Cynthia Zala Lawter, 46, 528 Peach Orchard Road, Union, is charged by the sheriff’s office with false information, larceny of medication and unlawful possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance.
The incident report states Lawter called 911 on Friday to report she had been robbed at gunpoint by two black males in the parking lot of a store. She told the responding officer she and a relative were coming out of a store when she noticed two men going through their car. Lawter said she yelled at them to get out the car and one of the men pulled up his shirt and showed her a gun. She said the two men then ran away with her purse that contained another relative’s medications she had just filled. She claimed the incident happened two hours earlier but she was afraid to report it at the time.
The report states Lawter’s story did not add up and the officer questioned the relative she said was with her at the time of the incident. The relative said Lawter was not telling the truth, that she still had the medication and was making the story up.
The oficer then spoke with Lawter again and advised her to surrender the medication. The report states she again claimed it had been taken by two men. Her story changed when the officer told her what her relative said. She then admitted she had not been telling the truth and took the officer to where she hid the medication.
The report states the medication was Alprazolam/Xanax IMG and that the prescription had been for 90 pills but the bottle contained only 52 small blue oval shaped pills with G3721 stamped on them. Lawter told the officer she’d taken some of the pills and given some away.
Marijuana
A search of a woman’s home turned up marijuana in every room along with drug paraphernalia and a gun.
Kayla LeRee Murphy, 19, 105 Partridge Road, Union, is charged by the by sheriff’s office with possession of marijuana.
The incident report states narcotics officers served a search warrant on Murphy’s home Friday morning. Murphy was the only person at home at the time. After securing her, officers began their search.
The report states officers located numerous pieces of partially smoked marijuana cigarettes in every room. They also found two pipes the reports states are commonly used to smoke marijuana and a bong. A small amount of loose marijuana was found on top of a box in the living room. A .25-caliber semi-automatic pistol was also found in the living room. Four blue pills later found to be a non-prescription drug was also found and taken into evidence.
The report states Murphy was advised of her Miranda warning and stated in front of several officers the marijuana, paraphernalia and pistol were hers. She was arrested and transported to jail.
More Marijuana
An anonymous tip that led to a traffic stop and discovery of marijuana in a car landed a woman in jail Monday afternoon.
Shaunita Nicole Johnson, 21, 1111 Lakeside Drive, Union, is charged by the sheriff’s office with simple possession of marijuana.
The incident report states narcotics officers received a tip marijuana was being sold from a car. They placed the area under surveillance and saw a car matching that description, observed a woman come out and get in and then drive off.
Officers stopped the vehicle on US 176 and found Johnson was the driver. The officers explained why she was stopped and then asked for and received permission to search the car. The report states the search turned up a small quantity of marijuana under the driver’s seat along with a plastic bag that contained a white powder substance. Testing determined the powder was not a controlled substance.
Johnson was arrested and transported to jail.
Shoplifting
Two people were arrested Monday by the Union Public Safety Department in separate incidents involving shoplifting at a store at 513 North Duncan Bypass.
An officer was first dispatched to the store shortly before noon to meet with a store official who said he witnessed a man take a pack of label printers and two wallets and leave the building without paying for them. The official said he stopped the man outside the store and recovered the items. The store will ask for $15.88 in restitution.
The incident report identifies the accused shoplifter as Terry Wayne Davis, 53, 105 Hunters Run Road, Union. Davis, who is charged with shoplifting, was arrested and transported to jail
Just four hours later an officer was again dispatced to the store in response to a report of shoplifting. The officer was told by the store’s loss prevention officer that while on duty he observed a white female later identified as Heather Denise Peeler, 19, 149 Fleming Ave., Pacolet Mills, take a container of baby wipes, two pacifiers, a tube of Desitin Cream, a tube of Cortizone Cream, two infant shirts and three pairs of infant pants, put them in her purse and leave the store without paying for them
The loss prevention officer said he confronted Peeler, brought her back into the store and called police. He said all the items except for the Cortizone and Desitin creams could be placed back in the store for resale. The items retrieved had a total value of $37.03.
Peeler was arrested, transported to jail and charged with shoplifting.
Incidents
The following incidents are being investigated by the sheriff’s office:
Burglary
A television set worth $2,000 and a clock worth $3,000 were stolen from a residence at 210 Wilson Road in Union sometime between 7:30 p.m. March 6 and 3 a.m. Sunday. Stolen from the house was an Emerson 56-inch HD flatscreen TV and an antique pendulum clock. The front door was damaged ($100) and items were strewn about the house making it difficult for the victim to determine if anything else had been stolen.
Vandalism
A deputy was dispatched to residence at 517 Summit Drive in Lockhart on Saturday afternoon in response to a report of vandalism to a vehicle. The victim told the deputy that around 10 p.m. Friday she heard a noise outside like someone was trying to get into her house. She said she waited a few minutes and then looked out her window but didn’t see anyone.
When she went outside the next morning she noticed several pieces of red plastic behind her car. She then noticed someone had taken a large piece of concrete and struck the vehicle several times, denting the trunk and busting out the right taillight lens.
Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $1,000.
Arrests
The following persons were arrested by the public safety department:
A 16-year-old juvenile, charged March 24 with breaking into a motor vehicle.
A 15-year-old juvenile, charged March 24 with simple assault.
Stephanie Dianne Rooth, 44, 122 Peakeville Road, Buffalo, charged Saturday with driving under the influence and child endangerment.
The following person was arrested by the sheriff’s office:
William Leon Salter, 23, 110 McKanic Road, Union, charged Sunday with driving under suspension.
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