Joshua Benedict Arrested on Multiple Felony Charges

   Joshua Wade Benedict, age 34, of Collinwood, was arrested on Tuesday, December 8^th on multiple charges when officers served him with warrants for theft of property and failure to appear. The warrant for failure to appear was issued on November 17^th, 2020, following Benedict’s failure to appear for a court date on previous drug and theft charges. The warrant for theft of property was filed on November 5^th, 2020 following the alleged theft of a handheld video game from This & That Bargains in Waynesboro. Benedict and a female accomplice were allegedly observed on video surveillance taking the game out of its box and concealing it. When officers went to a residence on Pumping Station Road to serve Benedict with the arrest warrants, he was allegedly found to be wearing a camouflage fanny pack that held approximately 1 gram of methamphetamine and a loaded 9mm pistol. Benedict was then arrested and charged with the two previous warrants along with charges of manufacture/delivery/sale/possession of methamphetamine, felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of a handgun while under the influence. After being transported to the Wayne County Jail, Benedict was additionally charged with filing a false report after allegedly admitting to calling in a false bomb threat to Waynesboro Middle School on December 2^nd, 2020. Benedict is being held in the Wayne County Jail with no bond.