CRIME & SAFETY
RCSO: Felon caught with drugs, gun in car stolen from Hamlet
ROCKINGHAM — A convicted felon was released on an unsecured bond Sunday after allegedly being caught with drugs and a gun in a stolen vehicle. According to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy with the Traffic Safety Unit was assisted by investigators with the Community Impact Team on Sunday, May 5 after stopping a car that was reported stolen to the Hamlet Police Department.
South Carolina homicide suspects apprehended in North Carolina, sheriff’s office says
RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A Piedmont Triad sheriff’s office has arrested people wanted out of South Carolina for homicide. According to the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, on May 3 area agencies were alerted by York County authorities about two homicide suspects that had left South Carolina heading north on I-85, believed to be near […]
Official resigns after guilty plea to drug conspiracy in Mississippi and North Carolina vape shops
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — A city council member in south Mississippi is leaving office after pleading guilty to a federal conspiracy charge related to running a business that sold illegal drugs in his home state and North Carolina. Robert Leon Deming, III, announced his resignation from the Biloxi City...
Missing 'endangered' teenager from NC no longer sought
ATLANTA - The missing "endangered" teenager from North Carolina is no longer being sought. The alert has been canceled. Police did not give any other information about the teen's status. ORIGINAL. A missing "endangered" teenager from North Carolina may be in the Atlanta area, according to Atlanta police. Destinie Desire,...
Former employees say short-staffed NC psych hospital rife with violence, abuse
Claims of assault and over-medicating kids in crisis at NC facility. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article mentions self-harm, suicide, sexual assault, violence and psychiatric hospitalization. If you need mental health support, call or text 988 or consult this resources page or our county-by-county mental health resource guide. In June last...
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