ELKINS — Randolph County Sheriff Rob Elbon suffered multiple injuries after attempting to detain a male individual Wednesday afternoon on Ward Road.
The sheriff, who recently broke his hand while working in his garage and is wearing a cast, was on routine patrol at the location when he came across a male subject punching a mailbox alongside the road, he said.
“I was patrolling down Ward Road and saw a pretty good-sized male beating on a mailbox,” Elbon told The Inter-Mountain on Thursday. “He