CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. — A manhunt Tuesday ended with an arrest less than a mile from an elementary school in Catawba County.
Sheriff’s deputies said they responded to a home near Banoak Elementary School in Vale Tuesday morning after they said a woman was assaulted.
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SWAT team members found Gregory Lackey after searching for two hours.
Investigators said a man who lived at the home ran into the woods along Highway 10.
The elementary school went into lockdown as a precaution.
Deputies said they had been called to the home three times over the 24 hours before his arrest.
Lackey is charged with assault on a female and communicating threats.
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