Courts

A Mount Airy, N.C., man has been indicted on embezzlement charges by a Grayson County Circuit Court grand jury that convened July 24.
Several sealed indictments were opened recently including Leonard John Ellis who was indicted on two counts of embezzling more than $200 from Carolina Profiles.
He was also indicted on one count of money laundering.
An indictment indicates that a grand jury found sufficient evidence for a case to go to trial, and does not indicate guilt. All of those indicted are innocent until proven guilty.

Five Grayson County Circuit Court grand jury indictments have been unsealed and suspects arrested.
An indictment is a formal charge, not a finding of guilt.
Edward Dean Howard Jr., 34, of Independence, was indicted on one count of assault by mob. The indictment accuses Howard of being a member of a mob to maliciously shoot, stab, cut or wound Jesus Herrera Ramirez.
Nicole Henderson Armstrong of Mouth of Wilson, was indicted on three counts of possession with intent to manufacture a schedule I or II drug (METH) and one count of abuse or child neglect.

Editor’s Note: This information is taken from open court records and is a matter of public record.  
The listings are complete. The newspaper, as a matter of fairness, will not honor requests to omit any listing.  

Land Transfers

These land transfers were recorded March 23-April 14 in the office of Susan M. Herrington, clerk of the Grayson County Circuit Court, Independence:

Candi Freeman Carico, 37, of Independence, was indicted on one count of solicitation of murder by a Grayson County Circuit Court grand jury on Friday.
An indictment is a formal charge, not a finding of guilt.
Carico was arrested May 27 by Grayson County Sheriff’s Department investigators and charged with criminal solicitation to commit murder.
 The sheriff’s office reported that it received information on May 20 from an anonymous source about an alleged plot to kill Carico’s estranged husband.