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INVESTIGATION UPDATE: Missing Person Deceased, Suspects Charged and Arrested On November 21, 2020, at 3:00 AM, Deputies with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the Econo Lodge in Forest City regarding a report of a female that had been…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 »
UPDATE Delarrio Goode and Lakelia Dickey have been arrested in Georgia. Goode and Dickey will soon be extradited back to Rutherford County. The investigation into the disappearance of Daryl Jamichael Price is still ongoing. Both Goode and Dickey are suspects in the disappearance of Price. Price…Read More »
On 08/10/2020, an investigator with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office was notified that Rodney Lee Willis, a North Carolina registered sex offender, was using a social media account under a fictitious name. As a condition of his Registered Sex Offender status, Willis…Read More »
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 were instructors in…Read More »
As we continue providing information to the community as to the state of our local government, this article will begin exploring a critical component of the legal system that is deeply intertwined with many of the issues previously discussed – the local…Read More »
RUTHERFORD & MCDOWELL COUNTIES, NC —Judicial District 41 has been ravaged by drugs for decades. Unfortunately, the most vulnerable individuals in our society – the addicts, those living in poverty, and those with prior criminal histories who are easily discredited and overlooked…Read More »