You Might Be in Alleghany County If ...

... the first charge listed on the police blotter in the newspaper is for the theft of 120 pounds of trout! Seems that 20-year-old Jenny Jean Utt and 24-year-old Richard Edward Hash are charged with stealing the fish, worth $400, from Jim Bowman down at the Peaceful Valley Trout Farm on Air Bellow Gap Road. They were also charged with trespassing, and Hash got busted for simple possession of Mary Jane as well.

The alleged fish heist edged out charges brought against Gregory Lee Blevins for hitting Rebecca Crouse in the head with a beer bottle.

Crime, I tell you ... crime is rampant here on the mountain.