Salisbury Police cited a Wesley Drive man on marijuana possession after he made an abrupt turn across two lanes and into a restaurant parking lot in front of a police officer.
The incident occurred Sunday morning near Cook-Out when the officer saw a vehicle cross in front of him and turn quickly into the restaurant parking lot, in the 800 block of East Innes Street.
Police cited Maurice Lyerly Jr., 23, with possession of drug paraphernalia and having an open container of alcohol.
The officer noticed the vehicle had several tree air fresheners hanging from the rearview mirror. The officer asked if there were illegal substances in the car and Lyerly said he had a grinder. The grinder had marijuana residue inside. The officer found marijuana rolling papers, some marijuana and a bottle of P&J Brandy under the front seat.
In other police reports:
• A woman reported Saturday her vehicle was stolen from the 400 block of West 15th Street.
• A man reported Saturday a larceny from a building occurred on Thursday in the 800 block of North Lee Street.
• A man reported Saturday a larceny from a vehicle occurred sometime between Friday and Saturday in the 200 block of West 11th Street.
• A man reported Saturday a burglary in the 100 block of West 15th Street.
• A woman reported Sunday a larceny from a building in the 500 block of Lafayette Circle.
• Vanhoy Construction reported Sunday larceny of construction supplies in the 400 block of Mocksville Avenue.
• A woman reported Sunday a breaking and entering occurred in the 900 block of Sidney Drive.
• Marquis Lavar Council, 24, was charged Friday with felony sell or deliver a controlled substance schedule VI on North Arlington Street.
• Whitney Ashley Goodman, 24, was charged Friday at the Rowan County Magistrate’s Office with misdemeanor breaking and entering.
• Shawn Dail Jones, 37, was charged Saturday with felony possession with intent to manufacture a controlled counterfeit substance at the intersection of North Shaver and East Liberty streets.
• Zsuzsa Susana Godwin, 19, was charged Saturday with misdemeanor larceny in the 200 block of West D Avenue.
• Nancy Broadway Pearson, 43, was charged Sunday at the Magistrate’s Office with misdemeanor larceny.
In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports:
• Knox Chapel Methodist Church reported Thursday a fraudulent offense in the 3500 block of Amity Hill Road, Cleveland.
• A man reported Thursday a larceny from a vehicle in the 600 block of Crescent Road, Rockwell.
• A man reported Thursday a larceny occurred sometime between July 7 and Thursday in the 1000 block of Whispering Pine Drive, China Grove.
• A woman reported Thursday a physical assault occurred in the 300 block of Mendenhall Road.
• William Alexander Menjivar, 16, was charged Thursday with misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance schedule VI in the 2700 block of Miller Road.
Contact reporter Shavonne Potts at 704-797-4253.