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Apr62022 by Scott PelkeyNo Comments

NWS Calls For Strong Thunderstorms Starting This Evening

Weather

ASHEBORO N.C. - The National Weather Service in Raleigh is warning of the risk of isolated severe thunderstorms are possible late with damaging winds starting this evening. A Hazardous Weather Outlook posted this morning warns of strong to potentially isolated severe thunderstorms starting tonight and continuing through Thursday morning. The main threat is damaging wind. The primary threat from these storms is damaging winds with wind gusts tonight reaching between 20 and 25mph. Forecast TonightA chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 63. South wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an i...

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

Crime

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 Scott PelkeyNo Comments

Asheboro PD VICE/Narcotics Team Cracks Down on Illegal THC Devices At Local Vape Shops

News

Stock Photo - Marijuana/THC/CBD Products (H-ko/Adobe Stock) ASHEBORO N.C. - The Asheboro Police Departments' VICE & Narcotics unit recently conducted undercover buys at local vape shops to test THC levels of products leading to two search warrants and at least one person being criminally charged. First the elephant in the room: "Wait, THC isn't legal, is it?" In 2018 when hemp was legalized through the farm bill a psychoactive compound called delta-8 was also legalized. Delta-8 is related to Delta-9 which is a THC compound in the cannabis plant that produces the "high", people associate with marijuana. Delta-8 can produces feelings of euphoria, provide pain relief, and help with anxiety by causing a feeling of relaxation, just with a "high" is a lot milder. Delta-8 is legal only...

Mar282022 by Scott PelkeyNo Comments

Despite String Of Recent Vehicle Thefts Police Say Thefts Are Trending Down

Breaking News

Stock photo - Cars in parking lot) (methaphum/Adobe Stock) ASHEBORO N.C. - Despite a recent string of vehicle thefts, the total number of cars stolen are actually down according to data from police. This month Acme News has seen a lot of police reports and press releases involving stolen vehicles coming through our newsroom. On March 3, 2022, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office responded to US Hwy 311 in Sophia, in after getting a call about subjects in the parking lot in a vehicle that the caller believed was stolen. Deputies located the stolen vehicles and arrested Thomas Brandon Simms and Tori Ladena Henderson for various charges including Felony Possession of Stolen Motor Vehicle as well as drug charges. On March 5, 2022, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office received a ...

Mar252022 by Acme News WireNo Comments

No One Injured In Asheboro House Fire

News

ASHEBORO N.C. (ACME NEWS) - No one was injured in a house fire in Asheboro where firefighters arrived to find a fully involved house fire Friday afternoon. Just before 2:30 pm, on Friday March 25th 2022, Firefighters with the Asheboro Fire Department were called to a house on N Church Street. First unit to arrive on scene advised a small house was fully involved. Firefighters were able to get the fire under control in just under an hour. The house involved was a total loss and the American Red Cross was called in to assist the residents who were displaced. The heat from the fire also damaged a neighbor's fence and siding and power had to be temporarily cut off after live power lines began arching and shooting out sparks. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is und...

Mar252022 by Scott PelkeyNo Comments

Active Shooter False Alarm Blamed On Misunderstanding

News

Acme News ASHEBORO N.C. - For 2 minutes on Tuesday afternoon officers with the Asheboro Police Department thought they were racing towards the call no officer wants to hear, but it all turned out to be a misunderstanding. The afternoon of Tuesday March 22nd officers with the Asheboro Police Department had been on the scene of a shooting on Kemp Blvd where a 19-year-old and two juveniles had been shot for just shy of two hours. At the same time deputies and troopers were out on Vision Drive with a driver who was being arrested for DUI after being chased down by a DMV officer who saw the driver firing a gun into the air while driving down the road. In the midst of all that, at 6:10 pm, a call came into the Randolph County 911 center. A confused caller was reporting a possible acti...

Mar222022 by Sky EmersonNo Comments

National Weather Service Warns Of Possible Severe Weather Wednesday

Weather

ASHEBORO N.C. - Forecasters with the National Weather Service in Raleigh have issued a hazardous weather outlook warning of possible severe thunderstorms, strong winds, and localized flooding for Wednesday. Almost all of central North Carolina including the Triad was placed under a level 2 "slight risk" by the Storm Prediction Center. Meteorologist say Wednesday afternoon, likely around 3 pm, is when they expect to see the greatest threat of severe weather. (Credit: National Weather Service) Thunderstorms in the afternoon may range from strong to severe with damaging winds as high as 60 mph possible. Minor flooding, hail, and even an isolated tornado are also possible. 3 Day Forecast WednesdayShowers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Some of t...

Mar222022 by Acme News WireNo Comments

Three Injured In Asheboro Shooting

Breaking News

(Scott Pelkey / Acme News) ASHEBORO N.C. (ACME NEWS) - Detectives and CSI are on the scene of a shooting where three people were injured this afternoon. A press release from the Asheboro Police Department says at around 4:30 pm, patrol officers were dispatched to the area of Coleridge Road near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in reference to a shooting. Arriving officers found 3 victims, a 19 year old male and two juveniles who had all been shot. (Scott Pelkey / Acme News) All individuals were transported to a local medical facility. Two of the shooting victims were subsequently airlifted to another medical facility. The names and condition of those victims has not yet been released. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Randolph County Crimestopp...

Mar212022 by Randolph News NowNo Comments

Up The Creek, Without A Meth Pipe

Crime

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...