CALHOUN WOMAN CHARGED FRAUDULENTLY TAKING MONEY FROM NEIGHBOR - State Police Arrest Man Meth Charges

(08/27/2020)

Calhoun Sheriff Jeff Starcher arrested a Big Bend woman over the weekend, charging her with five fraudulent counts of withdrawing funds from another woman's account. Lonnie Nicole Lawson, 42, was incarcerated in Central Regional Jail with bond set at $50,000. A criminal complaint says Lawson was given a debit card by Bonnie Strouse, who was hospitalized and being transported home by a neighbor, being given permission to obtain funds for payment of the trip. When Strouse received her bank statement she noticed several significant withdraws from several Grantsville business locations, amounting to about $800. Lawson, in the criminal complaint, stated she was a "heroin addict." State Police in Calhoun arrested Brian Keith Smith, 26, of Frozen Run, Shock, early Sunday charging him with possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana. He is in Central Regional Jail with bond set at $20,000.00 Cash Only. Cpl. J. B. Hunt arrested Smith at the Letherbark Church, US 33-119, who was in a parked vehicle stating "the accused appeared to be under the influence of a controlled substance." Smith, according to the complaint, advised the officer he was under the influence of meth, the officer being given permission to search the vehicle. A search revealed smoking devices.

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