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Officer Hannah Shively and officer Jake Thompson of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Law Enforcement Division talk with boaters on Jordan Lake Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (WRC Photo)

May 22, 2026

Virtually every officer from every law enforcement agency is expected to be looking for impaired Memorial Day celebrants through the long holiday weekend. Drivers will be targeted in the “Click It or Ticket” effort, and boaters will be under the eye of the Wildlife Resources Commission as the On the Road, On the Water, Don’t Drink and Drive focuses on impaired and unsafe boaters. The holiday marks the start...

Olivia Wright, Karen Sheppard, Antonio Milan and Joyce Gainey. (CCSO Detention)

May 21, 2026

Deputies arrested two men and two women on prostitution, methamphetamine and human trafficking charges Wednesday. Arrest warrants state Kareen Sheppard, Rebecca Gainey, Olivia Bryant and Antonio Milligan were arrested on May 20. Warrants show that the four were arrested May 20. Details were not immediately available from the sheriff’s office. Sheppard, 50, gave a Greensboro address on his court records. He was charged with possession of methamphetamine and...

Ruth Ann Haynes (Detention Center)

May 18, 2026

The woman charged with assaulting a disabled child has been released on bond. Ruth Ann Haynes, 57, of Third Avenue, Chadbourn, was arrested Thursday on charges of felony assault on a disabled person, and assault and battery, according to warrants and Detention Center reports. She was released on $2,500 bond around a half-hour after being processed. Warrants show that Haynes allegedly beat a minor child with a “large...

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