A Hickory man is arrested and charged in connection with a rash of early morning vehicle break-ins in Lincoln County.

25-year-old Antonio Shaquille Williams is charged with 11 felony counts of breaking and entering a vehicle, and one misdemeanor count each of larceny, possession of a controlled substance and resist, delay, and obstruct a public officer.

Lincoln deputies were called to the parking lot of an apartment complex where they encountered a suspect who ran from the scene, but was later apprehended by officers and identified as Williams.

He was jailed under a 60-thousand dollar secured bond.

Two 17-year-old McDowell High School students are charged with having drugs on campus.

Reports with the McDowell Sheriff’s Office say one of the females was charged with possession of marijuana while the other was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

School administrators contacted the sheriff’s office after receiving information that the pair had marijuana in their possession.

A registered sex offender living in Lincoln County is charged with child sexual assault.

24-year-old Andre Keith Bracey is charged with one felony count of statutory rape of a 13,14, or 15-year-old victim by a defendant at least six years older.

A news release states the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office had received a report of a statutory rape that had occurred at the suspect’s residence.

The victim is reportedly a 15-year-old female who is related to Bracey.

He was jailed under a 500-thousand dollar secured bond.

Bracey had been released from the state’s prison system last October after serving a 4-year sentence for taking indecent liberties with a minor in 2014.

As the Thanksgiving holiday weekend concluded Sunday, the state highway patrol reports a healthy outcome to the I-40 challenge.

As a result of the campaign, zero fatalities were reported across the state with a total of 31 collisions among the seven states that participated.

During the challenge, troopers were positioned every 20 miles along interstate-40 to enforce traffic violations that often lead to severe collisions.

Triple-A auto club reports Thanksgiving is one of the busiest holidays for travel throughout the country.