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Apr122022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Man Arrested After Family Fight, Released, Arrested Again Hours Later

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ASHEBORO N.C. - A suspect arrested after a family fight where he tried to assault the victims with a knife was arrested just 4 hours later when he returned to the home and threatened the victims with a gun. According to a press release from the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, On April 10th, 2022, at around 7:00 pm, deputies responded to Acts Temple Dr. in Randleman for a call about a family fight in progress. When police arrived they say victims and witnesses reported that Ricky Shannon Housand had tried to assault the victim with a knife. Housand was arrested and taken to the Randolph County jail, where the magistrate found probable cause for the charge of misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon. Housand was given a $2,500 secured bond with a first appearance scheduled for Ap...

Apr112022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Police Say Man Chased Victim With Machete During Fight At Randolph Inn

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ASHEBORO N.C. - A local man was arrested Sunday after police responded to a call about shots fired at the Randolph Inn in Asheboro. According to a press release by the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, on April 10th, 2022, police were dispatched to the area of Albemarle Rd after 911 caller reported someone was firing a gun. Units with the Asheboro Police Department arrived first at the Randolph Inn also responded. Police say they witnessed subjects fighting in the parking lot. The alleged assailant, identified in the press release as as Trevor Aaron Holmes, was detained. Victims reported that Holmes had been chasing them around the vehicle with a machete. Randolph County EMS responded to treat the an unknown number of victims injured in the attack. Holmes was arrested by th...

Apr22022 by Scott PelkeyNo Comments

Sheriff’s Office Investigates Theft Ring of Catalytic Converters & Copper, Announces Arrests

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ASHEBORO N.C. - Four individuals are facing a total of 69 felony charges following an investigation into a theft-ring stealing catalytic converters and copper in northwestern Randolph County. After being rescheduled from earlier this month, the Randolph County Sheriff's Office held a press conference on April 1st 2022, where they revealed they had been involved in a multi-week investigation into what they called a "theft-ring" operating in the Trinity, Archdale, Thomasville, and High Point areas. That investigation led to the arrest of four men who combined are now facing almost 70 felonies. LIVE: Press Conference on catalytic converter thefts and impact. Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey joins @RandolphCountyNCSheriffsOffice and State Sen. Dave Craven in Asheboro, NC. #cat...

Mar302022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Asheboro Police Announce Arrest in Millikan Ave Shooting

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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...

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

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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 ...

Mar92022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Man With 15 Warrants from GA Arrested On Traffic Stop in Randolph County

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ASHEBORO N.C. - A man with 15 outstanding warrants was arrested during a traffic stop on I-73 last week, and things only got worse from there. According to a press release from the the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, on March 3rd, 2022, Detectives with the Vice & Narcotics Unit pulled over a vehicle on I-73 North at exit 79. The driver, who they identified as Joseph Adam Spaugh, wanted out of the State of Georgia with full extradition as well as fifteen warrants. Spaugh was placed under arrest. During a search of the vehicle police say they found methamphetamine and paraphernalia. Spaugh was taken to the Randolph County Jail where police say they then found more methamphetamine when jail staff searched him. Spaugh was served the outstanding warrants and the magistrate found pr...