ROCKINGHAM — Several people are facing multiple drug charges following an investigation into an assault that sent two men to a hospital.
According to a probable cause affidavit for a search warrant, deputies with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office responded to FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital-Richmond on Sept. 23 after two men were brought in with stab wounds.
The victims, William Blake Callahan and Terry Knight, told deputies that they had been in an altercation with two men in a White Dodge Charger at Mill Road Grocery, according to the affidavit. Two females were also reportedly in the car.
Knight had to be taken to a Charlotte hospital for treatment, according to the affidavit.
Callahan, according to the affidavit, told deputies the people in the Charger followed them to a home on Flowers Street, and that he was in a verbal and physical altercation with Nashton Ryan Kranz.
Meredith Chappell, who brought the victims to the hospital, told deputies that the incident occurred on Flowers Street and that the two came into her home saying they had been stabbed and needed to go to a hospital, according to the affidavit.
Deputies responding to the home found a padlocked bedroom and saw blood on the kitchen floor, but no sign of a weapon, according to the affidavit.
Kranz, 26, and three other suspects were detained.
One of the females, according to the affidavit, told deputies that Callahan had approached their vehicle with a firearm in his hand and threw it in the bushes when the fight began. A deputy reportedly found a firearm in the bushes at the home.
Search warrants were issued by Superior Court Judge Dawn Layton and executed on Sept. 23 and 26.
While searching the home, deputies reportedly found a seized:
- A .22-caliber pistol
- A white blood-stained shirt
- Multiple clear plastic baggies*
- Bag containing a green powder-like substance (suspected fentanyl)*
- Bag containing multiple yellow pills (suspected Xanax)*
- Bag containing a green leafy substance (suspected marijuana)*
- Bag containing crystalline substance (suspected methamphetamine)*
- Bag containing off-white rock-like substance (suspected crack cocaine)*
- Multiple clear zip baggies*
- Metal container with assorted pills inside*
- Eight round white pills with “OP on one side and “10” on the other
- Multiple broken white pills (suspected Xanax) Empty metal container
- Digital scales with residue*
- 11 suboxone strips*
- Glass smoking pipe (in dresser drawer of master bedroom)
- $739 in U.S. currency (on top of table in master bedroom)
- Digital scales (inside shoe in laundry room/bedroom)
(*found inside a black bag that was on a shelf near the bed in the master bedroom, according to the warrant.)
During a search of a 2014 Dodge Charger, investigators reportedly found:
- A container with 18 Xanax pills and baggie with powder
- A plastic bag with a white powdery substance
- Small bag with white powder substance
- Two and half loose Xanax pills
Chappell was arrested and charged with: three counts of possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule II controlled substance; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule III controlled substance; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule IV controlled substance; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule VI controlled substance; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver methamphetamine; possession of methamphetamine; felony possession of a Schedule II controlled substance; simple possession of a Schedule II controlled substance.
Kranz was arrested Sept. 30 and some warrants were not made publicly available until Oct. 11. His charges are: two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver methamphetamine; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule II controlled substance; and simple possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance.
According to warrants, Kranz ran from the deputy who went to arrest him and damaged her uniform. He is also charged with resisting a public officer and injury to personal property. The property crime is not listed on the jail website.
Richmond County Jail records show Kranz is being held on a $300,000 secured bond on the drug and resisting charges, and without bond on a parole violation.
Callahan was subsequently arrested Oct. 9 on drug charges. His warrants were not available as of Oct. 11.
Online court records show Callahan is charged with: three counts of possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule II controlled substance; possession with intent to manufacture sell or deliver a Schedule III controlled substance; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule IV controlled substance; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule VI controlled substance; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver methamphetamine; felony possession of a Schedule II controlled substance; simple possession of a Schedule II controlled substance; simple possession of a Schedule III controlled substance; and common law robbery.
(Note: There is a slight discrepancy in the charges between jail records and online court records.)
Callahan is being held on a $100,000 secured bond.
Chappell, Kranz and Callahan are all scheduled to appear in court Oct. 12.
Online court records show Callahan is also facing charges of assault on a female, communicating threats and a misdemeanor probation violation.
There are no records to indicate Knight has been charged; and two of the three other suspects are facing charges but appear to be unrelated to the incident in question.
Records with the N.C. Department of Adult Correction show Kranz is supposed to be on parole until March 2024.
Kranz was released from prison in June after serving four months behind bars.
According to records, Kranz was initially convicted on two counts of possession with intent to sell a Schedule I controlled substance in April of 2022.
However, it appears his probation was revoked and sentence amended to show: three counts of possession with intent to sell a Schedule IV controlled substance; one count of possession with intent to sell a Schedule I controlled substance; and one count of possession of a Schedule II controlled substance.
Callahan was given a 24-month suspended sentence in May when he was convicted of assault on a female.
Records show Callahan was first convicted in Scotland County of carrying a concealed weapon and possession of drug paraphernalia in 2021.
Chappell was convicted in 2014 of misdemeanor larceny, records show.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
