NK grand jury indicts five

Five individuals, including two men accused of eluding police and assaulting county deputy sheriffs in separate, unrelated incidents, have been indicted by a New Kent Circuit Court grand jury.

Convening on Monday, the grand jury indicted:

–Garrie Gene Neal, 41, of 9606 Holland Street in Richmond, on one count each of felony eluding police, assaulting a police officer, and grand larceny. The offenses are alleged to have occurred last Oct. 25. Neal allegedly stole a 1999 Ford Escort belonging to Deborah Odell and assaulted New Kent Deputy David Mehalko;

–Timothy Stuart Taylor, 22, of 1304 Chipper Court in Highland Springs, on one count each of felony eluding police and assaulting a police officer. The offenses stem from last Oct. 17 when Taylor is alleged to have assaulted New Kent Deputy Joey McLaughlin;

–Jessica Ann Henshaw, 24, of 4705 Chipoax Avenue in Richmond, on one count of felony embezzlement. Henshaw allegedly took $620 in Virginia Lottery tickets from the Bottoms Bridge Shell convenience store where she worked;

–Michael Douglas Mayer, 24, of 8022 North Henpeck Road in Quinton, on two counts of petty larceny after two or more previous convictions for the same offense. Both charges are felonies and are alleged to have occurred on Sept. 20 at the Quinton Exxon convenience store and on Aug. 24 at the Pit Stop convenience store;

–James K. Plante, 48, of 3800 Pocahontas Trail in Quinton, on two counts of child endangerment and one count of cocaine possession. The charges stem from an alleged incident last Aug. 29.