Man Faces Charges for a False Robbery Call

Kanawha County deputies said a man was charged after he made a false robbery call when he and several people were pulled over in a speeding vehicle. Matthew Hammack of Charleston was arrested Thursday after a deputy made a traffic stop on a vehicle speeding on Interstate 64 near mile marker 55 in South Charleston. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said several people in the vehicle seemed drunk, and the deputy returned to his cruiser to request backup. Before the units arrived, a man called and reported that a gas station had been held up in South Charleston near the exit where the traffic stop was made, but that turned out not to be true. Officers from the Charleston Police Department, South Charleston Police Department and sheriff’s office helped in the case.