Huntington Man Wanted In Michigan For Sexual Assault
By Jeff Henson
HNN Writer at Large

Two signs the fella driving in front of you may need the assistance of a concerned law enforcement official: his hazard lights are blinking and he's swerving from the left lane to the right.
 
Fortunately for the blinking-and swerving man, the driver behind him was a Huntington police officer, who was more than eager to help him during a time of trouble.
 
The officer stopped Michael R. Polk, 27, of 2616 Rear First Ave., as Polk drove west on U.S. 60 approaching 31st Street about 5:11 p.m. Thursday. He'd been drinking beer, he told the officer.
 
A records check revealed Polk was wanted on a fugitive from justice warrant out of Michigan for sexual assault..
 
When police checked his car, he found three pills of Clonazapan, an anti-depressant and Schedule IV drug, in a small plastic bag inside a pack of Marlboros. Polk was charged with possession of a controlled substance.
 
Other news from the Huntington Police Department Friday:
 
----- A 27-year-old Huntington woman was taken to Cabell Huntington Hospital after she thought she may have been shot while driving on Ninth Avenue near Eighth Street about 4:12 a.m. Friday.
 
The woman and two men were traveling west in the 800 block of Ninth Avenue when she heard gunshots and felt pain in her right shoulder. One of the men drove her to the hospital. She had a large welt on her right scapula.
 
When an officer arrived at the hospital, one of the men and the car were gone. Without being able to examine the car, the officer couldn't make a determination on the woman's injury.
 
----- The Huntington Fire Department was dispatched to a car fire in the 200 block of West 8 1/2 alley about 9:15 p.m. Thursday. The car was reported stolen out of Columbus, Ohio, and a one-gallon gas can three-quarters full was found at the scene.
 
A Columbus person told police he heard a loud boom in the alley. He walked outside and saw a young man walking away from the alley. He saw a 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier on fire.
 
----- A Huntington man was arrested on a domestic battery charge after he punched a 25-year-old Huntington woman in the face several times in Marcum Terrace about 1:40 a.m. Friday.
 
The woman said she, her attacker and a witness were walking with several other people in the 2700 block of Marcum Terrace when her attacker got mad and yelled at her. He hit her, and she wound up with a small laceration and contusion above her right eye.
 
Arrested was Jermaine E. Sorrells, 22, of 41 North Cott Court.
 
----- A 43-year-old Huntington man said a man he's involved in a dispute over a lawn mower tried to run him over with his car in the 200 block of Gallagher Street about 7:45 p.m. Thursday.
 
The man was walking on the sidewalk when the second man sped up to at least 65 mph, drove up on the sidewalk and tried to run him over.
 
Later, the man who tried to run over the other dude called to say, "---- you. You are going to pay."
 
This must be a very special lawnmower. Or, someone might require treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
 
----- A 29-year-old Huntington woman reported a man kicked the door to her home open and walked in in the 1600 Charleston Avenue about 2:25 a.m. Friday. She told him to leave, or she was going to call the police. He didn't leave until she dialed 911.
 
----- ARRESTED: Rachael I. Moore, 21, of 1232 17th St., on a warrant charging false reporting and charges of driving on a license suspended for drunk driving, driving without insurance and possessing a false inspection sticker. She was arrested about 3:15 a.m. Friday in the 400 block of Ninth Street.
 
----- ARRESTED: Glen G. Herald, 43, of 1030 Seventh Ave., on a charge of public intoxication. He was arrested about 8:35 p.m. at St. Mary's Hospital.
 
----- ARRESTED: Phillip S. Clay, 31, of 1739 Jefferson Ave., on a charge of public intoxication. He was arrested about 11:10 p.m. Thursday and taken to Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital for treatment.
 
----- A 45-year-old Huntington woman reported some prescription drugs were stolen from her in the 4000 Altizer Avenue between 5 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Wednesday, including 112 75mg Loratabs and 29 10mg Valium.
 
Be well.