Twelve indicted by grand jury
By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com
Elliott
A Highland County grand jury convened for the first time in 2021 Tuesday morning, returning indictments against 12 individuals ranging from drug possession and trafficking to fraud, grand theft of a motor vehicle and failure to appear.
Donald E. Elliott, 29, Lynchburg, was charged with one count each of aggravated trafficking in and aggravated possession of methamphetamine, both third-degree felonies, and a second-degree misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest.
Dana Peacock, 41, address unknown, faces a second-degree felony charge of identity fraud of a person in a protected class, and theft from a person in a protected class, a third-degree felony.
POTOMAC â Iris R. Elliott, 87, of Potomac passed away at 5:55 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 17, 2020) at Accolade Healthcare, Paxton.
Iris was born on March 19, 1933, in Potomac, the daughter of Clarence and Nelle (Johnson) Taylor. She married Donald E. Elliott on July 17, 1952, in Potomac. He preceded her in death on June 21, 2005.
She is survived by two daughters, Debra (Joe) Kuntz of Rankin and Karen (Jim) Suggs of Canton, Mich.; two sons, Chris (Janet) Elliott of Rankin and Brian Elliott of Potomac; 11 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; brother-in-law, Roy (Patsy) Elliott of Paxton; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; infant son; two brothers, Robert and Frank Taylor; and sister, Margaret Henry.