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LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT ASSISTS CSX RAILROAD IN JOINT ATV TRESPASSING OPERATION



EAST LINCOLN – Members of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department recently assisted CSX railroad police and several other agencies in an operation regarding All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) and trespassing on CSX property.

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, along with Gaston County Police; Mt. Holly Police; CSX Railroad Police and the North Carolina Forestry Service all participated in the one-day operation according to Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Jeff Warlick.

“The purpose of the operation was to apprehend and charge individuals who are trespassing and damaging CSX Railroad property by use of ATVs,” said Warlick.

The operation took place 2 – 8pm Sunday afternoon and covered an area from the Highway 273 corridor extending from Mt. Holly to the Highway 16 interchange, and from there along Highway 16 to Killian Road to Pine Ridge Drive in Lincoln County.

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department participants focused on the area of CSX Railroad property around Killian Road, Optimist Club Road and Pine Ridge Drive in Lincoln County.

Besides Lt. Jeff Warlick, First Sgt. Gerald Dellinger, Detective First Sgt. Lee Keller, Sgt. Martin Hill and an unnamed investigator participated in the operation.
Overall, the operation netted four verbal warnings to people walking on the railroad tracks; three citations for trespass on property with an ATV; one felony possession of six crack rocks; one possession of drug paraphernalia; one seizure of an ATV; and one seizure of a dirt bike.

Warlick said a similar operation is planned for later this

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