p.m.  Arrested at the scene was 20-year old Nathan Drew Simington, and 17-year old Mason Wageman, both of Lenox.

Nathan Drew Simington (photo provided by Lenox P-D. Mugshot of Wageman was not available Saturday afternoon)

Simington was charged with Possession of more than one pound of marijuana with intent to deliver and failure to affix a drug tax stamp. Both charges are Class-D Felonies. He was transported to the Taylor County Jail by the Lenox Police Department. Wageman was taken into custody by Adams County Sheriff’s deputies,  and charged with two counts of possession with the intent to deliver marijuana. He was transported to the juvenile holding facility in Eldora. Additional charges may be filed as a result of the investigation.

Lenox Police Chief Jon Huggins reports the arrest late Friday night of 20-year old Chesly M. Ward.

20-year old Chelsy M. Ward

Ward, of Lenox was taken into custody by officers with the Lenox Police Department and Taylor County Sheriff’s Office, at around 11:30-p.m., after a search warrant was served earlier that evening at her residence. Ward faces two felony charges: Possession of more than one pound of marijuana with intent to deliver, and failure to afix a drug tax stamp. She was being held in the Ringgold County jail.

Slippery roads were apparently to blame for a single-vehicle accident Friday morning, in Page County. The Sheriff’s Department reports a 1980 Chevy van was traveling south on V-Avenue at around 10-a.m., when the vehicle went out of control due to surface road conditions. The van went off the left side of the road near 210th Street and into a ditch, before hitting and coming to rest on a barbed wire fence belonging to a Clarinda man. The driver of the van was not identified in the Sheriff’s report, and it was unclear what the extent of any injuries were, but they were not transported to the hospital.

The van sustained $500 damage, while damage to the fence was estimated at $100.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports a man from Carbon was arrested Friday evening. 52-year old Ricardo Avila was taken into custody at around 5:10-p.m., on a charge of Harassment in the 2nd degree, after deputies were called to investigate a report  Avila was threatening harm to another person, and that person’s animals. Avila was being held in the Adams County Jail on $1,000 bond.