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On July 27, 2021 deputies with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 150 Candy Turf in Forest City reference to a shooting. When deputies arrived they found Thomas Liebel (33) deceased from a gunshot wound. Detectives with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s…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 »
ROBERT GENE SISK, DOB: 6/29/1988 Wanted for two counts of Felony Larceny of Motor Vehicle and a Felony Probation Violation ROGER GENE COOK, DOB: 10/4/1982 Wanted for multiple Orders of Arrest which include Conspire to Traffic Methamphetamine, Possession of Methamphetamine, Violation of…Read More »
Sheriff Chris Francis and the North Carolina Justice Academy are proud to announce that Cpl. Jamor Logan of the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office recently completed the School Resource Officer Certificate Program at the N.C. Justice Academy. Cpl. Logan is the 330th participant to…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 »
May 14, 2021 Rutherfordton- Here in Rutherford County we have our own issue with the justice system withholding body cam video. It involves the shooting death of Ethan Calton on December 1st of last year. It has been determined by autopsy that…Read More »
As RC Catalyst has previously reported, Deputy Tyler Greene from the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office is under investigation by the State Bureau of Investigations (“SBI”) for fatally shooting Ethan Calton in the back on December 1, 2020. In the immediate aftermath of…Read More »
On 4-2-2021, at approximately 2137 hours, Deputy H. Haynes with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office Road Patrol Division attempted to stop a motorcycle for a traffic violation in the area of Ferry Rd and Island Ford Rd. The motorcycle, which was driven…Read More »
