TA ll A eT Page 8B - THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD - Thursday, January 18, 1996 Kings Mountain Police Report Slick roads cause accidents Ice-slick roads were blamed for a rash of accidents during the re- cent winter snow and ice storms. Police said no one was injured. JANUARY 9 Ptl. S. M. Skinner said that a . 1988 Ford truck operated by Jack . Bingham, of Dallas, stalled at the _ intersection of North Piedmont and " Center Streets and started sliding backwards. Jacqueline Kay Causby, 107 Center St., operating a 1991 Ford, . said she had just pulled out on ‘ Center Street and had no time to "react to the accident. Both vehicles ~ slid down the hill about 1000 feet. No one was injured. The Causby “ vehicle was damaged $1,000. Pil. R. L. Creech said that roads * were covered with a thick layer of ice and Norman Blanton, 630 Oak Grove Road, operating a postal truck for the US Postal Service, ap- “plied brakes and his vehicle slid * through the stop sign into the inter- section at Fulton and Cansler Streets. The postal truck struck a 1993Isuzu operated by Michael - Sean Hoyle, 618 Margrace Road, and occupied by five people. . Property damages were estimated at $6500. JANUARY 10 Icy roads were blamed for an ac- cident at King and Gold Streets. = Ptl. C. M. Kahn said that Ambis Clenten Lewis, 407 E. Parker Street, driving a 1988 Plymouth, applied his brakes on the ice and struck a 1993 GMC truck opera.ed by Charles Curtis Sims, 205 W. Mountain St. The car was damaged . $2500. The truck, owned by Schwans Sales Enterprises of Crouse, was damaged $100. : JANUARY 11 Deborah Plumbley Shirley, North Sims St., told Ptl. C. M. Kahn she was followed by a driver in a 1989 GMC truck while travel- ing on King Street. Shirley said .; that the truck rearended her 1993 _. Honda on King Street at the over- .- head bridge and a man yelled ob- scenities. Police said the Shirley car was not damaged. Ptl. Andy Berry cited Tracey Adam Roberson, 21, 401 Suttle St., Shelby, with failure to reduce speed and failure to, carry a valid driver's license after a wreck on North Sims Street. Berry said that a parked UPS truck was stuck on icy roads and Berry was..standing by for a- wrecker to pull the vehicle up the hill which was covered with about four inches of ice. Berry said the Roberson 1989 Chevrolet was traveling too fast for conditions. Berry said that if the Roberson vehicle had not hit the parked truck the driver could not have stopped at the stop sign due to the speed and road conditions and a more dangerous accident could have oc- curred. Damages were estimated at $4,000. Ptl. C. M. Kahn said that Melanie Rayfield, 1408 Lewis Farm Rd., lost control of her 1992 Chevrolet on icy North Piedmont Avenue and the car hit a utility pole. The car was damaged $1500. JANUARY 13 Pil. S. M. Skinner said that a 1993 Toyota operated by Marvin Lewis Gamble, 603 Skyland Dr., was backing from the car wash on York Road and struck a 1976 Chevrolet operated by Cathy Skinner Gordon, Long Branch Rd., Grover. Damages were estimated at $450. ARRESTS Larry Smith, 39, 1818 Alpine Rd., Skakeathon to aid kidney association The Cleveland-Rutherford Kidney Association's annual skakeathon will be held Sunday, Feb. 125: from 2-5 p.m. at Rollerrama Skating Rink in Polkville. For more information, call the Kidney Association at 481-9535 or 538-3189, or the Rollerama at 538- 8261. ROSEBORO From Page 7-B side when Dawkins heard the shot, according to the police report. Dawkins said his friend did not fall but told him to take him to the emergency room. Roseboro's 15-year-old cousin and Danny Meeks, 18, also were in the car, police said. Officers said Roseboro's friends told them Roseboro carried the gun with him most of the time. "We are finding a lot of young folks who have these weapons in their possession,” said Byars com- menting on the growing numbers of youths carrying gins. DWI, driving while license revoked, fictitious registration plates, no insur- ance and unregistered vehicle, $500 bond, secured. Trial date is February 19 in Cleveland District Court. Joseph Bernard Pittman, 26, 609 Sterling Dr., assault on a female, $500 bond, secured. Trial date is February 19 in Cleveland District Court. Patricia Lynn Smith, 34, 210 N. Dilling St., felony embezzlement, $1,000 bond. The suspect turned her- self in to Kings Mountain police after a complaint was filed by Handy Pantry on North Cleveland Ave. CITATIONS Brian Steven Timms, 23, 125 Timms St., tinted windows. Gary Richard Smart, 24, 128 Landfill Dr., driving without a license. Charles Theodore Etters, 69, 208 Bridges St., hit and run property dam- age. INCIDENTS Shawn Lockridge, 106 Stowe Acres, said that his trailer was damaged by someone hitting or kicking it. Alice Faye Bennett, 900 Church St., reported theft of her wallet containing currency, credit cards and driver's li- cense. Wade Hampton Tyner, 910 Shelby Rd., reported that windows at Wade Ford were shot out by someone using a pellet gun. Damages were estimated at $900. D&M Construction Co., 1200 Mountain Creek Rd., reported theft of tools and two bicycles from a trailer parked at West Gate Plaza. Christopher Burke, 114 N. Piedmont Ave., reported a lost or stolen wallet containing driver's license, credit cards and currency. Larry Joe Morrison, 908 S. Battleground Ave., reported that a cus- tomer pumped $17 worth of gasoline and left the gas pumps without paying for it. Mauney Memorial Library, 100 S. Piedmont Ave., reported damage to a wooden door. Jeff Martin Manning, Pine Manor Apts., reported theft of coins, rings, a television set and stereo equipment valued at over $1400. Pic-N-Pay Shoes, Kings Mountain Plaza, reported that a customer took shoes valued at $15.99 and left the store without paying for them. Gunite Johnson Garner, 710 N. Cansler St., reported theft of a hand- gun, a 390 semi-automatic valued at I HT y™ $189. which were blamed on the snow, but none resulted in serious injury. Many motorists found themselves walking during last week's ice and snow which blanketed Kings Mountain and most of the eastern United States. 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