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Tarboro police detective suspended for post about Trump assassination attempt
A Tarboro police detective sergeant is currently suspended without pay after suggesting via his social media link that former President Donald Trump should have ended up dead in a recent assassination attempt while campaigning in Pennsylvania. Brandon Richardson, who has been on the town’s police force for nearly 24 years, was taken off the payroll Monday and until further notice as further disciplinary action is still being considered, Town Manager Troy Lewis said in email correspondence Tuesday. ...
Deputies: Corrections officer caught with cocaine
A North Carolina corrections officer and a Lee County man face a litany of drug charges following their arrests last week. Kenderick Antonio Womble, 52, and Gregory Wayne Baker, 47, were charged after sheriff’s deputies from Lee, Nash and Edgecombe counties conducted a July 9 traffic stop along U.S. Highway 1 near Deep River Road. Authorities say Womble was driving […] The post Deputies: Corrections officer caught with cocaine first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Job losses mount for social media posts after assassination attempt
(The Center Square) – Explained as an attempt at dark humor following the attempted assassination of a former president, a social media post from a police officer in North Carolina has brought small town attention for all the wrong reasons. Former President Donald Trump survived in Bulter, Pa., last Saturday. It’s anybody’s guess if Brandon Richardson’s career with the Tarboro Police Department does, too. The tide of exits is rising. ...
Have you seen her? Missing Sampson County teen might be in Rocky Mount, sheriff’s office says
CLINTON, N.C. (WNCN) — Investigators are asking for help to find a teenaged girl who disappeared in Sampson County, the sheriff’s office said Wednesday. Deputies said 17-year-old Marissa Avery Daggs was last seen around midnight Monday night, or early Tuesday morning, at her home in Clinton. The sheriff’s...
Nash County cousins charged in Wilson shooting
WILSON — Two cousins face attempted murder charges after police say gunshots were fired at a Wilson man from a car last week. Daquon Horne, 23, of the 1000 block of Russell Street in Rocky Mount and Tyrek Kedrien Horne, 20, of the 100 block of Armstrong Drive in Sharpsburg are charged with one count each of attempted first-degree murder […] The post Nash County cousins charged in Wilson shooting first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Deputies in three counties conduct probe leading to arrest of correctional officer
A correctional officer and a man, both Sanford area residents, are facing illegal drug-related charges as a result of a probe by the sheriff’s offices in Nash County, Edgecombe County and Lee County. Narcotics agents confiscated more than five pounds of cocaine and multiple firearms in the probe. Kendrick Womble, an employee of the N.C. Department of Adult Correction, was arrested after a traffic stop for speeding shortly after 8 a.m. July 9 on U.S. 1 northeast of Sanford, the Nash County Sheriff’s Office said...
Crime Roundup: Copper stolen from Bethel air conditioning units
An estimated $18,000 in copper was stolen from air conditioning units in Bethel over the weekend, law enforcement documents show. Incident reports from the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office said the thefts were reported at 8:47 a.m. Saturday from three residences in the 100 block of West Railroad Street. It is believed the larcenies occurred between Thursday afternoon and the time of the report. A spokesman for the sheriff’s office said...
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