Police roundup for Wednesday

It’s been a busy day around the area. Let’s take a quick rundown of what happened on Wednesday.

1) Danville Police were able to arrest one person responsible for the shootings on Saturday morning. Here’s what they had to say about the situation.

At approximately 2:40 A. M. on Saturday morning, Danville Police responded to the 200 block of Ross St on a shots fired call. Officers found 30 year old Latoya Hubbard and a 19 year-old male, both Danville residents suffering from gunshot wounds. Fire and EMS also responded. The victims were transported to the Danville Regional Medical Center for their injuries. Latoya Hubbard died as a result of her injuries. The 19 year-old male was treated for his injuries and later released.

As the result of the investigation, Danville Police have charged Tremon Antonio Wimbush age 19 of Danville with shooting the 19 year old male in this case. Wimbush was arrested on a traffic stop in Pittsylvania County at approximately 10:00 PM last night, and is currently in the Danville City Jail under no bond. The homicide in this case is still under investigation.

Our sources say that the suspect was trying to flee the area and head northward when he was caught.

2) The Henry County Sheriff’s Office had a “shots fired” call in the Villa Heights area. Here’s what they had to say about the incident.

On July 15, 2009, at approximately 6:59 a.m., the Henry County Sheriff’s Office received a report from a citizen in the Villa Heights community reporting that a gunshot and a woman screaming had been heard in the neighborhood. The caller reported a disturbance at 134 Dexter Street in the Villa Heights community. The Sheriff’s Office responded to the residence where the disturbance was occurring.

Upon arrival on the scene, deputies found Alisha Nicole Vaughn, age 22, of 219 Wilson Street, Martinsville, Virginia, who had fled the home located at 134 Dexter Street. Miss Vaughn reported her and a male friend, who resided at the home with his parents, got into an argument inside the home. Miss Vaughn reported Jessie Brian Morrison, age 27, of 134 Dexter Street pointed a gun at her face and then lowered the weapon in the direction of her leg and then fired the weapon (handgun) at her. Miss Vaughn was not injured and fled the home. Miss Vaughn further stated that when she exited the home, Jessie Brian Morrison attempted to strike her with a piece of wood but was unsuccessful and she reported he assaulted her by kicking her in the stomach.

Sheriff’s Office personnel, along with the agency’s SWAT Team, cordoned off the immediate area where the incident had occurred and attempted to negotiate with Jessie Brian Morrison to exit the residence and surrender himself to authorities safely. The parents of Jessie Brian Morrison were discovered to be inside the home during this incident. The Sheriff’s Office established contact with the parents and coordinated their exiting the home safely. Jessie Brian Morrison remained inside the home. The Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with Mr. Morrison’s father, were able to get Jessie Brian Morrison to safely exit the home and surrender himself to authorities. A 9mm handgun has been recovered and there was a bullet hole found in the floor of the bedroom where the incident occurred.

All the occupants of the home were safely removed from the home by approximately 9:36 a.m.

JESSIE BRIAN MORRISON WAS CHARGED WITH THE FOLLOWING OFFENSE:

• UNLAWFULLY SHOOT A FIREARM WITHIN AN OCCUPIED DWELLING (FELONY)

JESSIE BRIAN MORRISON IS INCARCERATED IN THE HENRY COUNTY JAIL UNDER NO BOND.

The following agencies assisted the Henry County Sheriff’s Office during the incident:

Henry County Department of Public Safety
Stone Ambulance Service
Virginia State Police

(Thanks to the Henry County Sheriff’s Department for getting this info out quickly today)

3) There was a big drug bust in “Operation Nutcracker” in Eden NC that started this morning. We’ll have more details on this tomorrow, but the biggest name involved in the arrests was a former co-owner and pharmacist of Pharmacyland. (If you ever watched WGSR, you’ll remember their idiotic commercial with people line dancing and working out on exercise machines to piano music played by a creepy guy). Lots of drug warrants were served in this police operation.

And that’s the Wednesday rundown from Southside VA’s law enforcement agencies. (And NC, too).