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.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office says a Shenandoah man facing three felony charges associated with an incident on December 21st, has turned himself-in to authorities. 74-year old Robert Earl Christianson was wanted on a warrant  issued by a Page County Magistrate, after a complaint was filed by the Shenandoah Police Department.

The warrant, issued Dec. 27th, charged Christianson with Assault with a weapon on a Peace officer, Eluding, and Criminal Mischief in the 2nd degree, all of which are Class-D felonies. Christianson posted bond and was released pending a court hearing.