RFP Staff
Joshua Alexander Hovis, 28, of 425 East Liberty Street in Salisbury, a frequent felon, and on the radar of Homeland Security for allegedly possessing a weapon of mass destruction (a sawed-off .22 caliber rifle) was arrested on October 23rd on a traffic stop on North Long Street in East Spencer and charged with multiple offenses. Hovis was driving down Long Street in a 1993 beat-up Buick Park Avenue when he caught the eye of Rowan County Sheriff’s Office deputies and got pulled over. A search of Hovis’s “vehicle” turned up a .357 magnum revolver under the driver’s seat and the sawed-off .22 rifle. Also found was marijuana and cocaine.
Hovis was charged with 2 counts of weapons possession by a felon of firearms etc. prohibited (misdemeanor), possession/manufacture weapon of mass death/destruction (felony), possession of controlled substance with intent to manufacture schedule II (felony), maintain a dwelling/vehicle for controlled substance (felony), and possess a controlled substance schedule VI (misdemeanor).
Hovis, under a secured $100,000 bond, is currently in the Rowan County Detention Center.
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