Rutherford County, NC, Western North Carolina, News,arrests, RC Catalyst, Judicial District 29A
On August 22, 2022 an investigation revealed that a total of four inmate’s, at the Rutherford County Detention Center, overdosed on some type of narcotic. Three of the inmates were administered Narcan by officers and were transported to Rutherford Regional Medical Center…Read More »
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Georgia Jelani Kazmende, Wiley Martin, and Robert Louis Jeffords, Jr., have been arraigned on federal charges of dealing firearms without a license, possession of machineguns, possession of unregistered firearms, and conspiracy. Kazmende, Martin,…Read More »
Lt. Jason Cook with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged 62-year-old David Carrol Watson of Marion with Felonious Assault by Strangulation. He was not eligible for a bond for 48 hours. On July 24th, Deputies with the Sheriff’s Office responded to a…Read More »
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 »