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Deputy Caleb Baliles with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged 33-year-old Kirk William Biddix of Marion with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, Carrying a Concealed Weapon, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and 1st Degree Trespassing. A Magistrate issued Biddix a $30,000…Read More »
Deputy Caleb Baliles with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged 21-year-old Jaydakis Kashaune Hamilton of Forest City with Fleeing to Elude Arrest, Possession of a Stolen Firearm, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, (M) Carrying a Concealed Weapon, Reckless Driving…Read More »
The N.C. Attorney General’s Office now has a website that tracks kit testing and arrests. A sexual assault nurse examiner opens a rape kit at the Solace Center in Raleigh. File photo by Alicia Carter / Carolina Public Press Sitting in shelves…Read More »
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 »
8-23-2022 Rutherfordton- On Monday night four (4) people overdosed at Rutherford County Detention Center…..AGAIN. EMS was called and messages went out over social media. On Tuesday the Sheriff’s Department released the following Nixle statement concerning the incident at 1:24 pm. “Detention Center…Read More »
By Jon King NC Policy Watch August 23, 2022 In Courts & the Law, News Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Photo: Michigan Advance Two men whose first trial on charges of planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 ended in a mistrial, have been…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 »
August 12, 2022 Rutherfordton- Not only have conditions deteriorated for the prisoners at the jail (per inspection reports) but now the officers and courthouse staff are becoming severely affected by them. The following incidents have been reported as happening at the jail…Read More »
In the continuing jail assault case of Mr. Paul “Jamie” Dunn, his most recent court appeal date ended in yet another continuance. The new court date is now listed at www.nccourts.org as 9/19/2022. As this new date is a trial term, there…Read More »
Forest City Police Department took a report of a stolen vehicle from Darrell’s Auto Sales on South Broadway St. A Gray/Blue 1992 Nissan hardbody pickup, was taken from the lot sometime between 1800 hrs on 08/08/2022 and 0600 hrs on 08/09/2022. A…Read More »