Published 12:00 am Wednesday, December 2, 2009

A fire extinguisher was discharged inside West Rowan High School, 8050 N.C. 801, Mount Ulla, according to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Department.
Michael Holt told deputies the incident occurred June 12 after the suspect entered the school by unknown means. The fire extinguisher was thrown through a window after it was emptied.
In other Sheriff’s Department reports:
– Audrey Mason, 119 E. 31st St., Kannapolis, reported someone siphoned approximately $30 worth of gasoline out of her car while parked at her home between June 9 and 11.- William Earnhardt reported June 12 that sprockets, gang saw spacers, electric motors and 200 feet of copper wiring had been stolen from an abandoned saw mill at 13525 U.S. 52, Gold Hill.
– William Noble, 27, was charged June 12 with larceny of motor fuel from the Woodleaf BP.
– Johnny Trexler, 280 Timber Ridge Drive, reported the license plate was stolen off his truck while he was at work June 12 at Car Camp, 7621 Old Mocksville Road.
– Gary Cook, 430 East Ridge Road, reported he heard a noise outside his home around midnight June 12. He investigated and found his dump truck stolen.
– Brenda Marie Chambers, 175 Elizabeth Ave., reported items valued at $2,540 were stolen during a break-in at her home the night of June 12.
– Joseph M. Teahan, 46, 120 Charolais Drive, was charged June 13 with simple assault based on a complaint by Timothy Shawn Faucette, 719 Victory St. Trial date is July 19.
– Jeff Wayne Honeycutt of Salisbury reported someone punched a hole in the gas tank on Carmel Baptist Church’s van while it was parked at the 2100 Mooresville Road church between May 19 and June 13 and siphoned gasoline.
– James Hugh Cunningham III, 121 Cruse Lane, reported a $370 nail gun stolen from his garage between June 9 and 12.
– Jane Hall Ayscue, 1083 Gaddy’s Mobile Home Drive, Kannapolis, reported jewelry and coins worth $30,440 stolen during a burglary at her home between May 9 and June 12.
– Sam Cassell of Pleasant Garden reported someone broke into 197 Crowder Dixon Road between June 7 and 12, but nothing was missing.
– LuAnne Fesperman Mullis of Kannapolis reported windows, an air conditioning unit and copper tubing were stolen from 8068 Georgia Ave., Kannapolis, between June 8 and 13.- Alma Estelle Salas, 270 Archer Road, reported someone broke a window in her vehicle while parked at her home June 13. Damage totaled $100.- Julie Ann Kluttz of Rockwell reported a burglar broke into Kluttz Grocery, 6490 S. Main St., June 12 or 13 and stole a computer, digital camera and variety of beer. Total loss was $2,100.
– Keith Ailian Adams, 34, 905 Webb Road, was charged June 13 with assault on a female based on a complaint by April Mae Paullin, same address. He was held pending a bond hearing. Trial date is July 26.