Twelve indicted by grand jury
By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com
Elliott
A Highland County grand jury convened for the first time in 2021 Tuesday morning, returning indictments against 12 individuals ranging from drug possession and trafficking to fraud, grand theft of a motor vehicle and failure to appear.
Donald E. Elliott, 29, Lynchburg, was charged with one count each of aggravated trafficking in and aggravated possession of methamphetamine, both third-degree felonies, and a second-degree misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest.
Dana Peacock, 41, address unknown, faces a second-degree felony charge of identity fraud of a person in a protected class, and theft from a person in a protected class, a third-degree felony.