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Dollar General store robbed in Rowan County The store on Mooresville Road was robbed on Monday. (Source: David Whisenant-WBTV) By David Whisenant | December 16, 2020 at 2:20 PM EST - Updated December 16 at 2:20 PM ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - A man told a clerk at a Dollar General store in Rowan County that he had a gun, and then robbed the store. According to the report at the Rowan Sheriff’s Office, it happened on Monday afternoon at 2:45 pm at the store in the 2100 block of Mooresville Road. The man left the store on foot. When deputies arrived, they brought a K9 that was able to follow a track along a gravel road that went beside the store. The track ended at a Duke Energy substation. Deputies say it was obvious that a car had been parked there, and by the thrown gravel, had left very quickly. ....
Sheriff: Woman drives to work on I-85 at more than 100 mph while being pursued by Highway Patrol, Rowan deputies Keyanna Elizabeth Echols of Randleman was charged. (Source: Rowan Sheriff s Office) By David Whisenant | December 15, 2020 at 9:46 AM EST - Updated December 15 at 10:02 AM ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - A womanâs commute to work wasnât going to be slowed down by the Highway Patrol and Rowan County patrol cars that were pursuing her, according to a report at the Rowan Sheriffâs Office. Keyanna Elizabeth Echols, 19, of Randleman, was driving on I-85 in Rowan County on Monday afternoon heading to the Federal Express facility in Concord. A trooper with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol saw that Echols was speeding, and began to follow the 2019 Dodge Challenger that Echols was driving. ....
Suspect considered âarmed and dangerousâ apprehended by Rowan deputies Derrick Jewone Blackwell, Jr., is being held under a bond of $1.25 million. (Source: Rowan Sheriff s Office) By David Whisenant | December 15, 2020 at 9:55 AM EST - Updated December 15 at 9:55 AM ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - A man who was wanted on warrants for several violent crimes was apprehended by deputies in Rowan County on Friday. Investigators had been looking for Derrick Jewone Blackwell, Jr., 24. On Friday he was apprehended in a traffic stop in Rowan County by the Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) of the Rowan Sheriffâs Office. Blackwell is a suspect in two armed robberies in Salisbury, a bank robbery in Surry County, and a shooting in Mocksville. When arrested by the CRU, Blackwell was in possession of a loaded gun. ....
Rowan County deputy who died in car crash is escorted to Rockwell Rowan County deputy dies days after crash By David Whisenant | December 14, 2020 at 4:48 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 6:52 PM ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - Kara Alsup, the 25-year-old Rowan County Sheriffâs Office deputy who died in a crash n Charlotte last week received a police escort back to Rockwell on Monday. Alsup was brought back to the Powles-Staton Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are pending. Before going to Rockwell, the procession went through downtown Salisbury and in front of the Rowan Sheriffâs Office. âI think that the officers and the personnel from the courthouse, clerk of court, judges, showed respect and honor for her career as a detention officer and I think everyone has been touched by the accidentâ¦a life cut too short,â said Major John Sifford. ....
Rowan County deputy dies at hospital days after serious crash along I-85 in Charlotte Rowan County deputy dies at hospital days after serious crash along I-85 in Charlotte By WBTV Web Staff | December 9, 2020 at 7:49 AM EST - Updated December 13 at 1:46 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A Rowan County deputy who was involved in a serious wreck along I-85 in Charlotte earlier this week has died, according to the Rowan County Sheriff. Kara Alsup, 25, died in the hospital Saturday afternoon, just before 12:30 p.m. Alsup started working at the Rowan Sheriff’s Office in the detention center on June 18, 2020. Breaking from Rowan Sheriff: Kara Alsup, the deputy who was injured this week in a crash on I-85 in Charlotte passed away this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/WaIKMEKEMz David Whisenant WBTV (@DavidWhisenant) December 12, 2020 ....