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Apr282022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Asheboro Police Investigating 2 Discharging Firearms Calls Over Weekend

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ASHEBORO N.C. - Asheboro police are investigating two calls for discharging firearms, including one where two vehicles were struck last Sunday and Monday. On April 24th 2022 just before 5 pm, officers with the Asheboro Police Department responded to Walnut St for a call about shots fired in the area. According to a report officers secured and searched the area but were unable to locate a suspect or victim. A witness on scene told police the incident had happened an hour prior and police ended up taking a report for documentation. The next day on April 25th 2022, at around 6:20 pm, officers were called to Loach st on the eastside of the city. A caller reported that they had heard shots fired and that two vehicles in the area had been struck. No suspect or victim was located. Anyo...

Apr272022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Two Seperate Burglary Suspects Caught Red Handed By Homeowner, Arrested

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ASHEBORO N.C. - Two separate homeowners caught burglary suspects red handed before they tried to flee and were arrested by police. On April 18, 2022, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office responded to McNeal St, in Asheboro for a report of a burglary in progress. Deputies say when they arrived the victim reported they arrived home to find a female inside the master bedroom of the home. The female suspect, whom the Sheriff’s Office identified as Traci Underwood Andrews, reportedly jumped from the bedroom window and fled on foot to ablack truck and tried to drive off through the yard but wrecked in a ditch on McMasters St. Police say they located the vehicle with Andrews still sitting inside. During the investigation at the residence, several bags containing the victim’s personal belongi...

Apr262022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Man Arrested Following Police Chase of Motorcycle

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ASHEBORO N.C. - Police say they arrested a man following a vehicle chase where he tried to flee on foot after the motorcycle he was driving without a license or plate broke down during the chase. The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office says on April 23rd, 2022, they were involved in a pursuit with a male on a motorcycle on Roseway Rd. in Trinity after he tried to flee from police who had tried to pull him over. The driver who identified in a press release as Michael Richard English, was forced to bail on foot on Beeson Farm Rd, after his motorcycle "developed mechanical issues". Police say English jumped from the motorcycle and proceeded to flee on foot before being quickly apprehended. Following him being captured deputies say a search located methamphetamine and paraphernalia. En...

Apr262022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Grand Jury Issues Indictment Following Investigation, 59 Grams of Meth Seized

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ASHEBORO N.C. - A woman was arrested yesterday on a traffic stop for a warrant of indictment from the Randolph County Grand Jury. Rona Lee Brown According to information released by the Randolph County Sheriff's Office, during the February session of the Randolph County Grand Jury, a True Bill of Indictment was issued on Rona Lee Brown following an investigation by the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office Vice Unit which say they seized approximately 59 grams of Methamphetamine. The indictment issued for Brown was for Felony Trafficking in Methamphetamine (2 Counts) and Felony Possession with Intent to Manufacture/Sell/Deliver Schedule II Controlled Substance. Brown was apprehended yesterday, April 25, 2022, in Seagrove after a traffic stop was conducted on a vehicle she was driv...

Apr252022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Three Charged In Connection To March Armed Robbery of 311 Biz Center

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ASHEBORO N.C. - Two adults and a juvenile have been charged in connection with an armed robbery of the Biz Center on US Hwy 311 in Archdale last month. On March 25th, 2022, at approximately 6:28 am, deputies responded to an armed robbery at the Biz Center on US Hwy 311 in Archdale. According to the Sheriff's Department surveillance video showed one black male enter the business followed by two additional black males One suspect robbed a customer of the business of money and a cell phone while the other two suspects pointed a gun to an employee demanding cash and other items. A few seconds later, all three males entered the office, two of which were holding guns and pointing them at the employee, forcing him back into the gaming area to remove all additional cash from the machines. ...

Apr252022 by Scott PelkeyNo Comments

3 Arrests Following Multi-Agency Operation Into Child Pornography Cybertips

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(Stock photo via Adobe Stock) ASHEBORO N.C. - During National Child Abuse Awareness Month the Randolph County Sheriff's Office worked with local, state, and federal agencies for a special joint operation investigating cybertips traced to locations within Randolph County. According to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office on April 13th and 14th, 2022, the agencies Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Team conducted Operation "I See You", focusing on child pornography cybertips, to determine the validity of just over 100 pending tips by conducting interviews, computer examinations, cell phone data extractions, and analyzing evidence. The Sheriff's office says the joint operation included a combination of agents, analysts, ICAC and forensic detectives from the Randolph County ...

Apr252022 by Sky EmersonNo Comments

Asheboro Police Assigns SET Team To East-Side After Recent Shootings & Violence

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An officer with Asheboro Police Dept's SET team examines a white power substance found in a vehicle they were searching on a traffic stop. (Acme News Archive) ASHEBORO N.C. - After a string of shootings and violence on the east-side of the city the Asheboro Police Department has told officers from it's Special Enforcement Team (SET) to focus on the area. Following the March 22nd 2022 shooting on Colridge Rd where a 19-year-old and two juveniles were injured the Asheboro Police Department has been tracking an increase in the number of violent crimes reported on the east-side of the city, Since the beginning of the month the Asheboro Police Department has apparently told its Special Enforcement Team (SET) to step up patrols the area. According to the department's website the Sp...

Apr222022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Woman Arrested On Warrant For Vehicle Theft Pepper Sprays Officer

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ASHEBORO N.C. - A woman is facing additional charges after she pepper sprayed an officer while being arrested on an outstanding warrant. On April 14, 2022, Asheboro Police Department arrested Kristi Jo Moss Hodge on multiple outstanding warrants and orders for arrest. Officers located evidence during the arrest that linked Hodge to an April 12th vehicle theft in Ramseur that the Randolph County Sheriff's Office was investigating. According to an official with the Asheboro Police Department, shortly after Hodge was placed into handcuffs she was able to slip her hand out of one of the cuffs and retrieve a pepper spray container from her bra area. That's when according to police Hodge sprayed one officer in the face with the spray, before being once again secured in handcuffs. A second...

Apr152022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Couple Wanted For Carjacking In Craven County Arrested In Franklinville

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ASHEBORO N.C. - A couple wanted for a carjacking in Craven county were arrested today in Franklinville after a 911 call for a suspicious person led deputies to them. According to a press release by the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, on April 15th, 2022, at around 8 am, deputies were dispatched to Millboro Rd in Franklinville for a call about a suspicious person. The caller told police that a male and female were on the front porch and they looked like the subjects that had been associated with an assault and carjacking in the New Bern area of Craven County. The Craven County Sheriff’s Office had issued warrants for both subjects for felony common law robbery, felony larceny of a motor vehicle and felony assault on a disabled person. An alert had been sent out to the Randolph Cou...

Apr142022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Suspect Arrested In Connection With Franklinville Break-Ins

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ASHEBORO N.C. - The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office says they have arrested a suspect in connection with the vandalism and burglary of a church and burglary of a local convenience store in Franklinville. According to a press release on April 6th, 2022, the Sheriff’s Office responded to West Main Street inFranklinville after getting a call about vandalism that occured at a church. Just two days later deputies were called back to the same church for a burglary.From speaking with the 911 caller they learned that an unknown subject had forcibly broken into the church fellowship hall and had gone through the storage room and all of the closets. according to the Sheriff's Office the suspect had damaged parts of the building during the break in. Crime Scene Investigations responded and collec...