STAFF REPORTS

LINCOLNTON NC — A man being held in the McDowell County Jail was arrested by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office on October 23 in connection to two stolen checks cashed in February at Half-Way Supply and Hardware in Vale.

Jacob Daylen Ross, 34, of Marion is charged with two felony counts of forgery of instrument. Ross appeared in court on Monday, October 26 and was given a $5,000 secured bond. Ross has been transported back to McDowell County Jail where he is being held for similar charges.

Ross is the second suspect charged in this case. On October 6, Lincoln County Sheriff Detective Andrew Alvarado arrested Tammy Crystal Meadows, 35, of Alexander County.

Meadows was charged with two felony counts each of obtaining property by false pretense and uttering forged documents. She is currently being held at the North Carolina Correctional Institute for Women in Raleigh.