She didnt say a word after posting bond and walking out of the county jail with her attorney at her side. She was also charged with maintaining a vehicle for a controlled substance. Last month, a judge unsealed a search warrant used by the SBI at the Catawba County Sheriffs office in April. On Thursday morning, officials charged Reid with cyber-stalking, misdemeanor stalking, willfulfailure to discharge duties, felony embezzlementand larceny by employee. During the operation officers seized methamphetamine, heroin, opioids and marijuana, according to a press release from the Lincoln County Sheriffs Office. Prominent Catawba County lawyer Daniel Ray Green, 64, was in court in Buncombe Countythis week, but he wasn't representing a client. Police say additional charges are expected. 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Former Catawba County utilities director sentenced for bribery conviction Barry Edwards, 66, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison after being found guilty of accepting bribes from 2012 . Crystal Hill walks out of Tuesday's sit-down interview, WBTV Investigates: Monday's unscheduled interview with Dr. Elbert James Walton, 70, of Hickory . Damario Leshaun Rousseau will be tried as an adult in the shooting death of 35-year-old Shonniel Blackburn in Hickory. Twelve people, including two Catawba County residents, were indicted by a Lincoln County grand jury on drug charges in May. You have permission to edit this article. It is the only other North Carolina county beyond Buncombe that the Citizen Times has found so far to have done work with EIC. Jason Todd Mullen, 34, of Maiden was indicted on charges of possession with intent to sell and deliver methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by a felon. Catawba Co. Register of Deeds Donna Hicks Spencer is facing an embezzlement charge after a grand jury indictment per @SBI1937 The state started investigating allegations in 2020 that Spencer. The federal indictments were returned by a grand jury on October 15 and 16, 2013, but remained sealed until today's arrests. Officers said they were called. All rights reserved. Both still are on Catawba'sBoard of Commissioners, with Beatty serving as vice chair. INDICTED . Elbert James Walton, 70, of Hickory and Jamey Danyel Lineberger, 44, of the town of Catawba, were among the 12 people indicted on drug charges stemming from undercover operations conducted by the Lincoln County Sheriffs Office dating as far back as 2020, a news release from the sheriffs office said. [Catawba sheriff candidate says investigation of him is 'dirty politics']. CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. Police have arrested the Catawba County Register of Deeds for embezzlement, Channel 9 learned on Tuesday. She said Catawba has no active contracts with Wiseman but declined to say whether the county has found any improper relationships between any officials and Wiseman. All of WCNC Charlotte's podcasts are free and available for both streaming and download. Donna Hicks Spencer turned herself in on a Tuesday morning in Dec. 2021 to the Catawba County jail. The individuals, with the exception of Poteat, are charged with various counts of possession with the intent to sell and deliver crack cocaine and sell and deliver crack cocaine. The Citizen Times wasunable to reach Edwards. Spencers arraignment was scheduled for 9:40 a.m. Feb. 8. A 33-year-old Hickory man was sentenced to 50 years in prison for production and possession of child pornography. Man with long criminal record served with financial crime charges in Rowan Co. WBTV Investigates: Dr. CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. Former CatawbaCounty Sheriff's Office Capt. Wanda Greene's plea deal was accepted. Colby Ray Williams, 36, of Flay Road in Lincolnton was charged with possession of methamphetamine. Reid is scheduled to be back in court July 23. He is one of six males . She was also indicted for sell and delivery of oxycodone, possession with intent to sell and deliver oxycodone and maintaining a vehicle for a controlled substance. Multiple search warrants were executed in the operation, and officials seized over 2.5 pounds of crack cocaine, 8 guns and around $36,000 in cash. You have permission to edit this article. The indictments claim she fraudulently reported overtime and comp time hours while she was not working. The three reportedly worked with others to distribute largeamounts of cocaine and crack cocaine. Former Catawba County Sheriff's captain indicted on several charges Former Catawba County Sheriff's captain appears in court on several charges Former Catawba County Sheriff's captain appears in court on several charges. Jack Chandler is listed on Catawba's websiteas interim utilities and engineering director. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Catawba County Register of Deed was expected to appear in court Tuesday on charges of embezzlement as an elected official. That court case has now been moved to March. On Monday, December 6th, a Catawba County grand jury indicted Spencer on one count of embezzlement by a local or charitable officer, two counts of obtaining property by false pretenses, and one county of register of deeds failing to discharge duty. Craig Gerard Kempinski, 48, of Lincolnton was charged during three separate incidents. Catawba County Register of Deeds Donna Hicks Spencer is facing an embezzlement charge following a grand jury indictment, according to the State Bureau of Investigation. Wine, money, county politics: What Wiseman, Creighton emails reveal. The warrant was heavily redacted, but said agents were looking for evidence of stalking, cyber-stalking, and of Reid "willfully failing to discharge the duties of his office.". You can cancel at any time. A Georgia inmate was found guilty of trafficking methamphetamine in Catawba and Burke counties, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Western Pathologist says body found in Conover woods was. Docs allege he solicited/received gifts in exchange . Check back with wsoctv.com for updates on this story. 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An incident on Jan. 14 led to charges of trafficking by possession, by sale and by delivery, maintaining a dwelling for a controlled substance, and possession with intent to sell and deliver Xanax and sell and delivery of Xanax. A 33-year-old Hickory man was sentenced to 50 years in prison for production and possession of child pornography. Fred Christian Smith, 44, of Iron Station is charged with two felony counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver methamphetamine and sell and delivery of methamphetamine. Join us from North Carolina, South Carolina, or on the go anywhere. An SBI spokesperson . The U.S. Attorneys Office declined to comment on whether Catawba or any of its officials are under investigation. Reid didnt answer any of Channel 9s questions as he walked into the Lincoln County Courthouse on Friday. This station is part of Cox Media Group Television. At one point, Reid said the womanvisited him at work and waited in an area where the narcotics tracking devises were openly kept. Investigators said the stalking allegations involved Reid allegedly placing a tracking device on his ex-girlfriend's car and then sending her several text messages of places she had traveled. Two firearms were also seized during the operation. But her request to speak with relatives was denied. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. She's remained in her elected position since December 2004. It includes the cities of Hickory and Newton, and has a population of about 158,000, according to census data. CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal criminal indictment has been unsealed, charging five individuals with conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine and related offenses, announced William T. 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