SALISBURY - Two brothers are in jail for twice robbing an elderly man at his business, and deputies say during the second robbery they struck the 72 year old man in the head with a tire tool.

Investigators say William McCrary, 23, and his brother Christopher McCrary, 19, robbed Gerald Burkhart at his business late last week.  Burkhart owns and operates the Indoor Flea Market on Highway 29 near China Grove.  According to the report, the brothers took a ladder to the store and tried to sell it to Burkhart, then robbed him.

Late Tuesday afternoon the brothers struck again, according to the report.  Burkhart was robbed and hit in the head with a tire tool.  Burkhart was treated at the scene by Rowan EMS personnel.

SALISBURY - It started out as a routine traffic stop for a speeding Kia Soul on I-85 early Tuesday morning, but the unmistakable smell of pot created a different scenario for police and the couple in the car.

Salisbury Police Officer Andy Carlton was on 85 Tuesday morning when he noticed the Kia going 80 miles an hour.  As the officer stopped the car, he noticed that all the windows were rolled down.  Odd, Carlton thought, since the temperature at the time was in the 30's.  But after a few seconds Carlton's nose told noticed the "strong odor of marijuana" coming from the car.

According to the report, Carlton asked the driver and passenger if there were drugs in the car.  The passenger, Alexis Faye Mitchell, 22, of Charlotte, handed Carlton a small marijuana cigarette.  Mitchell then showed Carlton more drugs in the car, including 37 grams of pot and some hashish in a Tupperware container.  Rolling papers and digital scales were also found in the car.