Published: January 2, 2019

A WAYNE COUNTY MAN WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY FOR FILING A FALSE REPORT.  ACCORDING TO MEDIA SOURCES, JERRY DALE WYRICK, 53, OF CLIFTON, IS ACCUSED OF CALLING 911 AND REPORTING THAT MEN WERE IN HIS HOUSE AND THAT THEY WERE ARMED WITH GUNS.  UPON ARRIVAL, OFFICERS WITH THE CLIFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUND WYRICK ALONG WITH HIS NEIGHBOR STANDING IN THE STREET.  A SEARCH OF THE RESIDENE SHOWED NO SIGN OF ANY INTRUDERS. WYRICK WAS FOUND WITH A CLEAR PLASTIC BAG CONTAINING A SUBSTANCE BELIEVED TO BE MARIJUANA AND ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED THAT HE HAD BEEN DRINKING AND SMOKING MARIJUANA.  HE WAS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF FILING A FALSE REPORT, SIMPLE POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE VI MARIJUANA, AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION, AND BOOKED INTO THE WAYNE COUNTY JAIL ON $28,000.00 BOND.