Sheriff’s officials in Adams County say seven people were arrested Friday in Corning, on drug-related offenses. Sheriff’s deputies, along with officers with the Tri-County Narcotics Division of Narcotics Enforcement, arrested 18-year old Jacob Jones at around 1:10-p.m. Friday, following the execution of a search warrant at his residence in Corning. Jones faces a Delivery of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana, charge. His bond was set at $5,000.

At about the same time, 19-year old Devin Heimke, and 18-year old Mikel Hilton, both from Corning, were arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. The pair were taken into custody following the execution of a search warrant at 404 12th Street in Corning. Their bonds were set at $1,300 each.

Officials said also, 18-year old Abigail Vaill, 20-year old Mark Morris, and 23-year old Cody Silence, all from Corning, were arrested at around 2:10-p.m., Friday.  The trio were arrested following a traffic stop at the Casey’s Store in Corning. All three were brought to the Adams County Jail. Their bonds were set at $5,000 each.

And, Jeffrey Wiechman, of Corning, was arrested at around 7:35-p.m. Friday, on Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of Marijuana charges. The arrest took place following the execution of a search warrant at 401 Loomis in Corning. Wiechman’s bond was set at $1,300.

A search warrant served Friday evening at a residence in Lenox netted more than a pound of marijuana, cash, numerous pieces of drug paraphernalia, and two arrests. The Lenox Police Department reports officers with the Lenox P-D, along with deputies from the Adams County Sheriff’s Department and the Drug Task Force, executed a search at a home in the 500-block of West Temple Street in Lenox, at around 5:30-p.m.  Arrested at the scene was 20-year old Nathan Drew Simington, and 17-year old Mason Wageman, both of Lenox.

Nathan Drew Simington (photo provided by Lenox P-D. Mugshot of Wageman was not available Saturday afternoon)

Simington was charged with Possession of more than one pound of marijuana with intent to deliver and failure to affix a drug tax stamp. Both charges are Class-D Felonies. He was transported to the Taylor County Jail by the Lenox Police Department. Wageman was taken into custody by Adams County Sheriff’s deputies,  and charged with two counts of possession with the intent to deliver marijuana. He was transported to the juvenile holding facility in Eldora. Additional charges may be filed as a result of the investigation.

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.

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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.

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