Grand jury indicts man for hoax bomb

Published Wednesday, July 29, 2009

A grand jury on Monday handed down 106 indictments, including six for a man accused of threatening to blow up another man’s truck.

Richard Francis Thompson received indictments for making a bomb threat, making a hoax bomb, two counts of forgery and two counts of communicating a threat in connection with a March 12 incident in the 200 block of Crown Arch.

The victim in the incident received a phone call at his home, in which the caller told him he would “blow his truck up,” Debbie George, spokeswoman for the city, said.

The man went outside and found a bag and water bottle in the bed of his son’s truck, George said. Several blocks in the neighborhood were cordoned off while police sent a robot down the street to investigate the fake bomb.

Eight separate indictments also were handed down to Lavert Lamont Mitchell, who is accused of robbing several victims in the 100 block of Nancy Drive on Oct. 17, 2008.

The victims told police a man entered the home wearing a ski mask and carrying a shotgun, demanding the victims hand over their belongings. Thinking it was a friend playing a joke, one woman gave up her purse, expecting the offender to bring it back, George said.

Mitchell’s indictments include possession of a firearm by a felon, wearing a mask in public, robbery, attempted robbery, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, common law burglary, and two counts of use of a firearm.

Other indictments handed down Monday include:

•Chamiek Rashad Anderson — attempted malicious wounding

•Kenneth Bell — shoot/stab in commission of a felony, malicious wounding

•James Alfred Benbow — habitual offender

•Leaunder Terell Blow — grand larceny, possession of burglary tools

•Leland Boone — possession of cocaine

•Fredia McClung Britt — obtain prescription by false pretenses

•Gina Melissa Cain — obtain prescription drugs by false pretenses, two counts

•Aaron Carnegie — destruction of property with intent

•Lalitta Decora Carter — forgery, uttering, obtain money by false pretenses

•Lionel Clark — possession of cocaine

•Nathaniel Hampton Compton — assault and battery of law enforcement officer

•Gina Crocker — statutory burglary

•Fletcher Darden — possession of cocaine

•Tashia Evans — robbery

•Victoria Mona Hooper — possession of cocaine

•D’Avron Marquis Hudson — assault and battery of law enforcement officer

•Jeffrey Jennings Jr. — robbery

•Breena Marie Johnson — arson of personal property

•Frank Leroy Jones III — failure to return rental

•Dion Vashon Keys — eluding police

•John Worley Lloyd — habitual offender

•Deonta L. Norman — child abuse and neglect

•Lewis Teko Outland Jr. — credit card theft, credit card fraud, attempted credit card fraud

•Tami Sue Raines — obtain prescription drugs by false pretenses, two counts

•Carrieanne Marie Sansouci — forge or utter coin, possession of forged bank note

•Morrel Blaine Ayer Shingleton — statutory burglary, grand larceny, larceny with intent

•John Anthony Smith — possession of weapon by felon

•Jasmine Nichele Tolliver — 12 counts credit card forgery, two counts credit card fraud, one count credit card theft

•Steve C. Waddell — cruelty and injuries to animals

•Cindy Marie Wells — fraudulent entry

•Andrew Winfield — statutory burglary, grand larceny

•Jackson Daniel Wright Jr. — leaving scene of accident

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