Rutherford County, NC, Western North Carolina, News,arrests, RC Catalyst, Judicial District 29A
The Rutherfordton Police Department is asking for help identifying subject shown in photos. She is wanted for questioning in an incident at the Dollar General Store in Rutherfordton NC on 07/24/2021. These are the best photos we could get off the surveillance…Read More »
On July 23, 2021, Judge William Wood ordered that District Attorney Ted Bell release the unaltered body camera footage involving the fatal shooting of Ethan Calton by Deputy Tyler Greene of the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. Previously, Calton’s family had filed a…Read More »
RUTHERFORDTON — Ethan Calton’s wife Danielle, whose husband was shot in the back by RC Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Tyler Greene, has filed a motion for contempt against District Attorney Ted Bell. According to the filing the version of deputy’s body cam video…Read More »
North Carolina State Bar Statement on the Gregory Newman Matter Date: April 28, 2021 On November 12-13, 2020, the Disciplinary Hearing Commission held a disciplinary hearing to decide whether Gregory Newman engaged in professional misconduct. As in all cases brought before the…Read More »
“As for Pool’s role in the matter, Bell said his actions did not rise to the level of a crime; therefore, he would not face criminal charges.” Daily Courier article, November 18th, 2019 by Ritchie Starnes. The censure of Mr. Randy…Read More »
Yesterday the N.C. Supreme Court censured former District Court Judge Randy Pool for violations of the North Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct and “for conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the judicial office into disrepute.” A censure is a…Read More »
Due to the unavailability of witnesses on June 1, Defense Attorney Garland F. Byers, Jr. asked the Superior Court judge to keep this caser open to be heard later this session. Byers told the judge that it was possible that he and…Read More »
May 28, 2021 Yesterday I went to court to support Ethan Calton’s mother Gwynne Miller King in her quest for answers about her son’s death. After six months of asking both Sheriff Chris Francis and District Attorney Ted Bell to see the…Read More »
Leaders say justice denied and public confidence undermined by lack of criminal charges against deputies who fatally shot Brown. by Laura Lee and Jordan Wilkie May 19, 2021 CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS Protesters march in Elizabeth City after the fatal shooting of Andrew…Read More »
McDowell County – Deputy Robert Watson of the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged Jacquelyn Taylor Williams, 25, address listed as homeless, with larceny of a motor vehicle and failure to heed a blue light and siren. An Old Morganton Road resident reported…Read More »
