On June 16, 2013 at 5:12 a.m., officers from the Salem Police Department responded to a residence in the 10 block of McCauley Drive in reference to a burglary in process.  Upon arrival to the scene, officers made contact with an adult male sustpect identified as Steven Wilson Perez, 20 and a 16-year-old female suspect.  Two additional male suspects were inside the residence and fled through the rear of the residence on foot when confronted by police and were not apprehended after a subsequent search.  Steven Perez and the female juvenile were arrested at the scene.  Warrants were obtained for the two additional male suspects who were identified as DeAnthony Marquis Jackson, 19 and Percy (NMN) Johnson IV, 20 both of whom are reseidents of Roanoke.

On June 17, 2013, U.S. Deputy Marshall’s assigned to the Captial Area Regional Fugitive Task Force’s Roanoke Office arrested Jackson and Johnson after locating them at separate locations in Roanoke.  Both Jackson and Johnson have been charged with one count each of Breaking and Entering while Armed with a Firearm and are currently being held in the Roanoke City Jail without bond.  The investigation into this matter is ongoing.

Submitted by Salem Police Department

Here are a few pictures from Roanoke College after the storm on Thursday, June 13. Power was knocked out to most of campus. High St. was closed because of downed power lines. Several trees and limbs were blown down. The College closed early Thursday to allow for cleanup and for employees to get home safely.

In the attached photos, the street scene is High St., where trees knocked down power lines and a transformer. The other image is taken from the Turbyfill Quad where portions of several trees fell. The third image is tree damage near Lucas Hall and Life Sciences building.

Submitted by Roanoke College

DeAnthony Marquis Jackson

Percy (NMN) Johnson IV

Steven Wilson Perez

On June 16, 2013 at 5:12 a.m., officers from the Salem Police Department responded to a residence located in the 10 block of McCauley Drive in reference to a burglary in process. Prior to their arrival officers were advised that the occupant of residence was inside the residence and was communicating with 911 dispatchers. Upon arrival to the residence officers made contact with an adult male suspect and a juvenile female suspect. Two additional adult male  suspects were inside the residence and fled through the rear of the residence on foot when confronted by police and were not apprehended after a subsequent search. A firearm not belonging to the occupant of the residence was recovered by police at the scene. The occupant of the residence was not injured and no property was taken.

Steven Wilson Perez, 20, of Floyd County was charged with Statutory Burglary, Possession of a Firearm In the Commission of a Felony, Felony Property Damage, and Conspiracy to Commit Burglary. He is currently being held without bond in the Roanoke County/Salem Jail.

A female juvenile, 16, of Roanoke was charged with Statutory Burglary, and Conspiracy to Commit Burglary. The juvenile is currently being held at the Roanoke Valley Detention Center.

The two additional suspects who fled the scene have been identified as DeAnthony Marquis Jackson, 19, of Roanoke and Percy (NMN) Johnson IV, 20, also of Roanoke. Both Jackson and Johnson are wanted on one count each of Breaking and Entering while Armed with a Firearm. Anyone with information regarding the location of these two individuals is asked to contact their local law enforcement agency, Roanoke Valley Crime Line at 344-8500, or The Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force – Roanoke at 857-2230. The investigation into this matter is ongoing.

Submitted by the Salem Police Department

City of Salem Police Chief Jeff Dudley is pleased to announce that three new officers have joined the department.

On May 28, Todd Wiley was sworn in as a police officer for Salem at the Public Safety building on Calhoun Street. Wiley is currently in the Field Training program with the Salem Police Department, and is a Botetourt County native, having previously worked in their Sheriff’s office.

On June 10, Lashania Booker was sworn in as a police officer with the city. She is a 2008 graduate of Blacksburg High School, and still resides in the New River Valley.

Also on June 10, Jared Vincent was sworn in as a police officer.  Vincent is from the town of Bumpass in Louisa County.

Both Booker and Vincent will start basic law enforcement training at the Cardinal Criminal Justice Academy on Monday June 17 and take part in 19 weeks of academy training. Upon completion of those requirements, they will then go through an additional 12 weeks of field training with veteran officers at the Salem Police Department.

The Roanoke Valley Resource Authority on will be open from 8 Am until 5 PM on Saturday, June 15 to receive household waste and storm-related materials from Roanoke County residents.

Roanoke Valley Resource Authority
Tinker Creek Transfer Station
1020 Hollins Rd. NE
Roanoke, VA 24012
(540) 857-5050

Submitted by Roanoke County

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OTHER STORM COVERAGE:
* Regional coverage from The Roanoke Times.
* Weather journalist Kevin Myatt talks about the storm on the Weather Journal.
* Food writer Lindsey Nair on food safety during power outages
* Here’s how to sign up for emergency alerts from Roanoke County
* Photos of storm damage around Salem
* Video of the storm in Salem from Stephanie Mills
* Salem Red Sox doubleheader rescheduled for Friday
* Tents going back up; horse show will go on as scheduled
* Carrie Cox shares video of the storm in Salem
* John Grubb shares storm photos from around Salem

John Grubb sent these photos of the storm in Salem on June 13; you can view them in the slideshow above, or in a gallery with captions here. They show a power pole being held up by pick-up truck, as well as a tree down in road and on one car.

Grubb notes that Salem City crews were out 15 minutes after the storm started and before rain even stopped clean up the mess left behind in the wake of the storm at Grace Street and Carolina Avenue in Salem near Civic center. He said, “Pole was repaired and power back on before 8PM Great Job Salem City Employees.”

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OTHER STORM COVERAGE:
* Regional coverage from The Roanoke Times.
* Weather journalist Kevin Myatt talks about the storm on the Weather Journal.
* Food writer Lindsey Nair on food safety during power outages
* Here’s how to sign up for emergency alerts from Roanoke County
* Photos of storm damage around Salem
* Video of the storm in Salem
* Salem Red Sox doubleheader rescheduled for Friday
* Tents going back up; horse show will go on as scheduled
* More video of the storm in Salem

Carrie Cox shares this video of the storm that she shot from her front porch on Academy Street on Thursday. (We an another video yesterday from Stephanie Mills.)

You can share your photos — or video! — at news@sosalem.com or use the “share” button to upload 10 at a time.

OTHER STORM COVERAGE:
* Regional coverage from The Roanoke Times.
* Weather journalist Kevin Myatt talks about the storm on the Weather Journal.
* Food writer Lindsey Nair on food safety during power outages
* Here’s how to sign up for emergency alerts from Roanoke County
* Photos of storm damage around Salem
* Video of the storm in Salem
* Salem Red Sox doubleheader rescheduled for Friday
* Tents going back up; horse show will go on as scheduled

Submitted by Mike Stevens, City of Salem

OTHER STORM COVERAGE:
* Regional coverage from The Roanoke Times.
* Weather journalist Kevin Myatt talks about the storm on the Weather Journal.
* Here’s how to sign up for emergency alerts from Roanoke County
* Photos of storm damage around Salem
* Video of the storm in Salem
* Salem Red Sox doubleheader rescheduled for Friday

In the event of a local emergency or natural disaster, Roanoke County’s public safety officials will use RoCo Alert to send recorded notifications to home telephones in Roanoke County.

Cellular telephone numbers, email addresses and even VoIP telephone numbers (like Vonage or COX) can be added to receive emergency alerts by visiting http://www.roanokecountyva.gov/rocoalert.

Alerts are based on map locations and can be issued for County-wide emergencies or targeted to specific street addresses or neighborhoods. Users of the system can also add multiple locations for alerts, such as a workplace, an elderly parent’s home, or a child’s school.

RoCo Alert is managed by public safety officials and is only used in an emergency, when lives or property may be threatened. Examples of alerts may include local or regional flooding, dangerous wildfires, severe weather notices, boil water notices or evacuation notices.

Submitted by Roanoke County

Here’s an update from Roanoke County fire and EMS:

Starting at about 2:30 this afternoon, fire and rescue personnel throughout the county have been inundated with emergency calls, responding to more than two hundred calls into the Emergency Communications Center over the past three hours. Although the storm has moved out of the county, there still remains approximately 30 calls for wires down that crews are checking out one-by-one. Although most of the calls were “wiredown” calls which includes trees onto wires, there were also a number of calls for vehicle e accidents with possible injury, brush fires, and several structure fires reported, but none were reported to be significant.

Fire and Rescue Personnel along with the Emergency Communications Center Dispatchers coordinate their efforts by prioritizing calls according to their severity and life safety dangers when there is a weather event such as today.

We have a round-up of storm photos — and video! — from around Salem here.

The Roanoke Times has regionwide coverage here.

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