Monday’s Arrests
Category: RC Sheriff’s Department
Advisory: BOLO: STOLEN TRUCK and PERSON OF INTEREST
Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office requests the public’s assistance in locating a stolen truck and a person of interest. . On 01/13/2021 Morrow Motors reported that sometime between 2000 hrs on 01/12/2021 and 0815 hrs on 01/13/2021 someone broke into their garage, and…Read More »
Rutherford Correctional Center offender dies after testing positive for COVID-19
Press release from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety: A Rutherford Correctional Center offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital. “We continue to work diligently to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in our…Read More »
Community: Armed Robber Suspect Arrested
Stephon Lovell Kerns, a 32 year old resident of Spartanburg, South Carolina, was arrested today for Armed Robbery and Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. On 12/21/2020, the HomeTrust Bank, located at 351 Butler Road in Forest City, was robbed by…Read More »
Community: ALERT: New Scam Targeting Citizens
A malicious scam has been targeting local citizens with North Carolina Concealed Handgun Permits (NCCHP). Those targeted by this scam have received text messages alerting them that their permit needs to be changed or renewed. This message also offers a link to…Read More »
It Appears In Rutherford County The Grinch Is Alive And Well
Dec. 11, 2020 Forest City: Two weeks before Christmas a young single mother has lost her job apparently because she dared to stand up for what she perceived was an injustice to a friend. Lexie Kennedy organized a protest meeting for this…Read More »
RC Commissioner Meeting Public Comment Presentation by Deborah Keller
From Monday night’s meeting . . . 12/07/2020 Good evening gentlemen, it is good to see you all and be back in this chamber again. I felt compelled to speak to you tonight about the current events that are happening in our…Read More »
Witnesses’ Accounts Differ from Sheriff’s on Calton’s Death
At approximately 4:25 pm on December 1, 2020, Ethan Calton, 28, lost his life after being shot in the back by Officer Tyler Greene of the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. Officer Greene is the leader of the Interdiction Team of the Sheriff’s…Read More »
One Dies in RC Sheriff’s Deputy Shooting
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. — One person was killed Tuesday afternoon in a shooting involving a Rutherford County (RC) deputy. Deputies were attempting to serve a warrant at a house just south of the Rutherfordton city limits. According to reports the person started…Read More »
UPDATE: Body of Daryl Price possibly located
12-1-2020 INVESTIGATION UPDATE: Body of Daryl Price possibly located At approximately 5:51 p.m., detectives located a body in the Bill’s Creek area of Rutherford County whom they believe to be Daryl Price. The body will be sent to Wake Forest for an…Read More »