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**Opinion** 10-23-22 On May 17, 2022 this county along with McDowell County essentially voted to re-elect Ted Bell for DA for four more years. This was in spite of all the things he has and has not done during his tenure. D.A.…Read More »
August 10, 2022 Here in Rutherford and McDowell County we don’t have a choice for District Attorney in November. That decision was made by 13% of voters back in May in the Republican primary. Ted Bell who has altered body cam…Read More »
While sentencing a meth addict to a recovery facility instead of prison seems like a good choice to benefit both society and the addict, sometimes it is not. Having worked at a recovery center to collect data on outcomes, a preliminary conclusion…Read More »
May 9, 2022 On this past Mother’s Day I could not help but think about all the other mothers who have lost a child. It is always a day filled with love but tinged with sadness. I lost my child after a…Read More »
April 16, 2022 The District Attorney race is heating up for the 2022 Primary on May 17, 2022. Current District Attorney Ted Bell is running for re-election against Marion criminal attorney Krinn Evans. There has been much controversy about how incumbent D.A.…Read More »
April 4, 2022 The District Attorney is the lynchpin of our justice system here in Rutherford County as well as in McDowell County. Many people, however, do not understand exactly what their duties are or how much power they wield. Prosecutors (District…Read More »
A point that has not been brought to public notice, but is well known within the court system, is the rapid turnover in the District Attorney’s office in the last four years. At the end of 2017, the District Attorney’s office was…Read More »
On Sept. 3, 2021, District Attorney Ted Bell filed a motion for the upcoming former judge Randy Pool versus Jennifer Tierce extortion case that any reference, testimony, or argument pertaining to Randy Pool’s communications and relationships with women other than Defendant, the…Read More »
There have been many questions regarding the recent actions of NC Judicial District 29A – Prosecutorial District 41 – (Rutherford & McDowell Counties) judges, Tommy Davis, Robert Martelle, Ellen Shelley, to recuse themselves from the cases represented by two local attorneys- Krinn…Read More »
After nearly two years of investigations, the North Carolina Supreme Court – based on the recommendations of the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission – has released a report detailing the widespread misconduct of former Chief District Court Randy Pool. Pool’s actions ranged…Read More »