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Detective Jesse Hicks with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office Community Impact Team charged 52-year-old Sandy Jo Pendley of Marion with two counts of Trafficking in Methamphetamine, Possession with the Intent to Manufacture, Sell or Deliver Methamphetamine, Felonious Possession of Methamphetamine and Maintain…Read More »
Gastonia Police arrested disabled Army Veteran Joshua Rohrer last year and charged him with panhandling. Officers also tased his service dog during the arrest that resulted in the death of the animal. Rohrer, feeling he had been assaulted, pushed for the release…Read More »
By Kelan Lyons – 7/22/2022 NC Policy Watch After growing up behind bars, many who committed serious crimes when they were children now have a chance at parole James Ryan Kelliher first tried to kill himself when he was 10 years old.…Read More »
On 07/12/2022, Sheriff’s Office Investigators recovered the stolen golf cart off of Oakland Road. On 07/13/2022, Michael Hunter Planto Stroupe,a new arrival from Gaston County was identified as being the subject in the photographs from the larceny and arrested at 1030 Oakland…Read More »
On Monday July 11, 2022 officers of the Forest City Police Department along with Forest City Fire Department and Rutherford County EMS responded to Oldcastle Lane in reference to shots fired and subjects struck. Upon arrival, two victims were located and both…Read More »
Tuesday July 5th, 2022 :: 12:09 p.m. EDT On July 4, 2022 around 8:29pm, deputies with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to 371 Byers Road, Forest City for a disturbance call. On arrival, the first responding deputy encountered Michael Wayne…Read More »
Revised legislation would mandate DNA collection on conviction for some crimes. Original House bill called for collection on arrest, which law enforcement and prosecutors say they prefer to keep communities safe. But ACLU applauds revision. by Kate Martin June 22, 2022 The…Read More »
On February 24th 2022, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office and Rutherford County Animal Control executed a search warrant at 158 Paws Ranch Rd in reference to animal cruelty. Results of the search warrant was: 23 horses, 17 goats, and one sheep were…Read More »
On Wednesday March 24, 2021, former Sheriff’s Deputy Jamie Dunn was found guilty of assaulting an individual being held in the Rutherford County Jail. Dunn immediately appealed the verdict and the case will proceed to Superior Court. As RC Catalyst previously reported…Read More »
RUTHERFORDTON — Former sheriff’s office employee, Lacie Felicia Boykins, 40, of Shelby who embezzled $85,790 from RCSD received no jail time in her plea deal. Boykins had pleaded guilty to five counts of embezzlement of cash proceeds by a public official/trustee on…Read More »