Abingdon
Police Department
For Immediate
Release
On Monday afternoon, October 16, 2017, Officer Y. D.
Wilmoth was patrolling Cummings Street, when she observed a couple fighting
inside a vehicle at a red light. Upon this observation, Officer Wilmoth
conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle. The two occupants of the vehicle were
identified as Sheldon B. Gray, 47; and Shannon D. Bingham, 38, both of 2271
Coal Tipple Hollow Road, Lebanon, VA. Both parties were questioned about the
incident and gave statements about assaulting each other.
Gray was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia,
several small baggies of pills identified as Schedule II substances, and
several plastic bags of a white crystal substance consistent with
methamphetamine.
A search of the vehicle yielded several empty plastic baggies, and a
plastic tube with a white residue consistent with methamphetamine.
Gray and Bingham were placed under arrest and transported to the
Southwest Virginia Regional Jail. Gray and Bingham were both charged with Assault
and Battery against a family or household member, in violation
of § 18.2-57.2 of the Code of Virginia. Both subjects were held on a $1000
secured bond.
All drugs seized will be sent to the lab for testing. Additional
charges are pending.
Sheldon B. Gray
Shannon D. Bingham
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