Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Lundy arrest
Newport authorities Monday evening arrested a Cosby woman in connection with an October 18 carjacking incident. Kendra Hall, Mineral Street, Newport said she was operating a vehicle owned by Chad Stokely, Estie Way, Newport when 36 year-old Melissa Ann Lundy, Stoneview Way, Cosby asked Hall to take her to a residence on Lower Bogard Road. Hall said she refused to take the suspect because she did not have the permission of Stokely to drive his vehicle to that location. Later Lundy reportedly became very angry, found a handgun in the auto, and forced Hall to drive to her Mineral Street home. After Hall was forced from the auto, Lundy fled with the vehicle and the weapon. Hall told Deputy Joseph Owings she was very scared during the episode, calling Stokely to report the incident. Stokely said he later found Lundy on Hedrick Drive, shooting up as she sat in his auto. Stokely retrieved his phone to call 911 at which time Lundy fled on foot, taking his handgun with her. Lundy was stopped by Newport Patrol Officer Tyler Medley and removed from her auto at gunpoint, because of concern that she may be armed with the handgun taken from Stokely. When she was uncooperative, the suspect was grabbed by the hair and held on the ground till it could be determined that she was not armed. Now Lundy is jailed on charges of carjacking, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, theft over $1,000 and theft.


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