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Fort Liberty Solider Arrested for Sex Crimes with Minor at Asheboro Park

Crime

ASHEBORO N.C. — A U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Liberty in North Carolina was arrested overnight at a local park in Asheboro, accused of engaging in sexual activity with a minor. Late on Wednesday March 20th, officers with the Asheboro Police Department responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle at a local park past curfew. According to a press release from the Department, officers found a male, later identified as 27-year-old Eric Timothy Fitch with a 13-year-old juvenile female in the vehicle along with evidence that Fitch had engaged in sexual activity with the female. Detectives took over the investigation and just past 10 p.m. that night Fitch was arrested and charged with statutory rape of child under 15, two counts of statutory sex offense with child under 15, dis...

Robin Sage Being Held Across 25 North Carolina Counties, Including Randolph

News

Special Forces candidates assigned to the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School assault enemy role players as they take part in the final phase of field training known as Robin Sage in central North Carolina, Sept. 28, 2021. (K. Kassens/U.S. Army ASHEBORO N.C. – U.S. Army Special Forces students will take part in the final test of their training this month in the Robin Sage training exercise across central North Carolina, including here in Randolph County. Taking place this year from Jan. 22nd through Feb. 4th 2022, students from the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg along with other military's units and civilians will all take part in the exercise known as Robin Sage. The exercise takes place in the fictional natio...

Military Exercise ‘Robin Sage’ Taking Place In Randolph County

Government

Photo provided by US Army USAJFKSWCS Public Affairs Office FORT BRAGG, NC (US Army USAJFKSWCS) - This month, Special Forces candidates will participate in the Robin Sage training exercise, held within multiple North Carolina counties as the final test of their Special Forces Qualification Course training. Between March 27 through April 11, students will participate in this exercise before graduating the course and moving on to their first assignments in the Army's Special Forces community. Robin Sage is a two-week culmination exercise. The participants are students at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, based out of Fort Bragg. The exercise's notional country of Pineland encompasses Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Davie...