Rutherford County, NC, Western North Carolina, News,arrests, RC Catalyst, Judicial District 29A
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 13, 2022 When I was quite young I remember my great-grandmother and her neighbor referring to a man they knew as a snake in the grass. I actually was deathly afraid of snakes so I asked her if there were…Read More »
May 4, 2022 So many questions persist about District Attorney Ted Bell. The biggest ones concern why Ted Bell does the things he does. Why does Ted Bell feel community activities are more important than the job he was elected and gets…Read More »
Update 04/21/2022 at 7:20 pm… On Thursday April 21, 2022, Darrell Alexander Jackson was arrested by the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office for Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill Inflicting Serious Injury. He is currently being held in the Rutherford…Read More »
McDowell County Sheriff’s Office Detectives Richard Pittman and Burlin Ballew charged 30-year-old Kyle Joseph Smith of the North Cove community with two counts of Breaking or Entering, three counts of Larceny After Breaking or Entering, three counts of Possession of Stolen Goods,…Read More »
In the early morning hours of April 4, 2022, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division responded to the area of Old Gilberttown Road, Rutherfordton, in reference to suspicious subjects in the area. While patrolling the vicinity, a deputy spotted a Dodge…Read More »
The Department of Transportation spent 2 days already collecting the illegally placed campaign signs of district attorney Ted Bell and appointed judge Ellen Shelley from local roadways.
Commutations are first after Governor’s Juvenile Sentence Review Board examined cases Raleigh Mar 10, 2022 Governor Cooper has commuted the sentences of three people who were convicted for crimes committed when they were teenagers. The commutations follow an intensive review of their…Read More »
On March 2, 2022, Hinesville Police Department, located in Georgia, contacted the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Apprehension Team (C.A.T.) about a fugitive from their state that they believed was possibly staying in Rutherford County: Terry Lee Sledge. Within a few hours…Read More »
FOREST CITY, N.C. – Police arrested a man Tuesday for a double homicide that happened five years ago in Forest City. According to the Forest City Police Department, a double homicide investigation began on May 19, 2017 when a concerned citizen notified…Read More »
