Updated: 7:46 AM EDT Jul 16, 2021 Two Hendersonville first responders have been released from the hospital weeks after the ambulance they were working in was involved in a head-on collision.Officials with the Henderson County Rescue Squad said Thursday that Lindsey Burgess was released from Mission Hospital Thursday and Savannah Selby was released Sunday after the crash on June 30. They both have a long road of rehab ahead of them, Rhonda Chislaghi, with the Rescue Squad, said.She said Burgess had the latest in a series of foot surgeries on Monday.They also sustained facial trauma and lower leg injuries that have required them to undergo extensive surgeries, Chislaghi said in a release on July 1. Both are working with physical and occupational therapy at Mission Hospital and seem to be in good spirits and working hard to get better, she said.While bringing a patient back to an unnamed facility, their ambulance was struck head-on by another vehicle traveling at a high ra
Two arrested in connection with local catalytic converter thefts, more arrests expected
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FLETCHER, North Carolina (WLOS) Two Hendersonville men are facing multiple charges after numerous complaints of theft of catalytic converters.
On Tuesday, July 6, the Fletcher Police Department announced Michael Lorin Johnson of Hendersonville has been charged with storing stolen motor vehicle parts. Johnson is being held on a $99,050 bond in the Henderson County Detention Center.
Authorities say Johnson was also arrested and charged for catalytic converter thefts by another agency.
Michael Jason Hoots of Hendersonville has been charged with larceny of motor vehicle parts (x3), chop shop activity (x3) and injury to personal property (x3). As officers of the Fletcher Police Department attempted to take Mr. Hoots into custody, he fled. He was arrested after a brief vehicle pursuit. Mr. Hoots is currently being held on a $79,600 bond in the Henderson County Detention