Staff Writer

A Jonesville man is accused of threatening his neighbor with a knife.

Albert Thomas, 49, of 1222 Sulphur Springs Road, was charged Tuesday by the Union County Sheriff's Office with assault with intent to kill.

A report said Willie Earl Hardy, 37, who lives on 1204 Sulphur Springs Road, told Sgt. Jimmy Johnson that Thomas came into his yard, pulled a knife on him, threatened him and then chased him in an attempt to cut him with the knife.

Hardy said he was talking with his neighbor, Joseph Patterson, when Thomas came onto his property making threats.

Patterson also told Johnson - who was called to the scene around 4:30 p.m. - that Thomas tried to cut him, but he did not want to press charges.

Both Patterson and Hardy said Thomas had been drinking alcohol.

Drug arrest

Adrian Antonio Kershaw, 28, of 100 Gallman St., Union, was charged Tuesday by the Union County Sheriff's Office with distribution of marijuana.

A report said that Lt. David Kitchens and Lt. John Sherfield with the sheriff's office and Investigator Mickey Parker with the Union Public Safety Department met with an informant on Dec. 14 and provided the informant with cash. The informant went to 120 Dover Road, Jonesville, where Kershaw then was living. The report said Kershaw got $60 worth of marijuana out of the trunk of his blue 1977 Chevrolet and sold it to the informant.

Knife at school

A 16-year-old Union boy is accused of bringing a knife to Union County High School Friday.

A report by School Resource Officer Teresa Bowser said an administrator was told the boy may have been smoking in the boys' bathroom. The boy was taken to the office and searched. A cigarette lighter and a two-inch knife were taken from him.

The boy was charged with possession of a weapon on school property and turned over to the custody of his mother.