Category: Arrests

Fentanyl Dealer Arrested

On 2/29/24, Detectives with the Tri-City Violent Crime Task Force, were conducting surveillance at the Baymont Inn in Forest City after receiving complaints about drug activity at the hotel. During the investigation Detectives conducted multiple traffic stops and interviews which lead detectives…Read More »

Gastonia Police ordered to release body cam video in homeless vet arrest and the taser death of his service dog

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 »

QUESTIONS MOUNT AS TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S TOLERANCE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 9/10/2020 On February 27, 2019, Rutherford County Schools administrators acknowledged that they had become aware of allegations involving sexual assault by Gunnery Sergeant Eric Currington and Officer Chris Brown against multiple underage students in the ROTC program. Currington and Brown…Read More »