Joseph Rosemore
An early morning gun shot landed a local man in Mineral County Detention Center.
According to a press release from Mineral County Undersheriff Bill Ferguson, on Aug. 14 at approximately 6:48 a.m., members of the Mineral County Sheriff’s Office responded to a burglary in progress call located at 816 Third Street in Hawthorne.
The reporting party was identified as Joseph Rosemore. He advised the deputies that three Hispanics were attempting to break into his garage and home.
Upon investigating the burglary, the deputies soon learned that it was a false report.
“During their investigation, they learned that Rosemore had fired one shot from a pistol on his property,” Undersheriff Ferguson stated to the Independent-News.
The investigation led deputies to obtain a search warrant for the residence. The search would have deputies locating approximately one gram of methamphetamine; drug paraphernalia; counterfeit money and 33 firearms.
Rosemore was placed under arrest and charged with the following: possession of forged instrument; forgery; possession of a controlled substance methamphetamine; possession of drug paraphernalia; discharging a firearm in a populated area; possession of a dangerous drug without prescription; possession of a gun under the influence of alcohol/drugs and unlawful use of a controlled substance – two counts.
He is being held without bail in the Mineral County Detention Center in Hawthorne.
