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Apr62022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Multi-Agency Drug Investigation Leads To Arrest Of Randolph County Man for Trafficking

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ASHEBORO N.C. - An investigation into fentanyl by the Randolph County Sheriff's Office resulted to a multi-agency drug investigation leading to a Randolph County man facing felony trafficking charges. According to a press release by the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, on April 1st, 2022, the Criminal Interdiction Team conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that police say was operated by Jarvis James Siler. During a search of that vehicle the Sheriff's Office says they found a trafficking amount of Fentanyl and MDMA (the active ingredient in Ecstasy) was seized. Detectives with the Sheriff’s Office Vice and Narcotics Division also executed a search warrant at a business operated by Siler located in Archdale. During the search, Detectives say they located and seized an additional tr...

Mar302022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Asheboro Police Announce Arrest in Millikan Ave Shooting

Crime

ASHEBORO N.C. - The Asheboro Police Department has announced today that they have charged four individuals in connection with the shooting of a 17 year-old on Millikan Ave back on March 19th 2022. In a press release sent out today, the Asheboro Police Department announced that on the March 29th 2022 Detective L. Johnson with the Asheboro Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division secured charges on four individuals for the shooting of a 17 year-old juvenile which occurred back on March 19th 2022 on Millikan Avenue in Asheboro. Of those charged are three were juveniles, including two 14 year-olds and a 16 year-old who were all charged with Attempted Murder, Armed Robbery, Discharging a Barreled Weapon into Occupied Property Causing Serious Bodily Injury, and Assault with a...

Mar292022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Five Recent Search Warrants in Randolph County Result To Multiple Arrests

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mehaniq41 / Adobe Stock ASHEBORO N.C. - Five recent search warrants over the last month and a half have led to multiple people being arrested on various drug charges and warrants. Three of the search warrants were conducted by the Asheboro Police Departments' VICE & Narcotics team with the help of the department's Special Enforcement Team and one warrant was conducted by the Randolph County Sheriff's Office, and another by both the Randolph & Chatham County Sheriff's Office. On February 9th 2022, The Asheboro Police Department VICE/Narcotics Unit and Special Enforcement Team executed a search warrant at a home on Oakmont Dr as well as on Anna Michelle Hughes. A police report says that when executing the warrant officers detained multiple individuals. Police say they seize...

Mar282022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Settlement in Lawsuit Over Revocation of Licenses for Not Paying Traffic / Court Debts

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ASHEBORO N.C. - The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NC DOT) which operates the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), has announced there has been a settlement in the class-action lawsuit filed back in May of 2018 by several groups including the ACLU on behalf of drivers who lost their licenses because they didn’t pay fines. Over the next 60 days the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles (NC DMV) will be contacting more than 185,000 drivers whose licenses were revoked for their failure to pay fines and other court costs. A special notice will inform drivers about their ability under North Carolina General Statute § 20-24.1 to have the NCDMV lift those revocations if the sentencing court finds their failure to pay was not willful and was instead due to their inability to affo...

Mar262022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Veterinarians and Randolph Public Health Sponsoring Rabies Clinic

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ASHEBORO N.C. (RCPH) - Local participating Randolph County Veterinarians and the Randolph County Public Health are sponsoring a special Quarterly Rabies Clinic. Rabies vaccinations will be available for your pets on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. The clinic will be held during regular business hours at the offices of the participating veterinarians. The cost is only $10.00 per dog or cat. The best way to protect your pet and family is to have your pet vaccinated. Puppies and kittens should receive their first rabies shot at 4 months, the second at 16 months, and then every three years thereafter. Please bring your pet’s certificate of previous vaccinations so your veterinarian can update this record. If you have any questions about the Rabies Clinic, pleas...

Mar252022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Board of Elections Special Meeting (Archdale One-Stop early voting site)

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NOTICE OF SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGThe Randolph County Board of Elections will hold a special called meeting on Monday, March 28, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. at the Board of Elections Office, 1457 N. Fayetteville St., Asheboro. The Board will consider moving the Archdale One-Stop early voting site to the former Braxton Craven School gym in Trinity for the May 17, 2022 Primary Election.For more information, call the Board of Elections at 336-318-6900.Govt Notice > Randolph > BoE

Mar212022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Up The Creek, Without A Meth Pipe

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Small Creek (Stock Photo - MelissaMN/Adobe Stock) ASHEBORO N.C. - A call to check on a man attempting to start a fire in a bird bath led to a brief struggle with officers when police say the suspect threw a meth pipe into a creek before being arrested. On March 18th 2022, Officers with the Asheboro Police Department responded to Glenwood Rd in reference to a welfare check on a male subject. Officers spoke with the homeowner who said there was a male subject standing by the creek on his property. According to a police report the homeowner told police he had asked the subject multiple times to leave the property and that the subject was attempting to start a fire in a bird bath. Officers attempted to speak to the subject, but the male began to walk away. When officers told him to s...

Mar212022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Man Arrested On Warrants From Two Agencies For Sex Crimes

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ASHEBORO N.C. - A local man was arrested on warrants from both the Randolph County Sheriffs Office and the Asheboro Police Department for alleged sex crimes involving a child. On December 22, 2021, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office says they received a report of a sexual offense allegedly committed by Luis Enrique Torres. That investigation led Detectives from the Sheriff's Office's Criminal Investigations Division to seek charges for two counts of Felony Indecent Liberties with aChild, Felony Statutory Sex Offense with a Child, and Misdemeanor Harassing Phone Calls. The Asheboro Police Department had also obtained warrants for Torres for Felony Indecent Liberties with a Child and Felony Statutory Sex Offense with a Child. On March 18, 2022, Torres was located, arrested and t...

Mar212022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Busted In A Getaway Vehicle – Man Arrested After Leading Police On A Chase

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ASHEBORO N.C. - A man who led police on a vehicle chase was arrested early Saturday morning after police pulled over the "getaway vehicle" that had come to pick him up. According to a press release from the Randolph County Sheriff's Office, on March 19, 2022, at around 3:00 am, a Randolph County Sheriff’s Deputy tried to pull over a motorcycle on Finch Farm Rd., in the Trinity area. The driver failed to stop and a led police on a chase. On Bescher Chapel Road the driver fled into a field, ditched the motorcycle and fled on foot. Police setup a perimeter in the area and conducted traffic stops on vehicles. The suspect who police identified as Dakota James Foley was located during one of those traffic stops in a vehicle that had come to picked him up. Foley was taken to the Randolph ...

Mar202022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Juvenile Airlifted following Asheboro Shooting

Crime

READ THE UPDATE TO THIS STORY Asheboro Police Announce Arrest in Millikan Ave Shooting ASHEBORO N.C. - A 17-year-old had to be airlifted in critical condition after being injured in a shooting late Saturday night. According to a press release from the Asheboro Police Department, on Saturday, March 19th, 2022, at approximately 10:58 PM, officers responded to Randolph Health in reference to a gunshot victim. When officers arrived they discovered that a 17 year-old juvenile had been shot in the head at a location on Millikan Avenue in Asheboro. The victim was subsequently airlifted to another medical facility. Police say preliminary information they gathered suggests that the juvenile and an 18 year-old male had gone to the location on Millikan Avenue and were confronted ...