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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 »
Earlier this year RC Catalyst requested the latest audit report of the Rutherford County Sheriff Dept.’s evidence room. The following two multi-page files of an audit performed by Det. Jamie Keever in 2019 are presented for your review. The purpose of an…Read More »
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 »
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 »
11-8-2020 Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office…..corrupt, mismanaged, or simply just overwhelmed? Their Vision Statement is as follows: To be recognized as a leading and professional Office, committed to our citizens and improving the quality of life in our county. “Commitment to our…Read More »
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 9/10/2020 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…Read More »
Chief Deputy Warren Sprouse fired Deputy Jamie Dunn this week after an incident at the jail. Dunn allegedly hit a handcuffed inmate, arrested in a domestic violence call and known to him from his substitute teacher days, after the inmate called his…Read More »
On July 20, 2020, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office received a report alleging that Claude Linden Keever had committed the offense of taking Indecent Liberties with a Child, NCGS§ 14-202.1, a felony crime. Upon receipt of this report, the Rutherford County Criminal…Read More »
Now that we have provided a broad sketch of the alleged racketeering enterprise involving, in part, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office and the narcotics team, RC Catalyst will begin providing detailed examples of how Murray and the black team prey on the…Read More »
