91-year-old charged with taking indecent liberties with a child
A 91-year-old Burlington man has been charged with taking indecent liberties with a child.
According to the sheriff's office, an investigation began earlier this month,...
Sheriff’s deputy honored with life-saving award
Sheriff’s deputy Carley Swiggett got a hero’s welcome from Alamance County’s leaders last week after he provided some timely first aid to a stabbing...
Inmates cause flood at jail; $90,000+ worth of damage
QUESTION: Did inmates in Alamance County’s jail stop up their toilets, causing a torrential overflow that made its way into the administrative offices of...
53 drug-trafficking, gang-violence arrests announced through joint investigation
Local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies have announced the arrests of 53 people, most from Alamance County, as the result of a two-year...
Do patrol cars outnumber deputies in sheriff’s office?
QUESTION: Does the local sheriff’s office have more vehicles in its motor fleet than deputies who actually use them?
ANSWER: With a motor fleet that,...
National mobile ballistics lab helps solve gun crimes in Alamance County
Alamance County sheriff Terry Johnson and Rockingham County sheriff Sam Page on Thursday heralded the work of a mobile lab of the Bureau of...
Sheriff lauds federal ‘strike team’ for successes against gun violence
Alamance County’s leaders received some good news last week in the ongoing struggle against gun violence in the community.
In a recent report to the...
Sheriff IDs woman found dead in burning vehicle
The office of Alamance County’s sheriff is seeking information about a deceased woman whose remains were found inside of a burning vehicle on Monday...
Two murder victims found – one in Burlington, one in the county south of...
Law enforcement agencies have been called about two gunshot victims whose bodies were found in two seemingly unrelated incidents over the past five days.
Earlier...
Burlington police charge sheriff’s daughter with sale of narcotics
The adult daughter of Alamance County’s sheriff has been arrested by police officers in Burlington after she allegedly sold an illegal narcotics to a...
