Suspect dies after officer-involved shooting near Churchland
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On May 22, at approximately 1 p.m., Davidson County Sheriff s Office deputies responded to the 8900 block of N.C. Highway 150 South near Churchland regarding multiple subjects exchanging gunfire.
When deputies arrived, they were met by a subject that pointed them in the direction of the suspect, Adam Hartley, according to a news release from the sheriff s office.
Deputies said they tracked Hartley through a wooded area and observed him in the back yard of a residence in the 9000 block of NC Hwy 150 South. When deputies encountered Hartley, they said Hartley was armed with a firearm and an edged weapon.
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The Flame of Hope, which is the symbol of Special Olympics, was back in Davidson County and like almost everything affected by the pandemic, it was different this time.
After missing the annual North Carolina Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run last year, organizers in Davidson County decided to move the event into the evening and make it a glow run, with participants wearing glow stick necklaces.
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Detective Jeremy Parks with the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office coordinates the local torch run each year. He suggested holding the event in the evening as a “glow run” to bring more awareness.
Woman accused of embezzling money from North Carolina church
May 22, 2021
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LEXINGTON, N.C. (AP) A North Carolina woman is accused of forging checks and taking more than $150,000 from the church where she worked, according to a sheriff’s office.
The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office said Betty Fowler Collins, 79, of Thomasville, was arrested and charged with one count of embezzlement and eight counts of forgery, the Winston-Salem Journal reported.
Collins, who was the church’s secretary-treasurer, is accused of forging bank checks drawn from the account of Liberty Baptist Church in Thomasville and embezzling the money from January 2009 to August 2020, according to the sheriff’s office.